Stars and Stripes, 1 April 2016 In an article, reporting a speech of US SIGAR John F. Sopko that “corruption undermines the legitimacy and viability of the Afghan state and fuels grievances that strengthen insurgents like the Taliban”, AAN’s Kate Clark is extensively quoted, on another aspect, namely the west’s role in fueling corruption: “Corruption […]
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BBC, 31 March 2016 Exploring the /security and otherwise) context of President Ghani’s expression of a lack of sympathy for Afghans leaving their country, the BBC’s Yalda Hakim also refers to a recent AAN analysis by guest author Rahmatullah Amiri : … according to the independent Afghan Analysts Network, the Taliban are now better organised, better equipped […]
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Evangelischer Pressedienst, 31 March 2016 Full interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) before his 31 March presentation about the Afghan security and refugee situation in the German city of Bremen, by the German church-financed but independent news agency.
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The Diplomat, 30 March 2016 Another extensive refugee-related quote of AAN, here from an AAN dispatch Jelena Bjelica authored: Unfortunately, those that return to Afghanistan are still in for considerable uncertainty. In a recent report for the Afghanistan Analysts Network, Jelena Bjelica dives into why many Afghan returnees remain landless, despite several laws and initiatives that […]
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AP, 25 March 2016 Kathy Gannon’s report about the chances of peace talks quotes from AAN’s recent analysis of the situation in Helmand: A report released this month by the independent Afghan [sic] Analysts Network offered a breakdown of the southern Helmand province, showing the Taliban in control of parts of many districts and all […]
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Holland Sentinel, 25 March 2016 The Michigan-based daily included our Helmand dispatch among its “9 things to know today” on it website.
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Tageszeitung, 23 March 2016 Thomas Ruttig’s guest article about the draft EU non-paper envisioning the deportation of 80,000 Afghans from EU countries and threatening to use EU aid as ‘leverage’ against the Afghan government so far unwilling to take back those Afghans to be deported against their will.
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n-tv, 10 March 2016 Under a slightly misleading headline (“Afghan security forces beat back Taleban”), the German TV news channel, based on a report of dpa news agency, quotes from AAN’s Helmand dispatch that the government only controls four districts of Helmand province: Nach einem Bericht des Rechercheinstituts Afghanistan Analysts Network sind nur vier der […]
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Le Croix, 8 March 2016 The French daily quotes from Thomas Ruttig’s AAN dispatch on the peace talks, on the Afghan government’s strategy to divide the Taleban into ‘reconcilables’ and ‘irreconcilables’: « La feuille de route du processus de paix envisage clairement la division des insurgés entre le courant des irréconciliables et ceux qui sont prêts […]
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Security Council Report, 29 February 2016 UN Security Council forecast cites Martine van Bijlert’s recent dispatch “The IEC Announces 2016 Election Date—but what about electoral reform?” as useful additional resource.
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AFP, 27 February 2016 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article about the Quadrilateral Coordination Group’s ultimatum to the Taleban to join peace talks in under two weeks: Mais «l’échéance est totalement irréaliste, d’autant que les talibans disent ne pas avoir été contactés» par le quartette, explique à l’AFP Thomas Ruttig, spécialiste […]
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The Guardian, 27 February 2016 A short quote on the ‘expected’ talks with the Taleban by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article – and a link to AAN’s website: The quartet gave the Taliban an “ultimatum”, as the Afghanistan Analysts Network termed it, to either join the next meeting, slated for early March, or face a […]
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