Tageszeitung, 6 February 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises and analysis the Russian-sponsored “intra-Afghan dialogue” in Moscow that excluded the Afghan government for the Berlin-based daily (in German).
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The Diplomat, 5 February 2019 Ali Adili, a researcher with the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank, says that developments in the peace talks would not result in holding elections, but rather the establishment of a caretaker government. “There is uncertainty,” Adili adds. “The peace talks and calls for reform of the electoral bodies […]
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Interfax/Swissinfo, 5 February 2019 Quotes by Thomas Ruttig for the private Russian news agency printed by the Russian service of Swiss radio/TV about the Russian-sponsored “intra-Afghan dialogue”, saying that the positive aspect of this was that Afghan factions, including the Taleban, are talking to each other while its negative aspect was that the Afghan government […]
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Jung&Naiv, 3 February 2019 Over 100 minutes about Afghanistan with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this edition of the award-winning video blog, covering much from the current US-Taleban talks and elections (past and future) to how the conflict evolved in the beginning (in German).
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Svenska Dagbladet, 2 February 2019 AAN research is quoted in this analysis of Trump’s Afghanistan policy in the leading Swedish daily (behind a paywall).
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Bulgarian National Radio, 2 February 2019 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the US-Taleban talks and perspectives for Afghanistan, with audio and summary. Full transcript of the interview here (in Bulgarian)
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Spiegel, 1 Februar 2019 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this look at possible repercussions of a US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and Zalmya Khalilzad’s Taleban talks (in German), saying that there must be fears that this mission might repeat the re-establishment of warlord rule, only in another composition (adding the Taleban), excluding […]
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Stars and Stripes, 31 January 2019 In this article about the latest SIGAR figures on the relation of government and Taleban territorial control, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted as saying: Despite the most recent data, Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, did not believe the security situation was near a tipping point. But, […]
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Klassekampen, 29 January 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig quoted extensively in Norwegian daily, together Kristian Harpviken, saying: Thomas Ruttig, forsker og ved i forskningsorganisasjonen Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) sier til Klassekampen at han ikke er optimistisk, nettopp fordi Kabul-regjeringen har uttrykt motstand mot forhandlinger om regjeringens sammensetning. – Det er bra at Taliban deltar i samtaler […]
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Le Figaro, 29 January 2019 A quote by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the French daily, warning that the Taleban do not share ideas of an election- and one-person-one-vote based democratic system (behind a pay wall): Les talibans admettent qu’ils ne sont pas la seule force politique en présence. Dans leurs discours, ils affirment être prêts […]
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SRF4, 29 January 2019 Listen to the audio (in German) of a Swiss Radio interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, discussing the US-Taleban talks in Doha and the Afghan president Ghani’s reaction to it. Starts at 4:26 min under the (different) headline (“Anti-Korruptions-Index: Die Schweiz steht im Ranking gut da”). Also a number of quotes in […]
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ORF, 28 January 2019 In this background article on Austrian TV’s website, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted as saying that the framework agreed upon by the US and the Taleban in Doha was “only the first step on a long way” but that it is essential to involve the third party to the conflict, the […]
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