Zur Sache BW, 23 November 2018 Extensive article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the political economy of the Afghan war: who profits from the war because it is ongoing and is not interested – despite everything what is said publicly –that it stops (in German). Here a PDF version: 20181100JS-ZURSACHE-Afgh’s Kriegsgewinnler GEDRUCKT
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Christian Science Monitor, 14 November 2018 Against the overly optimistic headline, some quotes by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig trying to put a more realistic touch upon this part of the Afghan election-related media hype about the ‘youth wave’: Yet even with the emergence of a new generation committed to more democratic norms, change won’t be easy, […]
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 13 November 2018 AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili is quoted here about the recent fighting in Hazara regions in Uruzgan and Ghazni: “Hazara will never accept Taliban rule willingly, and will do their best to resist them,” says Ali Adili, a researcher at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank in […]
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Tageszeitung, 13 November 2018 Op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the Taleban offensive in three districts of Uruzgan and Ghazni.
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IRIN, 9 November 2018 The news agency quotes “other election observers” – here AAN – who noted “acute violence” and low voter turnout in places like Kunduz Province: “The question remains as to whether a larger number of people will take part in the presidential election scheduled for April 2019, if the security situation does […]
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BBC Farsi, 8 November 2018 An op-ed by Thomas Ruttig on the October 2018 parliamentary elections: “The worst organised in 17 years” – the editors unfortunately changed the title to “one of the worst…”
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Stars and Stripes, 2 November 2018 In this article about clashes between rival Taleban groups in western Afghanistan, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted with some background: The breakaway group expected other disaffected Taliban would join, but no new groups seem to be signing on, said Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network.
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Hasht-e Sobh, 9 Aqrab 1397 (31 October 2018) In this portrait of ISKP by former Afghan deputy defence minister Tamim Asey, research by Kate Clark and Borhan Osman at AAN is used as sourcing, among others: نابع من در تشریح این پدید منابع باز بوده و از نوشته نویسندهگانی چون انتونیو گوستوزی، عثمان برهان، کیت […]
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RFE/RL, 30 October 2018 AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted here about the Taleban’s policy on smart phones: Obaid Ali, an expert on the Afghan insurgency at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank in Kabul, says the Taliban’s cultural commission banned all fighters from using smartphones in 2016 for security and religious reasons. Since […]
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Spiegel, 26 October 2018 A short interview on the chaotic Afghan parliamentary elections in the leading German news magazine (in German and behind a paywall).
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al-Jazeera, 25 October 2018 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted here from earlier AAN analysis on the release of the former Taleban deputy leader: “Baradar is a highly experienced military commander and keen political strategist and played a major role in organising the insurgency in its formative years,” Kate Clark, member of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, wrote.
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Le Point, 23 October 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article about Gen Razeq’s assassination in Kandahar, from an AAN dispatch (in French, behind pay wall).
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