The Guardian, 10 August 2015 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted: Borhan Osman, a Kabul-based analyst, said Omar’s demise leaves Isis with a rhetorical opening: “They showed some caution in describing the Taliban as a deviant group because of the huge importance of Mullah Omar as a symbolic jihadist godfather,” he said. “They are now talking […]
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Badische Zeitung, 10 August 2015 (also in Frankfurter Rundschau and Bonner Generalanzeiger) In an article about the wave of attacks in Kabul and Kunduz, the article by Willi Germund quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German): The attack near Kunduz might be linked by an internal power struggle [between militias], says AAN’s Thomas Ruttig. ‘Khanabad is […]
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Tageszeitung, 10.8.2015 Article by Thomas Ruttig about the bomb attack against a local militia in Kunduz province, killing the group’s leader Qadirak and many others – putting it in the context of inter-militia fighting and not describing it, as many other media did, as just another Taleban attack (in Garman; not online).
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Tageszeitung, 10 August 2015 Op-ed commentary by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the triple bomb attack in Kabul on 7 August –saying that it was a demonstration of power, after the news of their leader Mullah Omar’s death was instrumentalised against them, and that the Taleban are gambling away their remaining sympathies in parts of the […]
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Die Presse (Wien) und Trierischer Volksfreund, 10 August 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here (in German): Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) sagte im Deutschlandradio Kultur, der Machtkampf innerhalb der Taliban und der Streit über Friedensgespräche zwischen Taliban und Regierung spielten möglicherweise eine Rolle bei der jüngsten Gewalt.
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Klassekampen, 10 August 2015 The Norwegian daily quotes a tweet by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the Taleban bomb attacks in Kabul: Den anerkjente Afghanistan-analytikeren Thomas Ruttig ved Afghan Analyst Network i Kabul skrev i helga på Twitter at helgas angrep viser at Taliban «må ha en ganske intakt infrastruktur».
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Stuttgarter Zeitung, 9 August 2015 (also: Die Presse/Vienna; Basler Zeitung/Switzerland; Schleswig-Holsteinische Zeitung; 20 Minuten) AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here, via Deutschlandradio-Kultur: Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) sagte im Deutschlandradio Kultur, der Machtkampf innerhalb der Taliban und der Streit über Friedensgespräche zwischen Taliban und Regierung spielten möglicherweise eine Rolle bei der jüngsten Gewalt.
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Deutschlandradio Kultur, 8 August 2015 Interview (in German) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the bomb attack series in kabul on Friday. He says one can possibly speak about “strategically placed attacks” but that it is too early to say whether this reflects the Taleban new leadership’s approach or that of a spoiler group.
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Reuters, 8 August 2015 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig here, on the wave of Kabul attacks that has been read as a message: “The question is, who is sending the message?” said Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan Analysts Network [– the Taleban’s new leadership or a spoiler group].
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Tageszeitung, 8-9 August 2015 Full article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the lorry bomb in Kabul’s Shah Shahid area (still underreporting the later much higher casualty figures and unaware that there two more bombs following on the same day …) – in german and not online.
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ARD, 8 August 2015 Prime time “Tagesschau” news report in Germany’s top TV network about the Taleban attack series in Kabul, with a short statement by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig. (Kabul report starts at 4:44.)
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Jydske Vestkysten, 8 August 2015 The Danish daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, via Reuters, on the latest wave of terrorist attacks in Kabul: Siden sidste uges melding om Taleban-lederen Mullah Mohammad Omars død har organisationen ellers været ramt af interne stridigheder – men det ser altså ikke ud til at have svækket handlekraften, efter terrorgruppen […]
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