Stars and Stripes, 2 January 2017 Reporting a new Taleban offensive in two Helmand districts, the US-based daily quotes from earlier AAN research and quotes AAN’s Fazal Muzhary: The Afghanistan Analysts Network said in report last year that Afghan forces are struggling to fend off the insurgents because of a lack of coordination among army […]
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dpa/Badische Zeitung, 23 December 2016 The daily from southern Germany takes stock of the war in Afghanistan, based on material of the German news agency dpa which, in turn, quotes AAN (on IS activity in Afghanistan).
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IRIN, 23 December 2016 The news agency has put Jelena Bjelica’s AAN dispatch about the return of many Afghan refugees from Pakistan and its background(s) into its picks of the week: Pakistan has historically been a refuge for millions of Afghans who fled war over the past few decades. But the government pushed more than […]
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Radio Corax, 21 December 2016 Listen to a longer audio of a live interview of the non-commercial local radio station in the Eastern German city of Halle (Sachsen-Anhalt) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, discussing the first deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers from Germany by a charter flight and the situation in Afghanistan into which the non-voluntary […]
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Süddeutsche Zeitung, 16 December 2016 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in one of the largest German dailies, discussing the first German forced returns of Afghan rejected asylum seekers and the security situation in the country. Conclusion: “Afghanistan is definitely not a safe country. And there are only more or less insecure areas.”
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The Atlantic, 16 December 2016 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article reviewing the situation in Afghanistan before Trump’s takeover of the US presidency (also on the DefenceOne website): Nearly 70 percent of Afghanistan’s annual income is from international donors. Washington itself “is by far the largest spender on the Afghan armed forces and […]
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BBC, 15 December 2016 Listen to a 50 minutes Newshour Extra programme, “Why is Guantanamo Still Open?” with AAN’s Kate Clark featuring as one of the discussion participants (half way in with an interview on the Afghan cases).
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The Guardian, 14 December 2016 The British daily quotes AAN’s Kate Clark on the early release of Hezb-e Islami commander Zardad – one of the few Afghan war criminals ever convicted – by the UK and the failure to inform at least some victims of and witnesses against him, who has been welcomed at home […]
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ZDF, 14 December 2016 In this clip about the first German return flight of rejected Afghan asylum seekers to Kabul, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig can be seen with a short statement on the Afghan security situation (in German).
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War is Boring, 9 December 2016 The web-based magazine looks into the recent IS anti-Shia violence in Afghanistan. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted at some length here, somewhat contradicting the hypothesis given in the articles title: “I actually doubt that the sectarian divide has increased as a result of Daesh violence in Afghanistan,” says Thomas […]
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Jungle World, 8 December 2016 In this article (without author), AAN by Borhan Osman research is quoted (in German): Das Auftreten und die Vorgehensweise der Islamisten könnten nach Einschätzungen Borhan Osmans vom Afghanistan Analysts Network verheerende Folgen haben. Zum einen bestehe die Gefahr, dass der ISKP eine gewisse Attraktivität für enttäuschte islamistische Kräfte entwickelt und […]
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Jungle World, 8 December 2016 This article, looking at the threat Daesh’s Afghan chapter poses in the country, the author quotes from Borhan Osman’s recent AAN dispatch: Das Auftreten und die Vorgehensweise der Islamisten könnten nach Einschätzungen Borhan Osmans vom Afghanistan Analysts Network verheerende Folgen haben. Zum einen bestehe die Gefahr, dass der ISKP eine […]
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