The Lowry Interpreter, 23 May 2016 In a commentary for the Australian university’s website, Susanne Schmeidl quotes Thomas Ruttig from AAN: According to Afghan expert Thomas Ruttig, the fact that Haqqani comes from Afghanistan’s southeast, not the south, which is the traditional Taliban heartland, makes this unlikely. (…) Thomas Ruttig even argues that splitting the Taliban to […]
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Le Figaro, 23 May 2016 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about one of the contenders to replace killed Taleban leader Mullah Mansur, one of hi deputies Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada: «Son adjoint, Haibatullah Akhundzada, paraît le mieux placé, juge Thomas Ruttig, codirecteur de l’Afghanistan Analysts Network, un centre de recherche basé à Kaboul. C’est […]
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Indian Express, 23 May 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig comments on expectations that the killing of Taleban leader Mullah Mansur could open the door to talks and for insurgents to return from Pakistan to join peace efforts: Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, said: “There wasn’t much of a peace process. There was an […]
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Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and Borhan Osman are quoted here on the succession for killed Taleban leader Mullah Mansur: Others say Akhundzada, a former head of the Taliban’s religious courts, could have the upper hand. He was close to the group’s founder and spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, according to […]
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taz online, 22 May 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the mixed messages about the alleged killing of Taleban leader Mullah Mansur in this article (in German) and expresses skepticism about a possible (and feared by many) Haqqani succession at the top of the Taleban. Will also appear in the print taz on 23 May.
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Reuters, 22 May 2016 In this article reporting the reports about Mullah Mansur’s alleged death, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in the skeptical school regarding a possible Haqqani succession at the Taleban top: “Haqqani … as a non-Kandahari and as someone who is unfamiliar with the insurgency landscape beyond Loya Paktia, would likely struggle to […]
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taz, 20 May 2016 Op-ed article summarising the TUTAP protests on Monday in Kabul and the background of ethnic tensions between the Hazara minority and Pashtuns (in German).
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Prospect Magazine, 20 May 2016 Emily Winterbotham links to Thomas Ruttig’s analysis of the TUTAP protests for AAN: (For information on the demonstrations see Thomas Ruttig’s comprehensive report for AAN).
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al-Jazeera, 17 May 2016 Radio round table discussion with the participation of AAN co-director Thomas Ruttig after the Kabul TUTAP protests on 16 April, with link to listen to the entire programme.
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Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2016 Ali Latifi quotes from Thomas Ruttig’s TUTAP dispatch for AAN: “In both instances [through Bamyan and through the Salang], the transmission line will end in the power-hungry capital, Kabul, and go south from there,” Thomas Ruttig of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network wrote in an online commentary published Monday. “Many […]
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ABC News, 15 May 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig quoted with comments on CEO Dr Abdullah#s statement that the Afghan government remains willing to negotiate a peace deal with the Taleban: Thomas Ruttig, the co-director of the Afghan Analysts network, said the ongoing deadlock had proven deadly for Afghanistan’s people. “At the moment there’s a stalemate, it’s […]
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AlterNet, 12 May 2016 In this article looking at the US government’s reaction at the October 2015 bombing of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz that killed 42 civilians, AAN is quoted twice with some background and linked to one of our reports: As the Afghanistan Analysts Network noted years ago, “The U.S. military seldom publicizes […]
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