Volkskrant, 15 February 2017 The Dutch daily carries a report on the discussion about possible US troops increases and quotes, among others, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: Thomas Ruttig van het Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul: ‘De westerse bondgenoten konden de Taliban al niet verslaan of zelfs maar terugdringen toen zij onder ISAF en Enduring Freedom de […]
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Stars and Stripes, 13 February 2017 The US-based newspaper picks up Borhan Osman’s dispatch for AAN about the Taleban establishing their brand – flag and name etc, quoting extensively from it: Analysts say the Taliban are placing a new emphasis on symbols as a part of a wider attempt to portray themselves as a modern […]
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Mediendienst Integration, 10 February 2017 The Germany-based specialised media service quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this report about the security situation in Afghanistan, on the – insufficient – welcome of Afghan deportees at Kabul airport: Thomas Ruttig, Ko-Direktor des “Afghanistan Analyst Networks”, bemängelt zudem den Umgang mit abgeschobenen Afghanen: Obwohl sie von Vertretern der deutschen […]
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dpa/Sächsische Zeitung, 9 February 2017 In this analysis of the IS’ strength in Afghanistan, AAN’s Borhan Osman is briefly quoted (in German): Der Experte des Instituts Afghanistan Analysts Network, Borhan Osman, gibt zu bedenken, dass fast die Hälfte aller Selbstmordattentäter des IS bisher nicht aus Afghanistan stammten.
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Tageszeitung, 09 February 2017 The Berlin-based daily quotes AAN information about the likely perpetrator of the killings and abductions of ICRC staff in Qushtepe, Jawzjan (in German): Nach Informationen des Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), einem unabhängigen Thinktank, herrscht ein usbekischer Kommandeur namens Qari Hekmat mit seiner regierungsfeindlichen Miliz in dem betroffenen Gebiet. Bei ihm handle es sich […]
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The Guardian, 8 February 2017 Obaid Ali, AAN’s head of office in Kabul, is quoted here as giving background on the possible perpetrator of the killings, a local Uzbek commander: Qush Tepa, where the attack occurred, is highly contested. The area is largely controlled by Qari Hekmat, an ethnic Uzbek with a long history as […]
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Tageszeitung, 7 February 2017 This op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in Berlin-based daily Tageszeitung summarises the controversy about the assessment of security in Afghanistan between the UNHCR and the German federal government as well as the latest civilian casualty figures in Afghanistan.
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Centre on Religion & Geopolitics, 6 February 2017 AAN co-director Thomas Ruttig is among three analysts who have their say on the question: Can Trump scale back involvement in Afghanistan while keeping his inauguration pledge to ‘eradicate radical Islamic terrorism from the face of the earth?’
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Tageszeitung, 5 February 2017 Op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig reporting the lifting of the sanctions against Hezb-e Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and human rights activists’ protest against this step (in German).
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East Online, 2 February 2017 A combined interview on the website of Italy-based geopolitical EastWest magazine – based on the same questions asked and answered by email – with Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, Ahmed Rashid, among the most important and well-known scholar of the Taliban movement, and Daoud Khattak, journalist of Radio […]
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Washington Post and Stars and Stripes, 1 February 2017 Pamela Constable, reporting the dire situation of Afghan IDPs and the “major disappointment for returned Afghans […] the government’s failure to follow through on its promise to provide each family with a piece of land on which to build a new life”, she briefly quotes from […]
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IRIN, 31 January 2017 In this article about the IS radio station in Afghanistan, the author quotes from a dispatch by AAN’s Borhan Osman: IS “has put far greater effort into its media activities than would normally be expected from a nascent group of its size”, said the Afghanistan Analysts Network in a reportlast month that […]
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