Loyal, 6/2015 The magazine of the German Bundeswehr Reservists’ Association, in its news part, publishes a short version of AAN’s analysis of the situation in Kunduz province, based on an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig. Article not online.
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Foreign Policy, 26 May 2015 This blog looks at the case of Farkhunda and repercussions in Afghan society. It refers to the “storm of social media posts condoning her lynching” and uses quotes collected by “Borhan Osman of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network in his excellent report, ‘The Killing of Farkhunda‘.”
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Indian Express, 25 May 2015 Praveen Swami says nice things about AAN, in a link collection what to read on Afghanistan: “Afghanistan Analysts Network https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org For policy wonks, and serious students of the conflict in Afghanistan, AAN is an essential source, providing scholarly analysis on current issues. AAN has sometimes been accused of being partisan […]
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Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2015 With extensive quotes from an article for al-Jazeera AAN’s Borhan Osman has written in 2014 under the headline “Afghanistan will not be the next Iraq”: It is the same situation faced by Afghanistan at the dawn of Taliban rule, suggests Borhan Osman, an analyst for the Afghanistan Analysts Network […]
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Reuters/Daily Mail, 22 May 2015 A report about the Afghan government enlisting hundreds of militia fighters to battle Taliban militants near the northern city of Kunduz quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (and others) being skeptical: Creating new layers of forces beyond the ANSF, which is made up of the army and national and local police, could […]
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Council of Foreign Relations blog, 21 May 2015 The blog, in an entry about Afghanistan’s development needs, quotes from a SIGAR report quoting a dispatch from Ghor by AAN’s Obaid Ali: “As Sopko countered [inaccurate ministry of education data about school enrollment]: …just one example of the gulf between official indicators and grubby reality, the […]
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Reuters/Daily Times, 18 May 2015 Article looking at the context of the Farkhunda and other civil society protests perceived as ‘anti-Islam’ by part of the clergy, quoting AAN’s Borhan Osman: “These episodes have angered the mullahs (clerics) and I can see they are now drawing a line between this government and the former,” said Borhan […]
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NPR, 16 May 2015 AAN’s Qayoum Suroush was a participant in a US public radio discussion (link to transcription and to audio): Moderator: Suroush found reports by the media and local authorities often speculate about the tribal affiliations of hostages. And in the wake of February’s bus attack, there is often an assumption that Hazaras […]
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My Central Oregon. com, 15 May 2015 The US website reports that ex-AREU director Paula Kantor has been identified as the American victim of the 13 May guest house attack in Kabul and quotes from the AAN obituary: According to the Afghanistan Analysts Network, Kantor was a “dedicated researcher” who was “always focused on helping the […]
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La Repubblica, 14 May 2015 A long interview (in Italian) with Fabrizio Foschini about the Taleban attack on a Kabul guest house.
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East, 14 May 2015 The new Italy-based European news magazine published an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig covering the performance of the national unity government, talks with the Taleban and the role of Pakistan as well as the relationship between the Taleban and IS/Daesh. (both in Italian and English).
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MacLean’s, 14 May 2015 The Canadian magazine discusses targeted killings as a method and compares IS and Taleban, quoting AAN’s Kate Clark on the latter: Others, like Afghanistan expert Kate Clark, senior analyst for the Kabul-based Afghan Analysts Network, disagree. From her perspective, largely focused on the Afghan Taliban, targeted killings of the Taliban leadership […]
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