WOZ (Zurich), 26 June 2014 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks at the situation after accusations of fraud against high-ranking IEC staff and first protests in Kabul (in German).
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Deutsche Welle, 24 June 2014 Short interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the current post-election crisis in Afghanistan and the Amarkhel resignation: “No, it [the resignation] doesn’t resolve the standoff. The Afghan election crisis is not only about the people involved, it is also about the electoral system. … There is no sufficiently independent institution of […]
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Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2014 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted here as saying he does not believe the electoral crisis in Afghanistan is over yet: “You have to remember [Abdullah] also took issue to two other points beyond calling for Amarkhil’s resignation – the more than seven million turnout and what he says is […]
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The National (Dubai), 22 June 2014 I this article about the Taleban prisoners released to Qatar and about Qatar’s foreign policy role, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted as saying: “Qatar is a state that can control its borders, said Kate Clark, a senior Kabul-based researcher with the Afghan Analysts Network. “You’ve seen how difficult it […]
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Outlook India, 15 June 2014 “It is win or lose now,” said Kate Clark, director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “The voting is only one phase of the election, and there is still a lot that could change. Being a good loser doesn’t gain you much here. “If it is close and fraud looks to […]
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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 20 June 2014 Guest article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, providing a first look at the unfolding counting crisis after round 2 of the Afghan provincial elections (in German). Particularly calls to street protests by pro-Abdullah politicians, which might get out of control, can lead to an escalation. All population data, however, ae unreliable in […]
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Neues Deutschland, 17 June 2014 Guest article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the Berlin-based daily (subscribers only)), saying that – before even first preliminary results are out – both candidates come up wizh accusations of fraud. Due to the lack of an impartial institution to eliviate conflict, outgoing president Hamed Karzai might turn out as the […]
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AP, 16 June 2014 Obama has made “encouraging, if vague” gestures toward helping with Afghan-led peace talks, said Kate Clark of the Kabul-based Afghan [sic] Analysts Network, who has tracked events in the country for years. “In reality. though, the U.S. is on its way out and the swap looks like a clearing up of […]
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Deutsche Welle, 16 June 2014 The director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, Kate Clark, said “there is still a lot that could change” the Afghan poll outcome. “Being a good loser doesn’t gain you much here,” Clark said.
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ORF FM4, 16 June 2014 The English-language Austrian radio’s Reality Check programme interviews AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (audio here, scroll to Afghanistan).
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ABC Australia, 16 June 2014 Transcription and audio file of AAN’s Kate Clark interviewed by Aussie radio.
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RFE/RL, 15 June 2014 Frud Bezhan takes a look on turnout reports and quotes (and links) to Thomas Ruttig’s AAN dispatch: “Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank in Kabul, also noted reports of both greater and lower numbers of women compared to the first round.”
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