Catalunya Radio, 1 April 2014 Listen to an audio of a pre-election report including quotes from AAN's Thomas Ruttig and CIDOB's Malaiz Daud, interviewed during a conference at CIDOB Barcelona.
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Le Matin (Geneva), 1 April 2014 Article on the upcoming elections with a quote from AAN's Thomas Ruttig: Faute d'alternative, après les échecs du dialogue de paix ces dernières années, «les talibans semblent glisser vers la radicalisation», avance Thomas Ruttig, spécialiste de la rébellion au Réseau des analystes sur l'Afghanistan (AAN) basé à Kaboul. Quitte […]
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Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, 1 April 2014 AAN's Thomas Ruttig is quoted in the (German language) article in the Osnabrück daily: Thomas Ruttig von der Denkfabrik „Afghanistan Analysts Network“ sieht weitere Schwierigkeiten für die Abstimmung. „Das Problem sind schwache Wahlinstitutionen, die nicht unparteiisch sind“, erklärt der Politologe. „Karsais Regierungsapparat kontrolliert weitgehend die Wahlkommission.“ Eine unabhängige Instanz gebe es […]
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Denmarks Radio, 31 March 2014 In this article on elections observation in Afghanistan, AAN's Thomas Ruttig is quoted: – Valget bliver formentlig ligesom i 2009, hvor der var omfattende svindel. 20 procent af stemmerne blev dengang kasseret efter indgriben fra de FN-udpegede medlemmer af valgklagekomitéen, siger den tyske Afghanistan-ekspert Thomas Ruttig til Politiken. Han er […]
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Ekstrabladet (Denmark), 31 March 2014 AAN's Thomas Ruttig is quoted here on expected fraud duting the upcoming Afghan elections, pre-election violence and problems for the election observers: – Valget bliver formentlig ligesom i 2009, hvor der var omfattende svindel. 20 procent af stemmerne blev dengang kasseret efter indgriben fra de FN-udpegede medlemmer af valgklagekomitéen, siger […]
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AFP/Japan Times, 31 March 2014 In an article looking at the pre-election wave of violence in Kabul, AAN's Thomas Ruttig is quoted: Thomas Ruttig of the Afghan [sic] Analysts’ Network said that after the efforts at peace talks in recent years with the Kabul government and its Western allies produced no results, “Taliban are drifting […]
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Wall Street Journal, 29 March 2014 In an article about the recent wave of attacks in Kabul, AAN's Thomas Ruttig is quoted: The escalating violence ahead of the April 5 election is unusual even by Afghan standards, and threatens to exceed levels that marred the country's previous election in 2009, said Thomas Ruttig, a co-founder […]
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Daily Telegraph, 30 March 2014 In an article looking at presidential candidate – and warlord – Sayyaf, AAN's Fabrizio Foschini is quoted on his election chances: Although unlikely to win he would garner decisive votes to put behind one of the two candidates that make it to a run-off, according to Fabrizio Foschini, of the […]
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NTB/ACN Nyheter (Norway), 30 March 2014 AAN's Thomas Ruttig is quoted by the Norwegian news agency: Dagens styresett er langt fra godt, og bistanden har i stor grad vært bortkastet, mener Thomas Ruttig i den norskstøttede tankesmia Afghanistan Analysts Network. – Mesteparten av bistanden har enten vært bortkastet eller har vært brukt på en lite effektiv måte, […]
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Christian Science Monitor/Alaska Dispatch, 28 March 2014 Following a wave of Taleban violence against election-related institutions and foreigners in Kabul, AAN's Fabrizio Foschini is quotes here with his analysis: “For the Taliban, the main hope is violence,” says Fabrizio Foschini, an Afghanistan politics expert with the Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul. “The only game-changer for […]
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Deutsche Welle, 26 March 2014 In another (English-language) election primer, the German radio station looks at the state of the Afghan economy and the "economic challenges ahead". It quotes AAN's Sari Kouvo: According to Sari Kouvo, an expert on human rights and co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), the living standards have considerably improved […]
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France 24, 26 March 2014 This article on the website of French international TV looks at the potential of Afghanistan's Hazaras as "a very desirable vote block for candidates" in the upcoming election but also pointing out how this — theoretical — block is split. AAN's Martine van Bijlert is also quoted: “They are the group with […]
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