Ulyces, 12 February 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and ex-colleague Borhan Osman are extensively quoted in this article (which gratefully has a question mark in its title) in the French online magazin: Au même titre que ces derniers, actifs depuis des décennies, l’État islamique a « continué de se montrer capable d’infliger des pertes massives », note le rapport […]
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Die Zeit, 12 February 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this reportage from Taleban-influenced areas in Badakhshan on the general likelihood of a new Taleban takeover. He says that this was not “acute” and that a takeover of a number of provincial centres were the key to this, while the ultimate goal is Kabul, […]
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AFP, 11 February 2018 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted with a one-liner on the 2018 security perspective in Afghanistan: “This looks like a mutually escalating stalemate” as both sides adapt to the new tactics of the other, Afghanistan Analysts Network senior analyst Kate Clark told AFP. The French version here.
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Volkskrant, 10 February 2018 The Dutch daily pairs quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and ex-AAN colleague Borhan Osman, on the role of IS in Afghanistan. Here only one part of those quotes: Logisch doelwit voor tegenaanvallen is dan Kabul, waar de regering van president Ashraf Ghani zetelt en alle buitenlandse media zitten, zegt Thomas Ruttig […]
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Gulf News, 9 February 2018 AAN research by Fazal Muzhary is quoted here on latest Pakistani ideas of fencing the border with Afghanistan: The Taliban can move with ease between the two countries in the often lawless border lands and are usually waved through by Pakistan security forces, according to the AAN, citing conversations with […]
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ORF Radio FM4, 9 February 2018 Listen to a short analysis on the English service of Austrian public broadcaster ORF by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on what the new US air war in Afghanistan can and cannot achieve. As this was pre-recorded, a few points dropped out unfortunately, namely questions on US military claims that the increased […]
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Reuters, al-Jazeera, 8 February 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here on the latest uptick of the US air war in Afghanistan: Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan Analysts Network think-tank told Reuters there were limits to what air power could achieve, while pointing out that the number of civilian casualties had risen, which could be […]
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Bayern2, 7 February 2018 Listen to an almost hour-long radio programme with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the 17 years of the Afghanistan intervention (as audio and podcast, in German), here in five parts.
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Le Croix, 7 February 2018 The French daily, in it article looking at the current security situation in Afghanistan, quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: La population des zones contestées souffre de la guerre à bas bruit entre l’armée et les insurgés. « On parle là des régions les plus dangereuses du pays, estime Thomas Ruttig, co-directeur d’Afghanistan […]
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ICG, 7 February 2018 Former AAN colleague Borhan Osman, now with the International Crisis Group, links to AAN analysis in his look at the lastest wave of attacks: The recent Taliban strikes take place amid a wider escalation of the war. The uptick in attacks is not the first such increase over the past few […]
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AFP, 7 February 2018 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted here on the Kyrghyz in the Afghan Wakhan: Previously the Kyrgyz only stopped in Wakhan for the summer, says Kate Clark of the Afghanistan Anaysts Network (AAN), travelling to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and the Xinjiang region of China to escape the harsh winters. “After the 1917 Russian […]
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Profil, 5 February 2018 (not online) AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this reportage of Austria’s leading news magazine: AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this reportage from Taleban-influenced areas in Badakhshan on the general likelihood of a new Taleban takeover. He says that this was not “acute” and that a takeover of a number […]
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