AP/Miami Herald, 13 April 2014 AAN's Martine van Bijlert is quoted here on the publication of first partial results of the Afghan presidential election: "The results match what I think the mood has been over the last few days," said Martine van Bijlert, co-director of the independent research group Afghanistan Analysts Network. "We've got two […]
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10 April 2014 Regarding speculations about a power-sharing deal between Afghan presidential candidates before or after a likely second round of elections, AAN's Martine van Bijlert is quoted: Martine van Bijlert, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent research organization in Kabul, notes that all kinds of scenarios are possible. […]
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 9 April 2014 Discussing the post-election role of outgoing President Hamed Karzai, "Kate Clark, a senior analyst at Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent research organization in Kabul, says the three front-runners do not want to alienate Karzai. 'Hamid Karzai is by no means a lame duck president, even now,' she says. 'So, regardless […]
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Voice of Russia, 9 April 2014 Transcript of an interview with AAN's Martine van Bijlert on the counting process, election security, observation and the general lack of population data.
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Tagesspiegel (Berlin), 8 April 2014 AAN's Christine Röhrs writes in her old newspaper: commenting on the attack killing of German photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injuring AP's Kathy Gannon, she writes (in German) that this and other attacks on journalists has deeply influenced how journalists feel they can work in Afghanistan but warns against alarmism: it would […]
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ABC Australia, 7 April 2014 AAN's Thomas Ruttig here with a quote commenting on Afghan election day: Thomas Ruttig, a veteran Afghan watcher with the Afghanistan Analysts Network, says one aspect of election day that is troubling are reports that many voting booths ran out of ballot papers. "In recent elections have sometimes been the […]
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Deutsche Welle, 7 April 2014 Accusations have to be taken seriously and need to be investigated, AAN's Kate Clark is quoted here as saying: "If electoral fraud really took place, it would be of immense importance to make this known before a possible second round," she said. … "Then the Afghan people have the chance to vote […]
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AP/Pekin Times, 7 April 2014 Martine van Bijlert, co-director of an independent research group called the Afghanistan Analysts Network, said the days ahead would be key to determining if the Taliban failed to disrupt the vote or if they purposefully laid low on due to the heavy security measures. “There’s always the possibility that they decided […]
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Das Parlament, 7 April 2014 The German weekly with specialisation on parliamentary affairs, reports about a public Afghanistan hearing in the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee, in which AAN’s Thomas Ruttig was one of the penalists.
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Domradio (Cologne), 7 Apil 2014 Transcript (in German language) of a live interview of the German camous radio with AAN's Thomas Ruttig about the first impressions of the Afghan E-Day
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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 7 April 2014 Op-ed commentary by AAN's Thomas Ruttig, saying that although the winner of the Afghan presidential election is not known yet, the losers are clear: the Taliban who were unable to make true on their threat to start spectacular actions to disrupt the elections. The election was one of defiance, mainly […]
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Stars and Stripes, 4 April 2014 AAN's Kate Clark comments on the first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan’s history: “It’s hugely important,” said Kate Clark analyst with the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network. “Hopefully it will institutionalize the idea that you have political change without assassination, revolution or war.” … “Fraud is inevitable,” Clark said. Afghans and […]
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