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@RoyaRahmani

Former Ambassador of the IR of Afghanistan to the US& Indonesia,Fierce advocate for peace, women’s rights, development, & democracy. Mother of a young daughter.

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Joined June 2010
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    Aug 1

    “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King

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  2. Aug 20

    Kabul airport...

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  3. Aug 20

    Taliban are not preventing ppl from getting out of country,it is the disarray.Planes are leaving w/many empty seats bc ppl cannot get through. US & others should focus on comm systems and staging areas. To fail is to risk further damage to all involved.

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    Aug 20

    "Women’s rights are not an act of charity… it's a national security interest imperative.” explains why women’s rights are fundamental to counterterrorism strategy & central to regional stability in Afghanistan. Watch the full ⚡️

    What does the fall of Kabul mean for India and Pakistan?
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    Aug 14

    “Traffickers are not just robbing Afghanistan of its history. They are perpetuating a situation where peace does not manifest and the region does not stabilize. Looting Afghanistan’s past is looting Afghanistan’s future.” -

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    Aug 19

    “Engagement does not necessarily mean troops, engagament has many other forms,” , former Afghan ambassador to the , called on the international community to not abandon .

    MYL Roya Rahmani on the situation of women in Afghanistan
    In an interview with the Munich Security Conference, former Afghan ambassador to the U.S. Roya Rahmani calls on the international community to not abandon Afghanistan and to protect women's rights.
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    Aug 19

    "What happens to Afghanistan will be determined by what happens to the women of Afghanistan." Watch Ambassador in conversation with 's Irfan Nooruddin on a special edition of ⚡️

    What does the fall of Kabul mean for India and Pakistan?
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    Aug 18

    Taliban to impose Sharia law: Will Afghan women openly challenge them? Here's what former Afghan minister Kamila Sidiqi and former diplomat said.

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    Aug 19

    Had the honor of hearing & meeting (1st female ambassador to US) 2 yrs ago. Will be tuning in this am. What a different world for women & girls there now.

    Hear from and experts , , and on what the resurgence of the Taliban means for the future of the country and for U.S. national security 📌 Aug 19, 12:00 PM
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    Aug 19

    "What happens to the future of Afghan is what is going to happen to the future of the country, to the future of generations to come, to the stability of the region." — , 's former ambassador to the and Munich Young Leader.

    MYL Roya Rahmani on the situation of women in Afghanistan
    In an interview with the Munich Security Conference, former Afghan ambassador to the U.S. Roya Rahmani calls on the international community to not abandon Afghanistan and to protect women's rights.
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    Aug 19

    🚨⏱️FAST THINKING: Was the war worth it? Afghanistan’s former Ambassador to the US, , weighs in with Director Irfan Nooruddin. ⬇️Watch it below⬇️

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    Aug 19

    "Women are not daring to come out of their houses." Afghanistan's former and first female ambassador to the US tells how women are feeling under the new Taliban leadership.

    "Women are not daring to come out of their houses." Afghanistan's former and first female ambassador to the US @RoyaRahmani tells @IsaCNN how women are feeling under the new Taliban leadership.
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    Aug 19

    Join me in conversation with and re the U.S. exit from Afghanistan on Aug. 23 at 12pm ET. --

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    Aug 18

    Tomorrow, hear from and experts , , and on what the resurgence of the Taliban means for the future of the country and for U.S. national security 📌 Aug 19, 12:00 PM

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    Aug 17

    and stay for our closing segment - a powerful interview with Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the US . Rahmani, the ambassador until just a few weeks ago, on the Taliban takeover: "I feel sick, physically, mentally, emotionally." From

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    Aug 17

    in awe of my colleagues this week + their reporting on Afghanistan. today on what went wrong with the withdrawal + why Biden's message is so striking. Plus brings us an intv with on what the Taliban's takeover means for women

    .: "Three successive American presidents have told us that they were hopeful about the mission… "…It's striking to hear an American president basically say, 'Come on. Quit kidding yourselves. We're going.' " Today's :
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    Aug 17

    Exclusive: Ambassador , joined to describe the final days of democratic Afghan rule as the Taliban move into the Presidential Palace. Listen here:

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    Aug 16

    . MPA '09, who served as Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States from 2018 until last month, recently shared concerns about the rights of women under the Taliban (and other issues). She spoke with :

    In this photo, a helicopter approaches the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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  19. Aug 16

    Afghan young men falling off the plane as they are trying to get out of country.

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    Aug 15

    "I feel betrayed. I feel in loss. I feel hopeless. I feel very disappointed. It's hard to pull it together. That's how I feel." From my conversation tonight at the start of the on with former Afghan ambassador to D.C., :

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  21. Aug 15

    Hard lessons to be learned, if there is any willingness for learning

    With the doleful drumbeat of news emerging from , remembering a happier time—less than two years ago—when I had the privilege of meeting Ambassador . 🇦🇫
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