Eastwest.eu, 9 June 2017 Article on the “failure” of the Kabul Process to start peace negotiations quotes AAN on figures of forced returns and territory under Taleban influence: Ecco che la famiglia dell’impresario afgano è stata una delle prime a scegliere il “ritorno volontario” previsto dal Joint Way Forward (JWF), l’accordo bilaterale UE-Afghanistan, siglato a ottobre […]
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US New and World Reports, 6 June 2017 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the prospects of tangible results stemming from the Kabul Process conference that took place in Kabul today: But some analysts were skeptical that the Kabul Process meetings would lead to peace talks. “Signing mutual non-interference or anti-terror support agreements won’t change anything,” said […]
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Deutsche Welle, 6 June 2017 In this agency-based summary on the opening conference of the new regional peace initiative, the “Kabul Process”, in the Afghan capital, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted as saying: Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, was less optimistic. “Signing mutual non-interference or anti-terror support agreements won’t change anything,” he said, […]
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Het Laatste Nieuws, 5 June 2017 AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted in the Durch news website’s report about new fighting in Kunduz province: Kunduz-expert van het Afghanistan Analysts Network, Obaid Ali, zei dat van de negen districten in de provincie er drie -Kalbad, Gurtapa en Aktash- compleet in handen van de taliban zijn. De districten […]
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Zeit, 5 June 2017 The German weekly, in its summary and analysis of last week’s terrorist attacks and protests in Kabul, quotes the “renowned research institute, the Afghanistan Analysts network”: Das renommierte Rechercheinstitut Afghanistan Analysts Network warnt in einer Analyse, dass die Politisierung der Anschläge die ohnehin wackelige Einheitsregierung weiter spalten und lähmen könnte.
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3 June 2017 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this reportage from Laghman in Switzerland’s leading newspaper, on occasional cooperation between Taleban and Hezb-e Islami fighters in eastern Afghanistan in the past: Laut Thomas Ruttig, dem Co-Direktor des Afghanistan Analysts Network, haben auch nach 2001 Taliban und Hezb-e Islami im Osten […]
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Cicero (online), 2 June 2017 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the German magazine’s website after the 31 May 2017 terrorist attack in Kabul, looking at Germany’s moratorium on the deportation of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, the security situation and the situation of the Afghan government forces and the role of German police training (“mainly […]
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Radio France International, 1 June 2017 AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted in this article saying: “People are shocked with what happened and disappointed,” says Obaid Ali, the Head of Office at the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “They are angry, afraid and worried about the future.”
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SWR radio, 1 June 2017 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig deconstructs German MP Kiesewetter’s claims about 20 million Afghans in government-controlled areas ‘leading a normal live’ (see 40 years of war and recent Kabul attack) and of Afghan criminals being deported to Afghanistan, ending up there in jail and being safe(!) there (only that Afghan government is […]
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Migazin, 1 June 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on yesterday’s massive truck bomb in central kabul” In Afghanistan nehmen Angriffe durch Rebellengruppen nach Angaben des Experten Thomas Ruttig schon seit einiger Zeit zu. „Wir haben es mit einem sehr hohen Gewaltniveau zu tun“, sagte der Ko-Direktor der unabhängigen Recherche-Organisation „Afghanistan Analysts Network“ dem Evangelischen Pressedienst. Bereits in […]
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Tageszeitung, 1 June 2017 Op-ed summary of the 31 May Kabul truck attack bomb attack in Kabul by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German).
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Deutschlandfunk, 1 June 2017 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the situation in Afghanistan.
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