War on the Rocks (blog), 27 February 2015 The blog recommends Thomas Ruttig’s history-focussed AAN Dispatch about the first urban uprising against the Soviet invasion in Kabul in February 1980, ie 35 years ago, as weekend reading. Thank you!
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Radio Azadi, 25 February 2015 AAN’s Qayoum Suroush in an interview with Radio Azadi about the abduction of 30 Hazara bus passengers in Zabul province: Q: It is said that the Taliban are for the peace talks, but what such events means? A: It could have two meaning; but first, it should be clear that who […]
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NPR, 22 February 2015 Full interview with AAN country director Kate Clark, commenting on visiting defense secretary Carter’s statement that the US may slow its withdrawal from Afghanistan to make sure “progress sticks”, the ongoing two military missions and “IS light” in Afghanistan.
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The Observer, 21 February 2015 Looking at the expansion of IS beyond Iraq and Syria, on Afghanistan, AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted here: “In practice, the IS groups in Helmand and Farah have not been involved (so far) in actions that resemble the brutality or sectarianism of the mainstream Isis,” said Borhan Osman, who has […]
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il manifesto, 21 February 2015 The Italian left-wing newspaper quotes AAN’s Kate Clark: Attività difficile da tracciare, fuori da ogni controllo e dai calcoli statistici, come ha ricordato Kate Clark, dell’Afghanistan Analysts Network. Rispetto ai rapporti precedenti, quest’anno Unama ha aggiunto anche una sezione dedicata alle vedove di guerra. 60 interviste, per un quadro desolante: tutte […]
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NPR, 18 February 2015 The NPR’s Phil Reeves quotes from Borhan Osman’s latest AAN dispatch about IS in Afghanistan, particularly about ideological differences betwee IS and the Taleban: “It’s actually not easy for outside militant organizations to operate in Afghanistan, says Borhan Osman, of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. For example, there are religious differences, Osman says. […]
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Stars and Stripes, 19 February 2015 “Despite these signs of potential instability, military leaders and politicians continue to portray Afghanistan as a country making steady progress. That can have damaging consequences, experts say,” the newspaper writes. ‘The overly positive assessments are repeated so often that the leaders in the military and civilian world start to […]
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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 18 February 2015 In a guest article, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and Borhan Osman discuss the extent of IS influence in Afghanistan and Pakistan as so far “embryonic” and through splinter groups only. The Taleban still dominate the battlefield, and the killing of its newly appointed vice governor for “Khorasan” province, former Taleban deputy […]
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Qantara, 18 January 2015 The Middle East website of German Deutsche Welle radio quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the IS in Afghanistan: “Der Tod von Khadim könnte schon der Anfang vom Ende des ‘Islamischen Staates’ in seiner neuen ‘Provinz’ Khorasan sein”, meint etwa Thomas Ruttig vom “Afghanistan Analysts Network”. Auch Ruttig betrachtet die Berichterstattung zum […]
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Das Blättchen, 16 February 2015 A first balance of the new Afghan national unity government’s first months (in German) in the Berlin-based biweekly (a successor to the famous pre-war “Weltbühne”), with a particular focus on social problems and the economic crisis.
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Augen geradeaus! (blog), 15 February 2015 The German military blog (with special interest in Afghanistan) links to AAN/Thomas Ruttig’s dispatch on the anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Los Angeles Times, 9 February 2015 A short quote of AAN’s Borhan Osman in this article about the killing of former Taleban commander, reportedly turned the Islamic State’s deputy governor in “Khorasan.”
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