Washington Post, 27 September 2019 In this interesting discussion of the upcoming elections and the status of Afghanistan’s democratic process, latest AAN election-related research is quoted by author Dipali Mukhopadhyay: A wartime election will privilege the preferences of urban citizens with access to (more) secure polling stations than their rural counterparts.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 September 2019 This pre-election article looks at what people think about the poll and that many candidates have their families outside the country, and quotes AAN’s Ali Adili: In parliamentary elections last year, almost two-thirds of voters stayed away from the polls. “We have reason to believe that this year’s turnout […]
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Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 26 September 2019 In this election primer, a rare look is taken at the socio-economic situation – and therefore at the failure of the current government (in German, also as audio). AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here – on corruption and ghost soldiers: Ein Grund dafür scheint die Mannschaftsstärke der afghanischen Streitkräfte zu […]
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The National, 26 September 2019 AAN’s Ali Adili is quoted here in the Dubai-based daily on expected voter turnout in the forthcoming Afghan presidential election: “If we look at last year’s parliamentary elections, the majority of registered voters – almost two thirds – didn’t turn up,” said Ali Yawar Adili, an election expert working with […]
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RFE/RL, 25 September 2019 Two quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig – besides Chatham House’s Hameed Hakimi, and International Crisis Group consultant Graeme Smith: “The political elites were unable to come up with a viable challenger [to the two NUG heads],” says Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the independent Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network. As a result, Ruttig says, Afghanistan’s […]
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 24 September 2019 A primer for the Afghan presidential election on 28 September of the leading Swiss newspaper, with a quote from AAN research on the lack of electoral reform (in German): Derweil steckt eine versprochene Wahlreform nach Einschätzung der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network im Embryonalstadium. Die jetzigen Institutionen gelten als parteiisch […]
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ToloNews, 24 September 2019 Both AAN’s Ali Adili and Thomas Ruttig can be seen speaking about the forthcoming presidential election in the leading private TV channel’s 6pm news – starts at 5:25 min (in Dari). Also as short English news text, here.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 23 September 2019 Quotes from AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili and AAN research in this pre-election article: Ali Adili, a researcher at the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), an independent think tank in Kabul, predicts a low turnout because of “insecurity, uninspiring election campaigns by the candidates, and a lack of confidence in […]
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The Guardian, 22 September 2019 A primer by Emma Harrison on the 28 September presidential election in Afghanistan, saying “turnout almost certain to be dented by security worries and disillusionment, many analysts fear that this re-run of the 2014 contest will produce a repeat of its disputed and fraud-damaged results.” AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili is […]
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Vårt Land, 17 September 2019 A processed interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this Norwegian daily, mainly covering the current security situation after the breakdown of US-Taleban talks and the forthcoming election.
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NOS, 14 September 2019 A long interview on the largest Dutch public broadcasters website with AAN’s Fazl Muzhary, about the situation in Afghanistan, his own live in the war and his work with AAN – before the US-Taleban deal broke down (in Dutch).
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AFP/Daily Mail, 13 September 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the forthcoming Afghan presidential election and possible Taleban violence: The question is whether the elections can be seen as fair and representative, say experts from the Afghanistan Analysts Network. AAN analyst Thomas Ruttig told AFP that with the election so near it was “difficult […]
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