Deutsche Welle, 20 March 2019 A very short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on Germany’s offer to host a third Afghanistan conference: Without an agreement on […] crucial issues, experts say, it would be difficult for Germany to host a third Bonn conference. “We are not there yet,” Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts […]
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Reuters, 19 March 2019 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, on the so-called Green Zone in Kabul, besides a few euphemistic remarks by diplomats: The development of the green zone, including Nato’s military base, in the middle of a crowded city showed “sheer disrespect” for the security of local people, said Thomas Ruttig, co-director of […]
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Die Zeit, 14 March 2019 An op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the website of a leading German weekly newspaper, discussing what impact a peace and power sharing agreement with the Taleban would have for Afghans – and also how far the current government is really an alternative (in German). This includes a podcast.
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The Economist, 14 March 2019 AAN’s S Reza Kazemi is quoted in this article (with its unnecessarily dramatising first part of the headline) – as an “academic” – as saying: Yet Iran would struggle to mobilise the Fatemiyoun inside Afghanistan, says Said Reza Kazemi, an academic. There would also be great resistance among Afghan Shias […]
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dpa/Der Standard, 7 March 2019 In a report on the IS-claimed attack on the commemoration of Shia leader Abdul Ali Mazari’s death anniversary in Kabul, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the strength of ISKP (in German): Laut dem Afghanistan-Experten Thomas Ruttig von der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network ist der IS-Ableger in Afghanistan insgesamt geschwächt […]
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Le Figaro, 6 March 2019 Quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article (in French and behind a paywall): “It is difficult to imagine a peace deal without a power sharing with the Taleban.”
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The New Arab, 5 March 2019 In this article which discusses the question of whether demands for environmental protections by groups from al-Qaeda to the Taleban are propaganda or genuine concern, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted as pointing to another aspect of the Afghan war: “The United States has destroyed many orchards in Kandahar, which is […]
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Tageszeitung, 3 March 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s interview with Afghan women activist Roshan Tseran about the women’s peace gathering in Kabul: “Why should always we women pay the bill?” (in German).
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Tageszeitung, 26 February 2019 Read Thomas Ruttig’s long reportage about the newly opened war victims museum and dialogue centre in Kabul – still forced to operate half underground, in a basement (in German).
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AP/Minneapolis StarTribune, 25 February 2019 This news item has two quotes, one from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and one from earlier AAN research on the Taleban’s Mulla Baradar who met chief US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad for the first time yesterday in Doha.
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AFP/Schweriner Volkszeitung, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung etc, 24 February 2019 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the record Afghan civilian casualty figure reported by the UN (in German): “Der Anstieg an zivilen Opfern belegt, dass sich der Krieg 2018 intensiviert hat”, sagt Thomas Ruttig von der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network.
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Deutschlandfunk, 24 February 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this analysis of the ongoing peace talks in Afghanistan by this German public broadcaster: Doch wie bisher werden auch bei den Gesprächen an diesem Montag in Katar keine Vertreter der afghanischen Regierung mit am Tisch sitzen. Ein strategischer Fehler, sagt Thomas Ruttig. Er leitet den […]
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