Reuters, 6 August 2014 An article about the tug-of-war about the ‘national unity government’ agreed in principle but not detail between the two presidential contenders, brokered by US State Secretary John Kerry. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted: Thomas Ruttig, co-director of independent research organization Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul, said a new political culture had […]
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Berliner Zeitung and Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 5 August 2014 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the general security situation, after the attack at the Military Academy near Kabul during which a US general was killed and a German general wounded: “The security situation continues to be difficult. Over summer, it even got more hectic. In some cases, […]
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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 3 August 2014 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the situation on 2 August when the Abdullah campaign announced a new boycott of the audit, arguing its demands on the criteria had not been accepted. (The situation has developed since, although an agreement on the criteria is still missing.)
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The National (UAE), 2 August 2014 In this latest installment of the daily’s “unlikely sporting success stories”, about football in Afghanistan, the author quotes from the two only football reports from Taleban Afghanistan, by Kate Clark (then BBC, now AAN) and AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, republished on AAN.
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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 31 July 2014 Article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig describing latest developments in the Afghan post-election process, including the third stop of the audit, continuing lack of agreement about criteria between the two candidates and UN attempts to find a way out, and some outcomes of the impass: demonstrations by journalists against the long […]
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al-Jazeera, 23 July 2014 In this reportage from Andar by Matt Aikins where a US-backed ‘uprising’ militia allegedly killed three civilians, an incident confirmed by the UN and denied by ISAF, AAN is quoted – through three links – on the history of the Andar anti-Taleban ‘uprising’ and the configuration of local militias.
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Foreign Policy (blog), 22 July 2014 In this article on FP’s ‘South Asia Channel”, authors Srinjoy Bose and Niamat Ibrahimi quote AAN’s Kate Clark – not attributed to AAN but called a “journalist” (although linking to her AAN dispatch) – is quoted as saying that the current audit of Afghanistan’s presidential vote “is also a deeply political […]
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Voice of America, 20 July 2014 This article about the Afghan audit and its still unclear rules quotes AAN’s Kate Clark: “It felt like the referee had blown his whistle and the football match had started, not almost quite sure what a goal was,” said Kate Clark of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), who […]
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Junge Welt (Berlin), 20 July 2014 The Berlin-based daily briefly reviews new political magazines, among them the Afghanistan special of INAMO (Information Project Near and Middle East; in German), pointing to AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s contribution, “The emergence and future of the ‘warlords’ in Afghanistan’s oligarchy”.
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Stars and Stripes, 16 July 2014 AAN’s Afghanistan country director Kate Clark is quoted here: That international intervention to resolve the crisis became necessary was “disappointing but not surprising” given the lingering problems with the Afghan election system, said Kate Clark, country director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “The Afghan options were all used up […]
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The Guardian, 15 July 2014 In this report about the devastating car bomb detonated in Urgun bazaar of Paktika province, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted as saying: “The Taliban rarely claim attacks which cause mass civilian casualties, even when they are responsible,” said Kate Clark of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “I would take this denial with […]
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Frankfurter Rundschau, 14 July 2014 Interview (in German) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the 2014 election, the Kerry agreement and the state of Afghan democracy.
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