Stars and Stripes, 16 November 2015 In this article about the German government’s campaign to discourage would-be Afghan migrants from making the sometimes perilous journey to Europe, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted: Germany’s public relations campaign in Afghanistan is part of a broader strategy to reduce the number of incoming refugees, said German researcher Thomas Ruttig, […]
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Tageszeitung, 13 November 2015 Thomas Ruttig’s article in the Berlin daily about the Kabul demonstrations commemorating the seven Hazaras killed by a Talban dissident group and protesting what id perceived of the government’s lack on attention for the security of Hazaras in Ghazni province.
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Tagesanzeiger, 10 November 2015 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (not online) about the refugee question, discussing the volatile security situation, particularly after the Taleban take-over of Kunduz, and the dire economic situation – emphasising that both reasons to become a refugee are difficult to divide from each other.
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Salon.com, 6 November 2015 Ann Jones, in her long piece about the aftermath of Kunduz and the US ‘phyrrhic’ victory in Afghanistan, links to the AAN website, for the full text of the agreement on the National Unity Government.
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The Telegraph, 5 November 2015 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted on a Taleban rival faction electing its leader, Mullah Mohammad Rasul: It is the first official split in the once-unified Taliban, making the announcement “significant symbolically, politically, and historically for the movement”. according to Borhan Osman, an analyst with the Afghanistan Analysts Network.
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Vice News (Spanish), 29 October 2015 In this article by Mònica Bernabé about the end of the Spanish military mission in Afghanistan, there is a long quote by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the fixed US withdrawal date, now extended already twice: “Establecer una fecha [para la retirada], primero en 2014 y después en 2016, fue […]
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Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen, 29 October 2015 The Refugee Council of the German federated state of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) cites Thomas Ruttig in a press release on the refguee situation in Germany on the balance of the ISAF mission, from his article “Militarisation of Development Aid”.
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Wochenzeitung, 21 October 2015 Op-ed commentary by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the two-weeks Taleban takeover of Kunduz (in German). He argues that it was a multiple propaganda victory for the insurgents: first, they showed that they can take an important provincial capital (for the first time since they fell from power); secondly, they forced their […]
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 19 October 2015 In an article about Afghanistan’s only current female provincial governor, the website quotes biographical background from AAN: Her career path, according to the Afghan Analysts Network, included working as a high-school teacher in the provincial capital; a stint at the governor’s office, and participation as a civil-society activist […]
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Vanity Fair, 16 October 2015 Anand Gopal, who reports about an embed with Afghan militias in Kunduz province, quotes an AAN guest dispatch: As Bethany Matta reported for the Afghanistan Analysts Network, the new governor was at odds with his own deputy, who told the AFP, “There is no such thing as good militia or bad militia. […]
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 October 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the direction of Afghan-Russian relations: “I think Russia will not get more involved in Afghanistan directly, but it is already increasing its role as supplier of military hardware,” says Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank in […]
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Stars and Stripes, 16 October 2015 Under a very good headline, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the US decision to extend the troop withdrawal date again: Washington would be wise to commit more resources to finding a political deal, said Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghan Analysts Network. “I think the U.S. should concentrate on a […]
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