Tagesspiegel, 4 October 2015 The Berlin-based daily quotes Thomas Ruttig (and links to the AAN website) about the airstrike that destroyed an NGO-run clinic in Kunduz (in German): Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan Analysts Network will denn auch nicht ausschließen, dass die Klinik, die größte, und die einzig verbliebene nicht-staatliche in Kundus, ein bewusst gewähltes Ziel war. Denkbar […]
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Welt am Sonntag, 4 October 2014 In this analysis of the Kunduz events, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted (in German) as saying that he is surprised that the Afghan security forces were surprised by the Taleban attack and that the lack of coordination between the various elements of regular forces and militias as well as […]
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Frankfurter Rundschau, 4 October 2015 Extensive interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) about the situation in Kunduz and the air strike that hit the MSF clinic, including a discussion what this means for the current refugee crisis in Europe.
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Focus, 2 October 2015 Germany’s second largest weekly news magazine briefly quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig indirectly from an interview with Swiss daily Tagesanzeiger (see there, both in German): „Trotz Kundus sind sie sicher noch nicht auf dem Level, wie damals, als sie in Afghanistan regierten“, so die Einschätzung des Afghanistan-Expertens Thomas Ruttig, die er in […]
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MDR, 2 October 2015 Listen to the audio of an interview by the German station with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the Taleban attack on Kunduz and why this also is a humanitarian catastrophe (in German). Click the link, then go to 2.10. and 11.36am.
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2 October 2015 The biggest Swiss daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the reasons for the Taleban success in Kunduz (in German). His main point: after the first Taleban attack on Kunduz in April, this one should have been predicted – it was an Afghan (and NATO) intelligence failure: Auch der Co-Direktor des […]
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Stars and Stripes, 2 October 2015 The US-based daily, in its report about the involvement of US Special Forces in the Kunduz fighting, quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman about the relevance of the Taleban takeover there: “However the government wants to try to spin it, the fall of a provincial capital, even if short-lived, is a […]
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Voice of America, 2 October 2015 In a report about alleged allegations of violence against the Taleban in Kunduz, the US radio station adds – based on information collected by AAN – that there are also such accusations against pro-government militias: The independent Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) has cited its own findings that even before […]
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German Foreign Policy.com, 1 October 2015 The German-language website quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in its analysis of the Taleban Kunduz attack: “Gescheitert ist auch das Berliner Konzept von der Bundeswehr als ‘Entwicklungshelfer in Uniform'”, hielt bereits im Frühjahr der Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) fest: “Gedacht als Alternative zum Antiterrorkrieg von George […]
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Denník N, 1 October 2015 The Slovak daily has extensive quotes from an interview in this analytical article, looking at the Taleban takeover of Kunduz and the increase of Afghan refugees in Europe.
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dpa, 1 October 2015 Obaid Ali, an expert on Kunduz politics (from AAN) is quoted here: “I am very surprised that the Kabul-based government did not take any strong steps against the insurgency or did not conduct any major operations to clear out the Taliban around the city,” said Obaid Ali, an expert on Kunduz […]
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NBC News, 1 October 2015 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted in this explainer about the Taleban takeover of Kunduz: “It’s a real psychological blow to the morale of the government and the Afghan security forces and at the same time it’s a boost to the Taliban,” Kate Clark, the country director for the Afghan Analysts […]
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