dpa/Die Welt, 28 February 2018 This conservative German paper – and some other regional pepers – quote AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the second session of the Kabul Process and the Afghan peace proposal to the Taleban (in German): Die Taliban lehnten das Angebot am Abend allerdings gleich ab. (…) Da hätten die Taliban aber wohl […]
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De Volkskrant, 28 February 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article by the leading Dutch daily on the recent Afghan peace initiatives and the proposal for a ceasefire: Thomas Ruttig van het gezaghebbende Afghanistan Analysts Network noemt Ghani’s plan een duidelijke stap in de juiste richting. ‘Dit is het meest doortimmerde voorstel sinds […]
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Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 28 February 2018 Read a summary and listen to the audio of an extensive interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the latest peace initiatives in Afghanistan (in German).
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ZDF online, 28 February 2018 Full interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the website of Germany’s second TV network, discussing the outcome of the second Kabul Process meeting and President Ghani’s peace proposals to the Taleban (in German).
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The National Review, 23 February 2018 The right-wing magazine quotes the AAN (and links to our analysis) to bolster its argument that US airstrikes “might have deterred the Taliban from launching major attacks against urban centers”: Also, according to the Afghanistan Analysts Network, coalition airstrikes might have deterred the Taliban from launching major attacks against […]
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The National Interest, 22 February 2018 Stating that “Trump’s military strategy has even less chance to succeed than the failed strategies of Presidents Bush and Obama before him”, Daniel L. Davis, senior fellow for Defense Priorities and a former lieutenant colonel in the US Army, argues that a “clean break to a strong new policy” in Afghanistan […]
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War Is Boring (blog), 21 February 2018 In this article on the recent UNAMA civilian casualties, the author quotes from Kate Clark’s analysis of the report for AAN: Kate Clark, co-director of the Afghan [sic] Analyst Network, observed in her own report that “reduction translates into almost 800 people who are alive and uninjured today […]
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ABC, 19 February 2018 Watch a video with AAN’s Kate Clark on Australian TV: Kate Clarke [sic] of the Afghanistan Analysts Network says while there has been a decline in the overall number of casualties, targeted attacks on civilians have increased, killing and injuring more than ten thousand in 2017.
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Profil, 19 February 2018 In this article about an initiative to put the so far monopolist of Afghanistan analysis in Austrian asylum cases under scrutiny, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted (article in German): Vergangenen Herbst bat das Netzwerk Asylanwalt den deutschen Afghanistan-Experten Thomas Ruttig um einen Kommentar. Er fand klare Worte: Gutachter Mahringer ziehe oberflächliche, […]
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My San Antonio, 18 February 2018 This article on this local news website uses recent Euronews footage with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the situation in Afghanistan, the role of the Taleban and IS.
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ARD, 15 February 2018 Video interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig by Tagesschau24, the round-the-clock version of German leading public TV network’s main news show, regarding the latest UNAMA civilian casualties report.
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The Guardian, 14 February 2018 A one-line quote by Thomas Ruttig here, on the Taleban online invitation to Doha for US Senator Rand Paul: This invitation stands a better chance of influencing US policy than the “generalised” open letter, according to Thomas Ruttig, of the thinktank the Afghan [sic] Analysts Network.
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