NOS Radio 1, 1 October 2015 Listen to an audio (in Dutch) with AAN’s Martine van Bijlert being interviewed by the Netherlands national radio network: Nadat de Taliban maandag de stad Kunduz onverwacht bezette, zegt de Afghaanse regering de stad te hebben heroverd. Maar de Taliban ontkennen dit. De gevechten om de stad gaan door, waarbij het Afghaanse leger […]
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Tagesspiegel, 1 October 2015 The quote of AAN’s Borhan Osman from the Austrian Standard also appears in Berlin’s Tagesspiegel: Auch wenn sich die Angaben bestätigen und die Regierung Kundus komplett zurückgewinnt, bleibt die Einnahme der Provinzhauptstadt ein Propagandasieg für die Taliban – und ein Wendepunkt: Der Sturm repräsentiere eine beispiellose Veränderung in der Kriegsführung der […]
AAN in the Media
Der Standard, 1 October 2015 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted from his Kunduz dispatch in this article by the Austrian daily: Auch wenn die Regierung Kunduz nun zurückgewinnt, bleibt die Einnahme der Provinzhauptstadt ein Propagandasieg für die Militanten – und ein Wendepunkt: Der Sturm repräsentiere eine beispiellose Veränderung in der Kriegsführung der Taliban hin zum […]
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Libération, 30 September 2015 The French daily quotes briefly from AAN: Cette fois, selon l’Afghanistan Analysts Network, les talibans et leurs alliés ont lancé leur offensive depuis la bande dite de Gortepa, qui regroupe une cinquantaine de villages situés à proximité de Kunduz. Ils s’en étaient emparés lors de leur offensive d’avril ; l’armée afghane n’en […]
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Al Jazeera America, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted here about Afghan government response and challenges it will face in recapturing Kunduz: “The [Afghan] government has, unsurprisingly, announced its commitment to recapture Kunduz. It seems entirely likely it can do this, but it will come at great cost to its own forces and to civilians,” Borhan […]
AAN in the Media
De Standaard, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted here about the Taleban success in Kunduz: “De Taliban kunnen op sympathie van de bevolking rekenen”.
AAN in the Media
New York Times, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here on the background of the Taleban attack on Kunduz, with their first assault in April: By spring, the Taliban had begun to test Kunduz City itself, mostly coming through Chahar Dara, the district to its west. “They rolled into the city but were […]
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El País, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is also quoted in the Spanish daily’s second article about Kunduz, on the role of NATO in the Kunduz battle: Una fuente militar anónima citada por France Presse ha explicado que en el despliegue hay soldados de élite estadounidenses, británicos y alemanes. “Son muy pocos, apenas 40 […]
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El País, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted extensively here in one of the largest Spanish newspapers on the Taleban takeover of Kunduz, the strength of the insurgents, ethnic rifts and the balance of territorial control: “Son más fuertes de lo que se admite oficialmente”, asegura Thomas Ruttig, co-director del Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) en […]
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Westfälische Rundschau, 30 September 2015 Thanks to the German daily: In a comment about the Taleban takeover of Kunduz, it found an AAN prediction from 2013 that “civil war is the most likely scenario” for future Afghanistan. (We wrote that there already is a civil war in ongoing and it is likely to continue…): Die […]
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Los Angeles Times, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted here about some background for the Taleban success in Kunduz: “The people are fed up with these strongmen that are essentially carrying out their personal ambitions and abusing the people,” said Obaid Ali, a Kabul-based analyst who has traveled extensively in Kunduz. […] “The […]
AAN in the Media
Tagesanzeiger, 30 September 2015 Extensive interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the Taleban attack on Kunduz, its background and implications (in German).
AAN in the Media
