Politiken, 10 July 2016 Longer quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Danish daily, commenting on the NATO decision to extend its military mission in Afghanistan (without end date) and funding for Afghan forces to 2020. Not online. PDF link here (go to bottom half of page): 20160710Politiken-nato afghanistan-2
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Asia Times, 5 July 2016 Article on scuttled peace deal between Hezb-e Islami and the Afghan government quotes from recent dispatch by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and Martine van Bijlert: Afghan officials have said that they were hoping that the peace agreement with the Hizb-e-Islami would become a template for a future deal with the Taliban. But […]
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Reuters, 1 July 2016 The news agency re-published, in a shortened version, Jelena Bjelica’s March 2016 AAN dispatch about land problems that Afghan returnees, mainly from Pakistan, are facing.
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The National Interest, 29 June 2016 Article questioning whether American military operations overseas reduces the threat of domestic terrorism quotes from a recent dispatch by AAN’s Borhan Osman: One of the most recent examples of fighting “over there” backfiring, was in the recent killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour by a U.S. drone on Pakistan’s […]
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27 June 2016, Allgov.com A repost of an earlier article by the Bureau for Investigative Journalism on US drones that extensively quotes AAN’s Kate Clark.
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27 June 2016, Asharq Al-Awsat (English edition) Brief backgrounder on Mullah Haibatullah, the new Taleban leader, quotes two analysts, including AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: “The new leader remained a mysterious figure and stood far from battles. Thomas Ruttig, analyst in one of the Afghan research centers, said that Haibatullah was close to Mullah Omar, and that the […]
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27 June 2016, Al Jazeera online AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is briefly quoted in Al Jazeera’s generic backgrounder on Hazaras in Afghanistan: “Hazaras have been systematically discriminated against by Pashtuns and others during the Afghan pre-war periods,” says Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network.
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26 June 2016, Kleine Zeitung Article quotes AAN’s Jelena Bjelica on this year’s rise in opium production in Afghanistan: Es ist kein Zufall, dass es mehr Opium gibt, seit im Jahr 2006 die radikalislamischen Taliban ihr Comeback begonnen haben. “Da ist ein gut dokumentierter Zusammenhang zwischen Unsicherheit und Mohnanbau”, sagt Jelena Bjelica vom Rechercheinstitut Afghanistan […]
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 20 June 2016 AAN’s Obaid Ali has participated in a radio round table organised by RFE/RL’s Central Asia programme Qishloq Avasi about the security situation in northern Afghanistan. A summary transcript and a link to the full podcast can be found here.
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20 Juni 2016, The Nation (Pakistan) AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted paraphrased by The Nation on the highly emotive Pak-Afghan border clashes: “An Afghan political expert Said Borhan Osman told The Nation that recent border clashes and Pakistani officials’ threat of expel Afghan refugees have triggered a fresh episode of aggressive behaviour of the Afghan […]
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19 June 2016, Stars and Stripes This article on the competition between the Taleban and Daesh quotes several experts and commentators, including AAN’s Borhan Osman, saying: “It is difficult to imagine enthusiasm for (Islamic State) emerging among common Afghans,” said Borhan Osman of the Afghan Analysts Network. “However, tribal grievances towards the Taliban in communities […]
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19 June 2016, Common Dreams (website) AAN’s Kate Clark is extensively quoted in this article on US drones by the Bureau for Investigative Journalism. Kate Clark of the Afghan Analyst Network, a highly respected think tank said the rise in the proportion of airstrikes against the insurgency was a pragmatic response to a deteriorating situation. […]
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