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Journalist, The Christian Science Monitor; photographer, Getty Images; author of Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran–A Journey Behind the Headlines

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    16. sep.

    "a woman whose identity has somehow faded away.." ..lives of no longer their own..

    One of the saddest stories I’ve ever done: the brave Afghan policewoman living in fear of the Taliban. With ⁦⁩ and ⁦⁩
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    Feted with petals, Hezbollah brings Iranian fuel into Lebanon

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    15. sep.

    Imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been chosen as one of this year's TIME 100 . . . Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People of 2021." Nasrin is in the ICONS category along with ,  and Alexei Navalny.

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    Exceptional and in-depth podcast examination of how decades of errors brought to where it is today, by the inimitable

    This is brilliant - amazing to hear the archive, and to see how many times was there while Afghan history was happening.
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    Angre
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    Anas impromptu press briefing - denies persistent reports of rifts at the top.

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    “The Taliban takeover was unimaginable … but the US exit was truly unthinkable.” A month after Taliban takeover, signs of 20-year occupation still visible, including evidence of a humiliating exit by US — in pictures

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    13. sep.

    "Twenty years after 9/11, America did not dismantle or destroy jihadist groups, but it fundamentally changed the way they think." Imho one of the few 9/11 pieces worth reading about the future of AQ, Islamist armed groups. Still turning it over my head...

    I wrote what I believe the next phase of jihadism will look like
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    Angre
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    15. sep.

    “Last fiscal year, for example, the money Lockheed Martin alone got from Pentagon contracts was one and a half times the entire budgets of the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development”

    8 svar 28 retweets 40 liker
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    15. sep.

    Mawlawi Fassih al-Din, Chief of Staff of the Taliban Army has said, Those who oppose the group in the name of defending women rights, freedom, and talking about the 20 years of achievement will be repressed.

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    13. sep.

    In Kabul city, Salang Watt. Their fate unknown. Hands tied and thrown into the trunk. How do Taliban officials answer for these unlawful detentions?

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    14. sep.

    . tells me "I find it amusing is welcoming all this aid...what will go to Afghan people? One packet of flour, one packet of sugar & everybody will feel good about it...that hurts me a lot. They are giving you fish but not letting you fish for yourself"

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    14. sep.

    Reacting to the Taliban's promise that there won't be reprisals, 's tells me "That's a huge lie...what kind of amnesty is that when in reality people are still getting murdered, kidnapped?"

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    14. sep.

    The bell has rung. The East End of London, as we know it, as a place where migrants have sought sanctuary since the 1600s, has virtually died a death tonight. Legacy of the French, Irish, Jewish and Bangladeshi immigration will now be erased, lost forever. Welcome to London.

    BREAKING: Tower Hamlets Planning Committee has voted for the Truman Brewery proposal. Kevin Brady () and Kahar Chowdhury () voted for the proposal. Abdul Mukit () voted against it.
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  14. Retweetet
    13. sep.

    Five days have passed since that horrible event. My eyes and ears were severely damaged by the beating, none of which improved. This worries me a lot.

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    13. sep.

    Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban's new hijab requirement in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social media.

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    14. sep.

    Why???

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  17. 13. sep.

    2/2 “...And that speaks to a degree of [Taliban] sophistication & strategic thinking that tells me they understand they can’t hold the entire country together thru intimidation &beatings, & a secret police force” Analyst, my report

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  18. 13. sep.

    1/2: The Taliban “have pulled off something that very few insurgencies, anywhere on the face of the earth in the last 100 years, have been able to manage...” via

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    11. sep.

    About that clash of civilizations we kept hearing about in poli sci “There will always be hard-liners at the edges of every society… but once people meet and talk, it breaks down barriers and opens up new worlds.”

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  20. 11. sep.

    My report, : On girls’ education, forbidden outright by the Taliban 25 yrs ago, “the spectrum has slid. No one, even in the Taliban ranks, is gaining any traction by saying, ‘No education for girls, period.’” analyst

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