The Hindu, 30 December 2017 A short quote of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article about the fall-out between the Afghan government and Balkh governor Atta: The timing of the fallout with Mr. Noor as well as within the Jamiat party is crucial. “This could be part of a strategy for for the 2019 presidential […]
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Niederösterreichische Nachrichten 51/17, 29 December 2017 The Austrian local newspaper carries an article about a young gay Afghan who fears to be deported to Afghanistan. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in the article, saying there is no guarantee the Afghan state will be able to protect the man if deported, and that one could also […]
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Wiener Zeitung, 28 December 2017 The Vienna newspaper reports about Afghanistan’s education system in 2017. The author quotes from AAN’s dispatch on corruption in the school system: Für die Kabuler Denkfabrik “Afghanistan Analysts Network” ist der Bericht die “klarste und schonungsloseste Korruptionsbeurteilung in Afghanistans Bildungssektor bisher”.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 24 December 2017 In this look at the Afghan Taleban’s strategy, there is a link to AAN’s recent paper on Taleban ideology by Anand Gopal and Alex Strick van Linschoten in the discussion “who they are”: While they are sometimes labeled nationalists, the Taliban are keen to brandish their Islamist credentials […]
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Web.de, 23 December 2017 The news page of the German email provider published a summary on the IS activities in Afghanistan, based on interviews with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and with Nicole Birtsch, of the Berlin-based think-tank SWP.
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 22 December 2017 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this report about the firing of Balkh provincial governor Atta by President Ghani, stemming from an earlier round of this conflict, saying that it is also about the competition for leadership in the Jamiat party: «Die Tatsache, dass Atta nun öffentlich […]
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BBC Persian, 20 December 2017 See a video on Youtube of AAN’s Obaid Ali in an interview with the BBC Persian news of 29 Azar 1396 on the situation after the resignation – or firing – of Balkh provincial governor Atta Muhammad Nur (his part starts at 8:50 of the file).
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Gandhara, 19 December 2017 On Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe’s Central Asia blog, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig explains, in extensive quotes, the background of the renewed double-crisis, in the NUG between President Ghani and fired Balkh governor Atta and within Jamiat, between Atta and co-Jamiati, NUG CE Dr Abdullah.
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Falter 50/17, 13 December 2017 The Vienna-based weekly magazine looks at the “questionable” expertises of the only court-accepted Austrian Afghanistan expert who, according to AAN’s Thomas Ruttig who is quoted extensively in the report, “highly unrealistic and even distorting.” Title of the article: “Oh how nice is Afghanistan”. Article (in German) is behind a paywall. […]
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The Diplomat, 13 December 2017 In this article, AAN research is extensively quoted: In September 2016, the Afghan parliament passed a new electoral law, which paved the way for the setting of an election date but also passed the “most controversial and complicated changes” onto the IEC, as Ali Yawar Adili and Martine van Bijlert […]
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War on the Rocks (blog), 11 December 2017 This entry by Deedee Derksen has a lot of links to AAN analysis.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 December 2017 In this article about the Afghan special forces, AAN is quoted: A recent commentary published by the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a Kabul-based research organization, said the strategy also could paper over the problem that the regular army and police “are apparently not up to their main task, which would […]
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