The Australian, 19 April 2016 Longer quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article: Thomas Ruttig of Afghan [sic] Analysts Network told The Australian that since 2009, the “intensity” of the conflict in Afghanistan was getting worse. In just the first three months of this year, 1943 civilian casualties had been recorded, including 600 deaths. “I had […]
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The Australian, 19 April 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig quoted here: Thomas Ruttig of Afghan [sic] Analysts Network told The Australian that since 2009, the “intensity” of the conflict in Afghanistan was getting worse. In just the first three months of this year, 1943 civilian casualties had been recorded, including 600 deaths. “I had a message from a […]
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Le Temps, 19 April 2016 In the context of the Taleban’s spring offenseive and the 19 April attack in Kabul, this Geneva-based daily quotes extensively from AAN’s analysis of the “Omari operations” statement (n French): A en croire le communiqué qu’ils ont diffusé le 12 avril passé pour annoncer leur offensive, ils espèrent non seulement gagner du […]
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La Croix, 19 April 2016 Two quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the context of the same day’s Taleban attack in Kabul, on the propagandistic aim of the attack and on what he calls “insufficient diplomatic preparation” of the QCD-led peace talks: « En ciblant un bâtiment du gouvernement, les talibans envoient un message de propagande fort, […]
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 16 April 2016 In his reportage about drug users from Kabul, the NZZ correspondent quotes AAN’s Jelena Bjelica about the supply side and the influence of Afghan returnees from Iran who became addicted there: «Die grosse Verfügbarkeit der Ware ist einer der Hauptgründe für die hohe Zahl Abhängiger», erklärt Jelena Bijelica vom […]
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Tageszeitung, 13 April 2016 Thomas Ruttig’s op-ed (in German) about the Taleban’s announcement of this year#s spring offensive and its possible impact on peace talks in the Berlin-based daily.
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ORF (Austrian radio), 11 Apil 2016 Interview (in English) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the situation in Helmand after the US sent new troops to the embattled province (available for another six days).
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ToloNews, 9 April 2016 In its reporting about the approval by parliament of the new interior minister and attorney general, the news agency used “additional information from www.afghanistan-analysts.org.”
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Weser-Kurier, 9 April 2016 Full interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) about the issue of “secure zones” in Afghanistan (to which deportations would be possible) and the situation in Afghanistan in the Bremen-based daily.
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Los Angeles Times, 7 April 2016 After another disappeared young Afghan was found dead with torture wounds in Kandahar, an occasional journalist and web author, described by some government sources as a Taleban member or sympathiser, criticism has come up again against the Kandahar police chief’s conduct of the fight against the Taleban. In this […]
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Foreign Policy/South Asia Channel, 5 April 2016 A short quote from an AAN dispatch by Kate Clark and Borhan Osman, referring to reasons why the Afghan IS chapter is particularly strong in eastern Afghanistan: (…) the Afghan Analysts Network stated in a report that the insurgency is much more fractured in eastern than southern Afghanistan, making the […]
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IRIN, 1 April 2016 Jelena Bjelica’s AAN dispatch about Afghanistan’s landless returnees has made it into the picks of the day of the formerly UN-related and now independent news agency, with link to our website: Afghanistan’s landless returnees People returning to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban make up about 20 percent of the […]
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