NachDenkenSeiten, 12 December 2019 In the context of the Washington Post’s ‘Afghanistan papers’ (and internal US statements that they did not have “a clue” about the country), Austro-Afghan journalist Emran Feroz recalls an episode of a podium discussion between a German general and AAN’s Thomas Ruttig when the former talked about “enemy groups” in Afghanistan […]
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ZDF, 10 December 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted about the US ‘Afghanistan papers’ obtained by the Washington Post (in German): Der Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig betont, dass diese Koordinierungsprobleme in der internationalen Koalition wie auch das Ausmaß von Korruption und Misswirtschaft schon lange bekannt seien. “Kritik an den Deutschen hat es immer gegeben, etwa dass […]
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Time, 5 December 2019 The US news magazine quotes AAN’s Kate Clark on the Afghan context of violence of the Afghan ‘peace’ talks: “One of the real frustrations in the last year is that the talks have been going on, but for many in the countryside, it feels like the fighting has escalated,” says Kate […]
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Tageszeitung, 30 November 2019 OP-ed analysis in the Berlin-based daily by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about Trump’s visit to Afghanistan and announcement that talks with the Taleban have started (not officially yet, so). In German.
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dpa/Frankfurter Rundschau, 29 November 2019 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article about Trump’s Afghanistan visit and announcement that US talks with the Taleban are on again, saying that the Afghan government will still not be part of them, for the time being (in German): “Insgesamt wird die afghanische Regierung nach wie […]
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The Guardian, 29 November 2019 Some quotes by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about Trump’s announcement of new US negotiations with the Taleban in Emma Graham-Harrison’s article: “I have the impression that the contacts were never fully cut off,” said Thomas Ruttig, the co-director of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network. “The message from the Americans was: the […]
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SRF TV, 29 November 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with some quotes in Swiss public broadcasters main TV show about Trump’s Afghanistan visit and his hints that talks with the Taleban are on again (in German; starts at 7:52min in the video).
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The National, 21 November 2019 In the Dubai-based daily, author Stefanie Glinski quotes AAN research by Reza Kazemi, on Achin district in Nangrahar: “The fighting in Achin between 2015 and 2018 has frequently been chaotic, brutal and violent to a degree not seen before in the district, or elsewhere in the country,” Reza Kazemi of […]
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International New York Times, 19 November 2019 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted as saying here that “It’s a risky move on his part,” Kate Clark, an analyst with the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, said of Mr. Ghani. “It’s not clear why it has happened now or whether it will actually be what he said he […]
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 18 November 2019 The leading Swiss daily also touches upon the still-undecided Afghan presidential election, and quoting AAN on this: Für die Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network ist klar, welche Konsequenzen drohen, wenn die Behörden nicht mehr Klarheit schaffen: Widersprüche, Fehler und Versäumnisse säten den Boden für eine Politisierung der Ergebnisse, wie auch […]
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The Media Line, 14 November 2019 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted in this article about competing claims of victory and an on-and-off recount in the September 28 presidential election: “It was a choice between two incumbents, neither of whom people are very excited about,” Kate Clark, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a nonpartisan research organization, told […]
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Asia Times, 14 November 2019 The news platform quotes from AAN research here, on early implausibly high IEC turnout figures in the 28 September Afghan presidential election: Voter participation has been witnessed as implausibly higher than the national average in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Kunar and Ningarhar provinces, according to the independent Kabul-based think-tank Afghanistan Analysts Network.
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