ARD (German TV), 8 July 2021 Monitor, a political magazine in leading German public broadcaster ARD, quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on current changes in Afghanistan’s security situation, particularly in areas until recently in the German military’s reponsibility (from the German transcript): Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network: “In den Gebieten, in denen die Bundeswehr aktiv war zuletzt, […]
AAN in the Media
The Diplomat, 8 July 2021 AAN research by Kate Clark and Obaid Ali is quoted here, saying the Taleban “targeting the north now looks like a pre-emptive strike to prevent a northern opposition from organising.”
AAN in the Media
Wall Street Journal, 6 July 2021 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted with saying: “The Taliban have used the peace talks as a tool for the war,” said Kate Clark, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network think tank. … (the remainder behind a pay wall).
AAN in the Media
RFE/RL, 5 July 2021 In an article looking at several episodes of Afghan soldiers evading Taleban assaults across the border into Tajikistan, AAN research is quoted about the general situation in northern Afghanistan: According to a recent analysis by the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a Kabul think tank, the Taliban strategy in the north “looks like a preemptive […]
AAN in the Media
Financial Times, 4 July 2021 The Financial Tims’ editorial underlining western countries’ duty to protect their Afghan local staff from Taleban threats quotes from AAN when arguing that the US-led ‘coalition’ failed to achive one ‘strategic aim’ of the intervention – removing the Taleban from power: As the Taliban has ratcheted up violence they have […]
AAN in the Media
The Observer, 4 July 2021 Quotes from a recent AAN report by Kate Clark and Obaid Ali: “That the Taliban would launch widespread attacks while, or immediately after, US forces left was to be expected, but the scale and speed of the Afghan National Security Forces’ collapse was not,” said Kate Clark of the Afghanistan […]
AAN in the Media
Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2021 This article quotes from a recent AAN report by Kate Clark and Obaid Ali: Indeed, a report today by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) pointed to government “neglect and incompetence” as much as “Taliban strength,” as a reason for the insurgents’ recent lightning advances. Widespread Taliban attacks as the […]
AAN in the Media
The World, 30 June 2021 AAN’s Ali Adili is quoted in this report on the public radio’s website, being skeptical about new ‘popular’ and militia arming: Definitely, it’s not a good thing that people are getting mobilized and arming themselves against the Taliban,” said Ali Yawar Adili, researcher with the Afghan[istan] Analysts Network in Kabul. “People are […]
AAN in the Media
Tageszeitung (Berlin), 30 June 2021 With the last German (and Italian, Norwegian and many other) soldiers just having left Afghanistan, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig Deutschland looks at the security situation thy lave behind in the country they were supposed to help stabilise, with a large-scale Taleban offensive in the rural areas and the Afghan government and […]
AAN in the Media
NOS News (Netherlands), 24 June 2021 AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili quoted on the Dutch public broadcasting website: Niet iedereen is er van overtuigd dat de Afghaanse veiligheidstroepen in hun eentje klaar zijn voor deze gevechten. “Dit heeft bijgedragen aan de re-mobilisatie van lokale milities”, zegt Ali Adili, onderzoeker bij de denktank Afghanistan Analyst[s] Network in […]
AAN in the Media
New York Times/Irish Times, 23 June 2021 A brief quote from recent AAN research by Ali Yawar Adili in this article printed in both nwspapers: “For the first time in 20 years, power brokers are speaking publicly about mobilising armed men,” the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a research group in Kabul, wrote in a June 4th […]
AAN in the Media
RTE podcast, 17 June 2021 Listen to a podcast of Irish TV/radio with AAN’s Rohullah Surush: After 20 years of war and over half the country living in poverty, Afghanistan has been hit with a third wave – its worst yet – of Govid-19. Rohullah Sorush of the Afghanistan Analysts’ Network in Kabul is the […]
AAN in the Media
