The Diplomat, 31 January 2018 After Resolute Support classified data about which side controls what territory in Afghanistan and censored the valuable SIGAR reports that has included these data, the policy website quotes from recent AAN analysis by Thomas Ruttig: Indeed, the day before the latest SIGAR report was released, Thomas Ruttig wrote for the […]
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Tagesspiegel, 30 January 2018 Op-ed commentary by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, looking at the latest wave of Taleban and ISKP (Daesh) terrorists attacks in Afghanistan and the general escalation of the war (in German).
AAN in the Media
Hessischer Rundfunk, 30 January 2018 Listen to a podcast of an interview of the German Hesse State radio with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the current security situation and the recent wave of attacks in Kabul (in German). Go to link and look for “Afghanistan”.
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AP/ABC, 30 January 2018 Kathy Gannon quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, together with Andrew Wilder and Brian Glyn Williams and others: “The Taliban and IS are clearly competitors in the Afghan arena,” said Thomas Ruttig, whose Afghan Analysts network [sic] has deep knowledge of the country and has conducted nationwide studies into a myriad of issues […]
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Neues Deutschland, 29 January 2018 The left-leaning German daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article about possible motifs behind the latest Taleban wave of violence in Kabul: Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig vermutet, dass die Terroristen damit zugleich das aktuelle politische Chaos vor den geplanten Wahlen sowie die Unzufriedenheit der Bevölkerung zuspitzen und so einen Kollaps […]
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Tageszeitung, 29 January 2018 Op-ed report in the Berlin daily by AAN’s Thomas Ruttoig about the Taleban-claimed attack with an explosives-rigged ambulance car in Kabul that caused 103 people killed alone.
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Los Angeles Times/San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 January 2018 The newspapers quote from Thomas Ruttig’s latest AAN analysis of 2017 security trends in Afghanistan: Since the end of 2014, when the U.S.-led coalition shifted to more of an advisory role and gave Afghan forces responsibility for security, the annual number of “security incidents” recorded by the […]
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Euronews, 29 January 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this summary of an interview for Euronews about the latest wave of terrorist attacks, the relationship between the Taleban and IS, the role of Pakistan and the likelihood for peace talks. Includes a video. Also in German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish.
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ara.cat, 28 January 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig was interviewed by the Barcelona-based newspaper after the 27 January Taleban car bomb attack. Despite the fact that such attacks will turn more afghans against talks with the Taleban, he sees an end in the conflict only in a political solution via talks with the Taleban.
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dpa/Die Welt, 27 January 2018 The leading German news agency quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on possible motifs behind the day’s Taleban car bomb attack that killed almost 100 people. He says that, as one aspect of it, the Taleban possibly wanted to deepen Afghans’ disappointment with a government that they believe is not capable of […]
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Frontier Post, 26 January 2018 A premier? AAN quoted in the leading Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP) daily, on anti-IS militias in eastern Afghanistan: Locals also began taking up arms against ISKP and joined “uprising” groups led by local strongmen, while others coordinated with Afghan Security Forces or even the Taliban in an effort to fight off […]
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Voice of America, 26 January 2018 With a short quote from AAN’s latest analysis of 2017’s lack of serious peace efforts, on Taleban language.
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