Tageszeitung, 19 July 2026 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the events in the night to Friday, 17 July, when armed fighters of a new opposition group, the Soldiers of the Homeland (Sepahian-e Maihan) took Yaftal district in Badakhshan from the Taleban for some hours, and provides background about the group and, briefly, the state of the […]
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Asia Times, 16 July 2026 AAN research ist quoted at two places in this article: Early analysis by the Afghanistan Analysts Network found the cabinet overwhelmingly Pashtun, with only token representation for Tajiks and Uzbeks, no meaningful Hazara or Shiite representation and no women. (…) An Afghanistan Analysts Network mining study shows that mining has […]
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nd, 29 June 2026 For the Berlin-based daily, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the results of Pakistan most recent airstrikes on three Afghan provinces, in an alleged attempt to attack TTP hideouts but mainly hitting civilians, as confirmed by the UN. He also looks at the background of the Pakistani-Afghan conflict: the colonial and – by […]
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Hasht-e Sobh, 17 June 2026 A very interesting analysis (which, however, does not tell us where those alternatives to the Taleban are), which uses AAN analyses of ISKP in the part which says that the group’s atrocities “must not be used to bury the truth and whitewash the Taliban.” AAN sources used: Source 1: Afghanistan […]
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El País, 2 June 2026 This report in a leading Spanish daily looks at the situation of Afghan women in the context of the recent Taliban “Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses.” The report quotes AAN’s Rachel Reid: One of the Taliban’s first decisions upon returning to power was to suspend the Constitution, which, among […]
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Info Migrants, 29 May 2026 Interview by the migration news platform with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about Germany’s controversial deportations to Afghanistan, based on an agreement with the Taleban regime (in Dari/Persian).
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Tageszeitung, 27 May 2026 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises how the EU is edging toward a deportation deal with the Taleban regime, both emulating and being pushed by the German government who concluded one bilaterally earlier this year, without publishing its contents. The latest EU developments: first, Brussel admitted that it is planning to invite a […]
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Tageszeitung, 22 May 2026 In an op-ed opinion piece for the Berlin-based daily, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks at the contradictions between, on one hand, the continously deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and Germany’s dropping admission rates for Afghan refugees, particularly for young men. He calls it a ‘realities gap’ (in German). His […]
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Kabul Tribune, 19 May 2026 The Afghan website summarises AAN’s latest report, “Holding the Line in Afghanistan: Women’s health in crisis and one NGO’s response”, and emphasises its conclusion that “long-term improvement depends on lifting restrictions on female education and increasing investment in the health sector.”
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Tageszeitung, 18 May 2026 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, for the German daily taz, looks at the Taleban’s new divorce regulations which – among other things – legalise (exclude from divorce) most forms of child marriage. While Iit grants the chance to girls/women, when reaching puberty, to go to court to file for annulation, Afghan civil society […]
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Pioneer Media, 11 May 2026 The now de facto Taleban-controlled Afghan diplomatic missions in Bonn, Berlin, and Munich are now seeking interns. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here as saying: Das Praktikumsangebot riecht nach einer PR-Aktion der Taliban nach dem Motto: Wir sind hier, wir arbeiten weiter. Die Taliban könnten so versuchen, Gleichgesinnte zu rekrutieren […]
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Drop Site News, 6 May 2026 In this article, Emran Feroz who writes about Pakistan’s latest escalation of its war with the Afghan Taleban regime in Kunar province and calls it – echoing local Afghans – “a scorched-earth military campaign”, quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on China’s position: “Beijing has not publicly reacted on the renewed […]
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