Jyllands-Posten, 13 May 2017 In another article about Hekmatyar’s return to Afghanistan, the Danish daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: Præsident Ashraf Ghani, der i over to år forgæves har forsøgt at slutte fred med Ta- liban, fremstiller aftalen med Hekmatyar som en politisk sejr. Men ifølge Afghanistan- eksperten Thomas Ruttig fra Afghan Analyst Network i […]
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New York Times, 9 May 2017 AAN’s Borhan Osman wrote this opinion piece about the over-hyped IS phenomenon in Afghanistan that overshadows other, more important issues: … the United States obsession with the Islamic State in Khorasan — a minor group in Afghanistan — distracts attention from a more urgent task: negotiating a peace deal with […]
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Kommersant, 5 May 2017 The independent Russian newspaper quotes AAN’s Kate Clark, via The Guardian, on the return of the “Butcher of Kabul” to Afghanistan: «Хекматияр никогда не был командным игроком и никогда не работал на кого-то,— отметила в интервью газете The Guardian старший аналитик Afghanistan Analysts Network Кейт Кларк.— Он очень жесткий исламист… Он […]
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Die Zeit Online, 5 May 2017 Article on Hekmatyar’s return to Kabul quotes AAN’s recent dispatch: Beobachter erwarten nicht, dass Hekmatjar sich zur Ruhe setzen wird. Die Experten des Afghanistan Analysts Network beschreiben ihn in einer aktuellen Analyse als “charismatisch, absolutistisch und spaltend”. In seinen Schriften verherrliche er sich gern als nationaler Anführer und religiöse […]
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Le Monde, 5 May 2017 Article on the return of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to Kabul quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman: “Son retour risque de perturber les fragiles équilibres politiques afghans. Il s’est toujours présenté comme le « Saladin » de l’ethnie pachtoune, sa force unificatrice et protectrice, face à la minorité chiite des Hazara ou aux rivaux du Jamiat-e-Islami, le parti […]
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Foreign Policy, 4 May 2017 Article on whether Balkh governor Muhammad Atta Nur is getting ready to run in the next presidential election quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: Over the last two years, Abdullah has lost considerable favor within Jamiat-e-Islami and among other supporters. Noor’s campaign against Abdullah has pushed the chief executive into a corner. […]
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The Guardian, 4 May 2017 AAN’s Kate Clark weighs in on the ceremonial return of Hezb-e Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to Kabul, calling it a “rehabilitation of his political career.” “Hekmatyar comes home on a red carpet. He is a failed figure, whose people are dwindling on the battlefield,” she said. “The fact that the […]
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Telepolis, 3 May 2017 Article discusses AAN’s dispatch in response to the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, dropped by the US on ISKP positions in Achin, at great length. It notes: Eine Riesenbombe und nichts ist passiert? Das Fazit zum Abwurf der größten konventionellen US-Bombe Mitte April auf Nangarhar steht sinnbildlich für die Kriegszone Afghanistan : Es […]
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The Diplomat, 25 April 2017 This article on a visit to a Hezb-e Islami front in the mountains in Shigal, Kunar – “a remote place in an already remote province in an already remote country” – quotes Thomas Ruttig of “the renown Afghanistan Analysts Network” on how Hezb-e Islami has evolved over the years: According to […]
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Yle Nyheter, 24 April 2017 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted on the role of corruption and government weakness as the Taleban are expanding their areas of control: – Det är nu afghanernas ansvar att förbättra säkerheten, men för tillfället tar talibanerna allt mer kontroll över Afghanistan, säger Kate Clarke som är analytiker i Kabul vid ”Afghan […]
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Daily Kos, 23 April 2017 The – according to its own information – liberal news website with the widest reach in the US puts Thomas Ruttig’s AAN dispatch about governor Atta Muhammad’s ambitions for both the Jamiat leadership and the presidency among its most important current Afghan news.
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Spiegel, 17/2017 (22 April 2017) The leading German weekly news magazine reports about the “thousands of cases” (possibly an exaggerated number) of Afghan asylum seekers that claimed to have been Taleban fighters in order to avoid being deported back to their country, with the result of being investigated for their membership in a terrorist organisation, […]
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