Tageszeitung, 25 January 2018 Op-ed report by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin daily about the Daesh attack on the Save The Children office in Jalalabad (in German).
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The Saratoga Falcon, 25 January 2018 Sari Kouvo’s 2011 AAN research is quoted in this article about children rights in Afghanistan: Even though many nations have an age limit to incarcerating innocent minors along with their parents, these laws are not always strictly abided by. Afghanistan places this restriction at age 7, but Meena’s position, […]
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The New Arab, 25 January 2018 The website article quotes from “former Afghanistan Analysts Network researcher, Borhan Osman, who now works with Crisis Group International” who … gives one of the most detailed accounts of how ISKP came to be: “In late January 2015, the Islamic State announced its expansion into Khorasan province. The elements of what […]
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Vårt Land, 24 January 2018 The Norwegian website quotes AAN in an article about Norway’s migration policy: Medan drygt 250.000 afghanarar søkte vern i Europa i 2015-2016, stig no talet på afghanarar som vender tilbake, både frivillig og med tvang, fortel tenketanken Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN). Ein AAN-analyse viser at: • Det er særleg unge, […]
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ABC Australia, 23 January 2018 Listen to the audio of a live interview of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with Australian radio about the aftermath of the 20-21 January Kabul hotel attack.
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Tagesspiegel, 23 January 2918 This article (in German) in the Berlin daily discusses Germany’s ninth deportation flight to Afghanistan and the 2017 figures of Afghan asylum seekers in Germany. It links to AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s “very interesting” German-language blog Afghanistan Zhaghdablai.
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Tageszeitung, 23 January 2918 Read a comment by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) about the connection between the latest Taleban attack on a Kabul hotel and today’s deportation of rejected Afghan asylum seekers from Germany in the Berlin-based daily.
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Washington Post, 22 January 2018 In this article about the big Afghan Ring Road project, our former colleague Qayoom Suroush is quoted in the context of research he did for AAN: To Qayoom Suroush, a former road infrastructure researcher at Afghanistan Analysts Network, that explanation hides the role of higher-level corruption. “In my experience, when […]
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 18 January 2018 The leading Swiss daily reports that “a peace process for Afghanistan has recently come stronger into the discussion again.” The article quotes AAN’s Obaid Ali who agrees that some new dynamism was existing, but warned against too much optimism, particularly about the recent Istanbul talks. Obaid Ali von der […]
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Deine Korrespondentin, 16 January 2018 Reportage about education in Afghanistan on the German-language website where women report about women, using AAN background and linking to our website.
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Stars and Stripes, 8 January 2018 The Us daily quotes former AAN colleague Borhan Osman (still in his AAN capacity, it seems from earlier analysis) on ISKP in Nangrahar: The group has established a command base in the Mamand and Peka valleys of Achin district, according to Borhan Osman, a researcher with the Afghan Analysts […]
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The Toronto Star, 5 January 2017 In this long piece, AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted on the general security situation in Afghanistan: “The Taliban is very active; still able to pose a serious threat to government forces,” says Obaid Ali, head [sic] of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a think-tank in Kabul. “They place themselves in […]
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