Tageszeitung (Berlin), 23 July 2021 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig analyses the latest German government report about the “asylum- and deportation-relevant situation in Afghanistan” (official name of the document) for the Berlin-based daily – and finds: in parts overtaken by reality, contains stark belittlements of the dramatically deteriorated situation and uses selective information from UN and other […]
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The New York Times, 22 July 2021 Another reference to recent AAN research: The Taliban have gained control of nearly half of Afghanistan’s district centers since their current offensive began on May 1, according to the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a research organization.
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Rolling Stone, 20 July 2021 This article contains a short quote from AAN research: The Afghanistan Analysts Network, a Kabul-based think tank, asserts that the Taliban strategy in the north “looks like a preemptive strike to prevent a northern opposition from organizing.”
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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 19 July 2021 In this op-ed (in German), AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the security situation in Afghanistan that forcd the Afghan government to cancel ‘forced repatriations’ of their citizens from European countries.
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Süddeutsche Zeitung, 18 July 2021 The Munich-based daily, reporting on the security situation in Afghanistan and particularly the country’s north and Kunduz province (the area where German troops have been deployed) cites recent AAN research: Mehr als die Hälfte der afghanischen Distrikte sind bereits unter Kontrolle der Taliban, wie das angesehene Kabuler Afghanistan Analyst Networks […]
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Hasht-e Sobh, 25 Saratan 1400 (16 July 2021) A Dari translation (by renowned Kabul daily Hasht-e Sobh) of AAN’s report on Afghanistan 1400 that we published in English and Pashto.
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The Guardian, 15 July 2021 The British daily quotes Thomas Ruttig on the meaning of the recent regional Afghanistan conference in Tashkent: Those talks are part of a regional scramble to explore all possible routes to ending the violence, said Thomas Ruttig, the director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “Such conferences are useful to keep […]
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TRT World, 15 July 2021 AAN’s Obaid Ali is extensively quoted on possible Afghan scenarios in this report of the Turkish government broadcaster: “The [most likely] scenario appears to be that possibly the Taliban will take over the government in Afghanistan because they are not ready to share power with the current government and also […]
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Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2021 This article quotes AAN recent research on rural women: The Afghanistan Analysts Network said that research it published this month, for example, “challenged the idea that women in rural areas are satisfied by what is often portrayed as ‘normal’ by the Taliban or other Afghan conservatives.” “Almost every woman […]
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France 24, 14 July 2021 AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili is quoted by France’s public international broadcaster here: The Turkish airport proposal has been circulating in Afghanistan policy circles for months and the Taliban’s latest warning came as no surprise to most analysts. “It’s not unexpected for the Taliban to react like this to the news […]
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ORF-Ö1, 14 July 2021 Listen to a short interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with public Austrian radio (in German) on the consequences of western troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the recent Taleban offensive (available for 7 days after publication).
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PJ Media, 13 July 2021 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted here on the ability of Afghan warlords to fight the Taleban: Kate Clark from the Afghanistan Analysts Network said it’s uncertain how much of a fight the warlords could put up — even with their own enhanced militias. “We don’t know the capacity for actual […]
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