dpa/SDA, 30 March 2021 The German/Swiss news agency includes a short quote by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on Afghan president Ghani’s (conditions-based) agreement to an interim government he, so far, had vehemently opposed (in German): Aus Sicht des Afghanistan-Experten Thomas Ruttig von der Kabuler Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network hat Ghani offenbar dem Druck der USA nachgegeben, […]
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New York Times, 30 March 2021 A quote from AAN research by Thomas Ruttig in this article: In some areas under Taliban control, they have permitted schools for girls to continue operating, Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, pointed out in a recent paper — though, he notes, this may be driven more by political […]
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iDnes, 27 March 2021 AAN’s report by Ali Mohammad Sabawoon and Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article in the Czech online daily, taking stock of the Czech troops’ role in Logar province, under the title “The Czechs were bleeding and helping in Logar for six years, now the Taliban is taking over the province”: […]
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Journal21, 24 March 2021 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the Swiss online news portal from his latest AAN report on the Afghan peace process and the US attempts to ‘accelerate’ it (in German): Thomas Ruttig, der Co-Direktor des „Afghanistan Analysts Network“ schreibt, die USA „faces only bad choices“. Was sie auch immer entscheiden, es […]
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The New York Times, 22 March 2021 This story from Afghanistan’s Kunar shows the province after the defeat of the local Islamic State branch, in what it calls an uneasy truth between the Taleban and the government forces who cooperated against ISKP which has disintegrated there but not vanished – and it quotes AAN’s recent […]
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Tageszeitung, 17 March 2021 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig analyses the latest US plan for Afghanistan for the Berlin-based daily (in German), arguing that most of those planned to be invited to a peace conference in Turkey are accused of war crimes. It would be th political end for President Ghani’s increasingly corrupt and authoritarian government, but […]
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nd, 12 March 2021 On the twentieth anniversary of the destruction of the two giant buddha statues of Bamian by the Taleban, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig reminisces about various visits to the Central Afghan valley in the Berlin-based leftwing daily (in German).
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Gandhara (RFE/RL), 8 March 2021 Author Abubakr Siddique quotes from Thomas Ruttig’s analysis at AAN of the new US peace plan (incl. a new international ‘Bonn-style’ conference): Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank in Kabul, noted that the proposed plan prioritizes U.S. interests and timelines even more than the […]
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 8 March 2021 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article of the leading Swiss daily describing the power balance between government and Taleban in Afghanistan (in German): «Laut Schätzungen kontrollieren die Taliban heute zwischen 50 und 70 Prozent des Territoriums», erklärt Thomas Ruttig vom unabhängigen Think-Tank Afghanistan Analysts Network. Da sie vor allem […]
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Khaama, 7 March 2021 The Kabul-based news agency quotes from AAN analysis by Thomas Ruttig of the new US peace plan for Afghanistan: Afghanistan Analysts Network reported that Khalilzad also proposed a Bonn-type conference that would be aimed to either cancel or sideline the peace process. The “Bonn 2” have been discussed in a number […]
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 26 February 2021 This article in the lading Swiss daily on the latest UNAMA civilian casualties report quotes from Kate Clark’s analysis of the report: Laut Kate Clarke vom Afghanistan Analysts Network haben die Aufständischen nach ihrem Erfolgserlebnis in Doha begonnen, langsam an der Gewaltspirale zu drehen, um zu testen, wie die USA […]
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taz, 25 February 2021 Op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looking at the February 2020 US-Taleban deal, saying that it has been designed to open doors for the Taleban, so that US troops could withdraw (in German, a short version of this AAN analysis).
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