Deutsche Welle, 18 December 2014 Interview (in German) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, discussing the condemnation by the Afghan Taleban of the Peshawar school massacre committed by their Pakistani namesakes. Thomas opines that it might be a “concession” to the Pakistani military from the support of which the Afghan Taleban still rely to a large extent.
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Freitag, 17 December 2014 The German weekly that cooperates with the Guardian reprints (in German) a reportage form the British daily from Gizab in Uruzgan. Author Sune Engel Rasmussen quotes “AAN’s Uruzgan expert Martine van Bijlert” about the local anti-Taleban ‘uprising’: Doch die Bewohner Gizabs warteten nach ihrer Revolte vergeblich darauf, dass die Regierung die […]
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Radio Bremen, 17 December 2014 Listen to an audio (in German, 4:06 min) with an interview given by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the context of the Pakistani Taleban attack against a school in Peshawar.
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Märkische Allgemeine und Kölner Nachrichten, 17 December 2014 (nicht online) Short interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the attack of Pakistani Taleban on a school in Peshawar, mainly saying that Pakistan’s Taleban see the Pakistani army as their main enemy and do not care about civilian casualties when attacking it (the school is run by […]
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Leipziger Volkszeitung, 17 December 2014 (nicht online) Short interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the attack of Pakistani Taleban on a school in Peshawar, mainly saying that Pakistan’s Taleban see the Pakistani army as their main enemy and do not care about civilian casualties when attacking it (the school is run by the military) and […]
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Voice of America, 13 December 2014 In an article before the background of recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and the discussion about the pros and cons of negotiations with the Taleban, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted: Kate Clark, a senior researcher at Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, said Ghani “needs to have a government before he […]
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IPS, 11 December 2014 In an article about Afghan concerns about western disengagement, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted: “The political framework was never adequate,” Thomas Ruttig, co-director and co-founder of the Kabul-basedAfghanistan Analysts Network, told IPS. “Over the past few years the international community was busier – at least at the government level – with […]
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Frankfurter Rundschau, 8 December 2014 Op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (an update of his 2013 year-ender “something got better but nothing got really good”), drawing a balance of the now closing ISAF mission. It is part of a series to which, among others, German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen (19 Nov.), former CDU MP and […]
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WDR, 7 December 2014 The website of the German radio, in its “calendar leaf” column, commemorates the inauguration of President Hamed Karzai after his first election on 7 December 2004 and quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the surge of the Taleban unde rhis rule: Im Dezember 2001 wird Karsai auf der Petersberger Konferenz zum Vorsitzenden […]
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Südlink, December 2014 Short review by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin-based development policy magazine, about Marc Thörner’s “Ein sanfter Putsch”, a book looking at the military taking over politics, from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iraq.
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rbb-Kulturradio, 6 December 2014 Listen to an hour-long radio round table (in German), discussing where women’s rights in Afghanistan are after 13 years of ISAF, featuring AAN’s Thomas Ruttig @aantru, Ursula Nölle (Afghanistan Schools Association ), Waslat Hazrat-Nazimi @WasHasNaz (radio journalist, Deutsche Welle). Today 5:04pm.
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Tageszeitung (Berlin)/Afghanistan Zhaghdablai, 5 December 2014 Guest article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig at Berlin’s daily taz, looking at expectations from the London conference (no new pledges; reform signal of presenting new ministers missed). Struggle about new cabinet ongoing, although Ghani has set some signs with first non-ministerial appointments and first steps of renewing civilian and […]
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