Tageszeitung, 12 September 2018 Thomas Ruttig’s op-ed regarding the fears and preparations among the Afghan Shia community about more possible IS attacks during the current month of Muharram. He also says that such type of terrorist attacks overshadow widespread current fighting in a number of Afghan provinces (in German).
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Asia News, 31 August 2018 The Italian website quotes from Reza Kazimi’s AAN piece about water shortages in Kabul: A city that is at risk of water shortages is the capital of Afghanistan. A study published yesterday by the Afghanistan Analyst Network states that if the situation is not addressed soon, climate change, together with […]
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Svenska Dagbladet, August 30 2018 AAN co-director Sari Kouvo discusses the deteriorating security situation in and returns of migrants to Afghanistan.
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YLE, 17 August 2018 AAN’s Co-director Sari Kouvo discusses ceasefire in Afghanistan during Eid with the Finnish new media YLE. “Tulitauko antoi afganistanilaisille hetken aikaa hengähtää, elää lähes normaalia elämää ja käydä tapaamassa rauhassa sukulaisiaan, Göteborgin yliopiston oikeustieteen apulaisprofessori” Sari Kouvo sanoo.
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Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 16 August 2018 Listen to an audio file and read a summary of an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the security situation in Afghanistan after the Taleban attack on Ghazni and the ongoing German deportations of Afghans back to the country on one of the German public broadcasters (in German): In Afghanistan […]
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Neues Deutschland, 15 August 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in briefly quoted in the Berlin-based daily in context with the latest German deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, saying that Afghanistan is a “country in war” where “areas that are safe today, can be places where attacks happen tomorrow.” »Afghanistan ist ein Land im Krieg«, befindet […]
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 15 August 2018 This extensive analysis of the security situation after the Taleban temporary captured Ghazni city, has some quotes – direct ones and unattributed ones – from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German): Deutsche Afghanistan-Fachleute zeigen sich angesichts der Entwicklungen alarmiert. Denn die Strategie der Regierung in Kabul, ihr Augenmerk auf die […]
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Tagesspiegel, 14 August 2018 The Berlin-based daily has a short quote of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article about growing concerns among refugee supporters that their Afghan clients are being deported by German authorities even when in training or education, something that officially had even been promoted – he calls the deportations “morally shameful”, given […]
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Tageszeitung, 14 August 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the situation in Ghazni during their attack on the provincial capital (in German), With commentary “Emperors without clothes” – about where the Afghan government, military, NATO and donors failed – here.
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dpa/Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10 August 2018 AAN is quoted on the security situation in Ghazni prior to the recent attacks, unfortunately incorrectly – the statement about the Taleban presence in almost all districts did not refer to their centres: Die Sicherheit in der Provinz Ghasni hatte sich in den vergangenen Monaten noch einmal verschlechtert. Bereits […]
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The National, 9 August 2018 In this article in the Dubai-based daily, AAN research about cross border routes is quoted: A paper by the Afghanistan Analysts’ Network last year said there were well established “commuting routes” for the Afghan Taliban to travel over the border into Pakistan for rest, training or meetings and then return […]
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Voice of America, 6 August 2018 AAN analysis is quoted in this report about the controversial surrender of pro-IS fighters in the province of Jawzjan, pointing out human rights concerns: The controversial amnesty law marginalizes victims, overlooking their right to justice, said observers with the Kabul-based independent Afghanistan Analysts Network in an article on the […]
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