Deutschlandfunk, 25 February 2017 German MP Omid Nouripour, in this interview after his recent Afghanistan visit, points to AAN co-director Thomas Ruttig’s assessment of the German government’s security report on the country as “devastating”: Es gibt zum Beispiel das Afghan Analysis Network [sic], das vor Ort arbeitet. Schauen Sie sich mal die Analyse genau dieses Netzwerks […]
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Niedersachsen Refugee Council, 23 February 2017 The Webseite of Niedersachsen’s [Lower Saxony] Refugee Council in Germany re-posted AAN co-director Thomas Ruttig’s analysis and critique of the German federal government’s report on the “security situation in Afghanistan, pertaining to asylum and deportation”, from his personal German website Afghanistan Zhaghdablai.
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Frankfurter Rundschau, 23 February 2017 In this report about the arrival of the third group of rejected and deported Afghan asylum seekers from Germany, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted as an eye witness: Die Männer wirkten nach Beobachtung des deutschen Afghanistan-Experten Thomas Ruttig, der bei der Landung am Flughafen von Kabul vor Ort war, relativ […]
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Radio Dreyeckland, 23 February 2017 The independent radio station serving the German-Swiss-French triangle “Dreyeckland” interviewed AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the latest deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers from Germany and the security situation in Afghanistan. Listen to the audio (in German).
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dpa/Berliner Zeitung and numerous other German media, 23 February 2017 In this dpa correspondence about the arrival of the third German charter flight with rejected and deported Afghan asylum seekers, author Christine Roehrs quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, pointing out that at least six of the 18 deportees originate from provinces even deemed unsafe by the […]
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Tageszeitung, 23 February 2017 New op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin-based daily, describing the arrival of the third German flight with rejected and deported Afghan asylum seekers in Kabul.
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Pro Asyl, 22 February 2017 The largest German non-governmental refugee support organisation picks up an analysis of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (on his German blog Afghanistan Zhaghdablai) about the classified situation report of the German foreign office on the Afghan security situation with a view on asylum seekers (in German).
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Waiblinger Kresizeitung, 22 February 2017 The southern German local newspaper quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the security situation in Bamian, one of the provinces considered ‘safe’ for deportations by the German federal government, pointing out that it is insufficient to assess the situation in a certain area independent of its environment: Im Interview mit der […]
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ZDF heute plus, 21 February 2017 See and listen to a two minutes video (in German) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarising the security situation in Afghanistan for the nes channel of Germany’s second countrywide TV network.
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NOS nieuws, 20 February 2017 Brief news article wonders whether Afghanistan is back at square one and quotes AAN’s co-director Martine van Bijlert. She describes the situation as “fluid,” with the Taleban moving into areas that easier to occupy, while setting their sights on more strategic areas (like the provincial capital Kunduz): Martine van Bijlert, […]
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South Africa News, 18 February 2017 The South African news site tops with Thomas Ruttig’s AAN dispatch about the situation of Afghan refugees in Germany (via Relief Web) – and it tops even news about Angelina Jolie.
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Helsingin Sanomat, 16 February 2017 In this reportage from Kabul in the leading Finnish daily, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted extensively, together with UNAMA human rights chief Danielle Bell: ”Tilanne on huonontunut tasaisesti sitten vuoden 2005. Alussa ongelmat olivat hyvin kaukaisilla alueilla, mutta Taleban tuli takaisin”, Afghanistan Analysts Networkin vanhempi analyytikko Thomas Ruttig Kabulista sanoo. Ruttingin mielestä […]
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