The Guardian, 8 May 2016 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the executions of six alleged Taleban prisoners by the Afghan government: Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, said the executions helped perpetuate “a cycle of revenge”, making peace talks difficult. “This tit-for-tat is absolutely unhelpful,” he said. Comment: The ‘tit-for-tat’ […]
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BNR Nieuwsradio, 6 May 2016 Long radio interview (half an hour) with AAN co-director Martine van Bijlert on, among other things, working in Afghanistan, the strength of the Taleban and what the future might hold.
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AFP/Daily Mail, 5 May 2016 In this story about Taleban advances along the Kandahar-Uruzgan highway and allegations that Uruzgan’s deputy police chief was involved, AAN’s Martine van Bijlert is quoted: “With Rahimullah there have been a lot of complaints that he intentionally gave up security posts… in an effort to undermine (his superiors) and to […]
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Middle East Eye, 3 May 2016 In this article looking at Iran’s relationship with and influence in Afghanistan, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is briefly, although not fully correctly quoted: According to Thomas Ruttig, a senior analyst at Afghanistan Analysts Network, politically active Hazaras are growing increasingly concerned about Iran’s behaviour. [I have not said “increasingly” but […]
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Focus, 29 April 2016 The German weekly news magazine quotes from the joint FES-AAN study about decision-making processes in Afghan families about sending members as refugees to Europe (unfortunately without mentioning AAN).
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IRIN Top picks, 29 April 2016 IRIN top picks refers to AAN’s Martine van Bijlert’s recent dispatch on president Ghani’s speech when discussing “the riddle of the Taleban peace talks.” “What is going on with peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban? This week, President Ashraf Ghani tried to clear up his government’s position in […]
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Stars and Stripes, 25 April 2016 AAN’s Martine van Bijlert is quoted on president Ghani’s address to the two houses of parliament today: “Martine van Bijlert, co-director of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, said the speech was meant to project strength to the Afghan people who were shaken and angered by the attack. (…) How the […]
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Voice of America, 22 April 2016 The VoA’s Ayaz Gul quotes from AAN’s analysis of the Taleban’s 19 April lorry bomb attack in Kabul when looking at Af-Pak relations after the terror attack: “The attack, so close to the heart of the security and government apparatus, seemingly based on very precise intelligence and possibly aided […]
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Tagesspiegel, 20 April 2016 The Berlin-based daily, in its roundup of the situation of the most important countries of origin of refugees arriving in Germany, quotes an AAN dispatch in its Afghanistan part, the lastest analysis of UNAMA’s recent report on civilian casualties: „2015 war das bisher blutigste Jahr in Afghanistan, und Kinder traf es […]
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ABC RN Drive (radio), 20 April 2016 “The Taliban says the truck bomb detonated in the Afghan capital signals the beginning of a summer offensive. But analyst Martine van Bijlert says fighting never stopped for the winter. For her, the significance of this attack comes from the effect it has had on Kabul’s civilian population, who felt […]
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 19 April 2016 Longer indirect quotes by AAN’s Obaid Ali explaining the latest Taleban attack on Kunduz and the security forces’ response (in German): Die afghanischen Streitkräfte erhielten diesmal konsequentere Luftunterstützung als im letzten Herbst, wie Obaid Ali von der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network erklärt. Zudem hätten höchstwahrscheinlich von Anbeginn an auch […]
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Telepolis (blog), 19 April 2016 This German blog picks up and links to AAN’s analysis of the Taleban declaration of their 2016 spring offensive: Auch die Erklärung der Taliban zur Frühjahrsoffensive kann nicht als Bestätigung dafür gewertet werden, Afghanistan als sicheres Herkunftsland zu behandeln. Wie aus einem ausführlicheren kommentierenden Hintergrundbericht der Webseite Afghanistan Analyst Network herauszulesen ist, […]
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