dpa/ORF, 9 July 2019 In this summary of the intra-Afghan Doha ‘peace conference’ and its joinr final statement (in German), there is a first reaction by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: Der Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig von der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network wies darauf hin, dass es sich bei der Dialogkonferenz um keine formellen Verhandlungen gehandelt habe. Das […]
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Tageszeitung, 8 July 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, in his latest op-ed for the Berlin-based daily, reviews the set-up and context of the intra-Afghan dialogue conference held in Doha after its first round on Sunday, 7 July 2019 (in German).
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dpa, 8 July 2019 The German press agency quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the ongoing intra-Afghan dialogue conference in Doha: Der Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig von der Kabuler Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network sagte, es gebe viel Gepäck und fehlendes Vertrauen auf allen Seiten. Doha sei daher eine Chance, Misstrauen abzubauen und sich darauf zu konzentrieren, nach […]
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 7 July 2019 The leading German daily looks at the intra-Afghan dialogue conference starting today in Doha and the German role in it. AAN is quoted from Thomas Ruttig’s latest analysis of the talks process, but on the hints of an undeclared Taleban ceasefire over the recent Eid days: Auch zu einer […]
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Afghan Online Press News, 1 July 2019 This article quotes from AAN’s latest analysis of the different layers of the Afghanistan peace talks: The Afghanistan Analysts Network’s Thomas Ruttig, in an excellent analytical piece, explains that the Taliban want to see a shura-ye hal o aqd – an Islamic form of representation through elite selection […]
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TRT World, 25 June 2019 Thomas Ruttig, a co-founder of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, […] also underlines the fact that similar rumours appeared in the recent past. “Repeatedly, there were reports, more likely rumours, about massive movements of IS fighters from Iraq and Syria to Afghanistan. However, I’m sceptical. My organisation followed such reports in […]
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TRT World, 21 June 2019 The Turkish state broadcaster’s website reports, based on latest UNAMA reports, that civilian casualties caused by the Taleban have fallen, while those attributed to the pro-government side are rising and the Afghan government and its allies killed more civilians in the first months of 2019 than the Taleban, the first time […]
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Le Croix, 14 June 2019 Two quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this analysis of the French daily of the ongoing peace efforts in Afghanistan, on the US special envoy’s initial contribution to problems involving the Afghan government and about peace hopes and the disinclination of large parts of the population to return to the […]
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The Diplomat, 5 June 2019 This article contains several quotes of and references to AAN, for example on the 2006 case when then-Preisdent Karzai appointed his close aide and legal adviser as the head of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. When his term ended, Karzai — in clear violation of the constitution — appointed him as […]
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Tageszeitung, 29 May 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig wrote a portrait for the Berlin-based daily of the new political deputy chief of the Taleban Mulla Baradar who, factually (but not officially – he is actually the supervisor of the Taleban negotiators) and who had met US Afghan envoy Khalilzad and participated in the recent intra-Afghan meeting […]
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dpa/Salzburger Nachrichten, 29 May 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this agency report on the postponement of Afghanistan’s provincial council elections: Afghanistan-Kenner halten die Verschiebung der Wahlen angesichts des Umfelds für notwendig. Sie sei aber dennoch nicht gut, sagte der Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig von der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network, denn es würde die institutionellen […]
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The Intercept, 29 May 2019 The article refers to an AAN case study of a targeted killing case based on mistaken identity in Afghanistan by Kate Clark: In 2010, U.S. Special Forces killed a number of people in a convoy that belonged to a candidate in the Afghan parliamentary election. It later turned out that […]
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