Brookings, 23 October 2018 AAN’s Ali Adili’s piece about the use of biometrics in the Afghan elections is indirectly quoted and linked to in this analysis by Vanda Felbab-Brown: So, there was no way to guarantee that the process was free of fraud, allowing losers to denounce the results as the outcome of systemic fraud […]
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Bloomberg, 22 October 2018 AAN’s election specialist Ali Yawar Adili is quoted in this article, speaking about the election turnout: “The turnout was relatively good in cities but low in rural areas where security is not good,” said Ali Yawar Adili, an analyst and researcher with Kabul-based Afghan [sic] Analyst Network independent think tank.
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Tageszeitung, 22 October 2018 Op-ed reportage and analysis summarising the chaotic two parliamentary elections days in Afghanistan by AA’s Thomas Ruttig (in German).
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Pravda, 21 October 2018 The Slovak daily both quoted AAN research by Thomas Ruttig and tweets on the Afghan elections: Thomas Ruttig, spolupredseda organizácie Afghanistan Analysts Network, označil voľby za najhoršie, aké monitoroval od roku 2004. Opísal ich ako chaotické a slabo pripravené, pričom biometrické zariadenia dorazili príliš neskoro a hlasovanie nedostatočne kontrolovala volebná komisia.
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Keskisuomalainen, 21 October 2018 The Finnish newspaper quotes, via AFP, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: – Vaalilautakunta on näyttänyt selvästi kyvyttömyytensä järjestää hyväksyttäviä ja läpinäkyviä vaaleja, arvioi Afganistan-tutkija Thomas Ruttig.
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Le Figaro, 21 October 2018 The leading French daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on talking with the Taleban (in French, behind a pay wall): « Les violences des deux derniers jours ne signifient pas que le processus de paix est sans espoir. Après tout, depuis des années, chaque camp a pris l’habitude de dialoguer et de […]
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Stars and Stripes, 21 October 2018 Lober quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the rural/urban divide in Afghanistan’s parliamentary polls, following up on AAN’s first post-elections analysis: “The Taliban effectively rule much of the rural space,” said Thomas Ruttig, co-director of Afghanistan Analysts Network, adding the militant group is “able to scare voters away” from […]
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El País, 20 October 2018 The Spanish daily quoted AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the technical shortcomings of Afghanistan’s first day of parliamentary elections: “Esperaba que hubiera muchos problemas técnicos, pero no este nivel de caos. La dejadez de la IEC y de parte de su personal se ha unido a la casi total falta de […]
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Jyllands-Posten, 20 October 2018 The leading Danish daily newspaper extensively quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the then forthcoming parliamentary elections. Not online, PDF here: 20181020JylP-Afghan parl election
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dpa, SDA/Berner Zeitung, 20 October 2018 A first appraisal of the Afghan parliamentary elections in Afghanistan by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the cooperating German and Swiss news agencies: Der Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig von der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network beschrieb die Wahl als «chaotisch». Sie sei die schlechteste gewesen, die er seit 2004 gesehen habe. Und […]
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Frankfurter Allgemeine, 20 October 2018 This analytical article in the leading German daily draws a bow between the Afghan elections and the attempts to get peace talks running with the Taleban. With some quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German): „Der Krieg tobt im ganzen Land“, sagt Thomas Ruttig, der lange für internationale Organisationen in […]
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El País, 20 October 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this report on election day one in Afghanistan in one of the two leading Spanish dailies: “No hay nada nuevo”, interpreta Thomas Ruttig, director del centro de estudios Afghanistan Analysts Network y gran conocedor del país. “Los talibanes siempre se han declarado dispuestos a […]
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