Los Angeles Times, 6 April 2014 Commenting on early results and turnout of the Afghan elections, AAN's Martine van Bijlert is quoted as saying: “It’s a little bit of a rural-urban divide, but it’s more about who controls the area and how free people feel. If the people couldn’t vote but they see the outcome as […]
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Stars and Stripes, 6 April 2014 Martine van Bijlert, co-director of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, cautioned against drawing conclusions too early about the effect of the elections on the insurgent group. For starters, she said, it’s unclear if their efforts to disrupt the election were thwarted or if they simply pulled back, waiting for […]
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Washington Times, 6 April 2014 This article has a small quote from AAN's Thomas Ruttig pointing out that not everything that did not go well in Afghanistan can be blamed on President Karzai and about Afghan reactions to the US-Afghan spat about the BSA: “Many Afghans were tired of the high-handedness of the West in […]
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Voice of Russia, 6 April 2014 Transcript of an interview broadcast life on the English service of the Russian state broadcaster with AAN's Thomas Ruttig.
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Reuters, 6 April 2014 Debating the reasons for the unexpectedly strong turn-out of voters in the 5 April Afghan elections, the news agency quotes AAN's Borhan Osman: Borhan Osman of the independent Afghan Analysts Network argues that for now the insurgency does not appear to be winning, though the Taliban might argue it has already […]
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Dawn/Washington Post, 6 April 2014 In an article looking at the legacy of President Hamed Karzai, AAN's Martine van Bijlert requests some more balance: “In the beginning, Karzai was viewed through rose-tinted glasses,” said Martine van Bijlert, co-director of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network. “Now, there’s a very negative view of him, particularly in the […]
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Scroll.in, 5 April 2014 Indian news website quotes a pre-election Tweet by AAN’s Martine van Bijlert: “The pre-election mood in Afghanistan, according to media reports, is positive but edgy. The Afghans seem determined to elect a leader who will bring about economic and political progress in a desperately poor country. “Fraud, insecurity, enthusiasm, defiance, fear– […]
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Die Welt (Germany), 5 April 2014 AAN's Martine van Bijlert is quoted here on the probability and forms of vote rigging, her experience from the 2009 and 2010 elections and what this says about 2014: "Der Betrug damals ist nicht leicht zu quantifizieren", sagt Martine van Bijlert vom Thinktank Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul. "Aber wenn […]
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El Punt Avui (Girona), 5 April 2014 Pre-election report by the Catalonian newspaper, with long quotes by AAN's Thomas Ruttig: Tot i aquests aires de renovació, el nou president tindrà un gran repte. És l'opinió de Thomas Ruttig, fundador, codirector i analista del think tank independent Afghanistan Analists Network (AAN). “El nou president ha de cobrir les […]
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Voice of America, 5 April 2014 Kate Clark, country director at Afghanistan Analysts Network, is quoted here as saying that laws protect an Afghan woman's right to education and employment but that in reality, men still control what a woman can do. "Under the Taliban, women largely couldn't work unless they were in the health professions. So […]
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AP/CBC, 5 April 2014 Thde news agency has a short quote from AAN's Martine van Bijlert on the significance of the 2014 elections: Martine van Bijlert, co-director of an independent research group called Afghanistan Analysts Network, noted the elections come as the country braces for the withdrawal of international combat troops. "They come at a time when […]
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tageszeitung (Berlin), 5 April 2014 AAN's Thomas Ruttig guest article (in German) reviews President Hamed Karzai's balance and looks at his future influence: "After Karzai is still with Karzai".
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