junge Welt, 30 July 2018 The Berlin-based leftwing daily – where he worked for several years in the early 1990s – has interviewed AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about deportations to Afghanistan (“not justified”) and the related security situation (“worsening”, “country-wide war”) (in German).
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Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 30 July 2018 This report on the worsening security situation in Nangrahar province has a quote from AAN’s Fazal Muzhary: “As part of the war strategy the US even used the ‘mother of all bombs’ [MOAB] in Nangarhar last year, but it did not result in the slightest reduction of violence,” […]
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Jungle World, 26 July 2018 The German leftwing weekly briefly quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, from his presentation at the recent First Bavarian Afghanistan Conference in Munich: Auf einer Münchner Konferenz über die Situation in Afghanistan Mitte Juli, zu der unter anderem der Bayerische Flüchtlingsrat, das Wohn- und Kulturzentrum für Geflüchtete »Bellevue di Monaco« und »Jugendliche […]
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MDR, 25 July 2018 In this part of the TV news magazine “Exakt” by the Saxony state public broadcaster that researched the whereabouts and living conditions of three recently deported rejected Afghan asylum seekers from that state contains some quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the general situation in Afghanistan (in German)
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Tageszeitung, 24 July 2018 In this compilation of short reports from various countries, reflecting the recently published report on violence against schools, teachers and pupils, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig reports about Afghanistan, highlighting the changed Taleban policy on state schools (control rather then destroy) and the growing IS threat.
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Tageszeitung, 18 July 2018 In this guest article for the Berlin-based daily, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises latest reports that the White House had ordered diplomats to seek direct talks with the Taleban and break the diplomatic deadlock between the insurgents and the government. He also indicates that the form of US proposals indicates that Washington […]
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Deutschlandfunk, 3 July 2018 In this ca 45 minutes-long feature for the German public radio station, author Marc Thörner looks into an example of less than transparent German development financing in Mazar-e Sharif which indirectly might have helped to cement former governor Atta’s rule. Thomas Ruttig is one of the interviewees, talking about the political situation […]
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Voice of America, 30 June 2018 In a report about President Ghani ending the unilateral ceasefire with the Taleban, the US government-funded radio station writes, quoting AAN research: But observers have been and remain skeptical of Afghan government-led efforts to engage in a peace process with the Taliban, saying the group sees the U.S. as […]
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 24 June 2018 Reporting the positive popular outpour over the Eid ceasefires, author Frud Bezhan briefly quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig from a longer interview via social media: “The cease-fire showed that public pressure for peace is growing,” said Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank in […]
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Reuters, 19 June 2018 AAN’s Thomas ruttig is quoted here as saying: “Ghani has done his bit,” said Thomas Ruttig, co-director of Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank. “It is now for the U.S. to cut through this blockade,” he said, although that would be a departure from U.S. policy that talks to end […]
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Tageszeitung, 18 June 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the events around the two Eid ceasefires in Afghanistan, saying that despite the fact that the Taleban did not extend it, it might open a new door toward peace talks, as the ceasefire showed that such measures can be implemented and that the Taleban are also capable […]
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Frankfurter Rundschau, 17 June 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article about the Eid ceasefire and the fraternisations it triggered, saying that the government ceasefire did not come out of the blue: „Das ganze ist sicher vorbereitet“, sagte Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN),„es gibt seit Jahren Kontakte zwischen Kabul und Taliban. […]
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