Die Welt, 31 August 2019 In this op-ed for the conservative German daily, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks at the contours of the pending US-Taleban agreement and argues that this is still short of a peace agreement (in German, behind a paywall). But the full text can be read here.
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Deutschlandfunk, 30 August 2019 Interview on German public radio (in German) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, discussing the pros and cons of the bilateral US-Taleban not-yet-peace agreement (audio and transcript).
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Neues Deutschland, 29 August 2019 A shorter German version of the AAN research about a US-Afghan night raid that killed 11 young men – the Afghan government originally claimed they were Taleban, locals insist they were not (behind a paywall). A full PDF version here: 20190821ND-Die Kulalgo Killings PDF
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ara.cat, 25 August 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article in the Catalan daily on the US-Taleban negotiations in Afghanistan: En canvi, Thomas Ruttig, codirector d’Afghanistan Analysts Network -un dels centres d’estudis més prestigiosos sobre l’Afganistan, que compta amb personal sobre el terreny permanentment-, fa una altra lectura. Segons afirma, els EUA volen […]
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La Croix, 22 August 2019 Full interview (in French) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, discussing the topic whether “peace is possible with the Taleban” – answer: yes, but cautioning that a US-Taleban agreement would not mean immediate peace.
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Mondiaal Nieuws, 21 August 2019 This article on the Dutch news website about attempts for an Afghan peace and the strength of IS, as a possible spoiler, quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (not fully clear from which source) saying that ISKP was “marginal but still lethal”: Het is overigens niet helemaal duidelijk hoe belangrijk of marginaal […]
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ABC News, 20 August 2019 Watch a short video of AAN’s Kate Clark talking about hopes (and lack of) for peace among Afghans, via the above Twitter link.
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ORF/Ö1, 19 August 2019 Listen to an audio of an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with Austrian public radio (in German) about the situation after the IS-claimed wedding-hall bombing, the US-Taleban talks and the country’s centenary of independence.
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Tageszeitung, 19 August 2019 Summary of the information on the Kabul wedding hall bombing and a bomb attack near Quetta (Pakistan) that killed the brother of Taleban leader Hebatullah Akhunzada by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the Berlin-based daily (in German)
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ARD-Tagesschau, 18 August 2019 Listen to a short comment of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the IS wedding hall bombing in Kabul in Germany’s leading news programme (in German; Afghanistan part starts at 00:08:25).
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The Economist, 15 August 2019 Another short quote of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, with a reference to the intra-Afghan dialogue in July 2019: All sides agreed to a vague formula of “Afghan all-inclusive negotiations”, notes Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a research group. But they were attending only in their personal capacities.
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Neues Deutschland, 14 August 2019 Extensive analysis by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig of how far the US-Taleban talks have come so far and what is still open in this Berlin-based daily (in German).
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