Telepolis, 16 May 2019 Afghan-Austrian journalist Emraz Feroz, in this article for one of the leading German-language news websites, quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on discussion around the power of still-Afghan President Ghani after the Peace Loya Jirga and at the eve of the end of his first tenure: “Das Problem und teilweise auch der Anlass […]
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Pravda, 14 May 2019 The leading Slovak newspaper quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the political role of women in Afghanistan, after the murder of journalist Mina Mangal:
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La Repubblica, 10 May 2019 In this article of the Italian daily about a photo exhibition on the occasion of Italian medical NGO Emergency – which runs one of the most important hospitals in Kabul – AAN colleague Fabrizio Foschini is mentioned as a moderator of the opening of the show.
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Tageszeitung, 5 May 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s summary of the Consultative Peace Loya Jirga in Kabul: “After the Loya Jirga, the government in Kabul still does not operate from a position of strength, but of partial – internal and external – isolation, with much of the political opposition boycotting the jirga, the Taleban denouncing it […]
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ecoi.net, 30 April 2019 The country of origin information system of the Austrian Red Cross’s (extensive) summary of security developments in Afghanistan in 2018 and the beginning of 2019 relies, among other sources, on information provided by AAN and by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s German-language blog Afghanistan Zhaghdablai.
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SRF, 30 April 2019 Listen to an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with Swiss Radio about the forthcoming Peace Loya Jirga, with a transcript (in German).
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Tageszeitung, 29 April 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig gives a primer to the forthcoming Peace Loya Jirga in Kabul (in German).
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The National, 22 April 2019 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the UAE-based daily, pointing out that the Taleban are not the only party to the conflict escalating the military conflict: According to Thomas Ruttig, co-director of Afghanistan Analysts Network, the onus of the sustained fighting also falls on foreign and Afghan forces. “The […]
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Eurasia Review, 17 April 2019 This analysis basically relies on information provided by an AAN dispatch.
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AP/Miami Herald and Asharq al-Awsat, 31 March 2019 AAN’s Reza Kazemi is quoted in this article about Afghan returnees from the Iranian sponsored, pro-Assad Fatemiyun brigade in Syria with some cautionary tones: Most of those who joined the Fatimiyoun Brigade were driven by hopelessness and poverty, not loyalty to Iran, said Reza Kasimi, a researcher […]
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Himal, 22 March 2019 In part 1 of a series –on Afghan refugees in Germany, the Kathmandu-based online magazine AAN research on refugees arriving in Germany in quoted.
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Deutschlandfunk, 21 March 2019 Listen to an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with the German public broadcaster about the current security situation and the peace talks in Afghanistan, on the day of the extension of the Bundeswehr mandate for Mission Resolute Support in Afghanistan (in German).
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