Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

Retired US Army Officer who spent the last 5 years of his career working for Afghanistan. Opinions are my own. Washington, DC Joined April 2009

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

3 years ago

@ahmadzadawasi I believe the "about us" link on their website explains where it comes from. And they explained their methodology quite clearly. zantimes.com/about-us/

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

3 years ago

Taliban are further dehumanizing women - putting them in the same category as cargo - i.e. property. No one can tell me this reflects the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) teachings. zantimes.com/2023/08/14/tal…

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

3 years ago

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The Messenger @TheMessenger

3 years ago

Taliban Sets Pile of Instruments Ablaze, Says Music Causes ‘Moral Corruption’ trib.al/c0Qredf

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

3 years ago

More like “no rights for women unless they agree they have no rights”

Natiq Malikzada @natiqmalikzada

3 years ago

"No rights for women unless they conform to Taliban framework," says Taliban's Deputy of Youth Affairs for the Ministry of Information & Culture. He says women in Kabul even in the presence of Taliban dare to claim they have right to go outside freely & wear makeup #Afghanistan

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Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland

3 years ago

Yesterday evictions in Kabul reportedly took the lives of two children and left hundreds of Afghans homeless and without access to humanitarian assistance. Taliban authorities must halt all further evictions, which only make dire needs even more extreme nrc.no/news/2023/july…

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Heather Barr @heatherbarr1

3 years ago

“These salons are one of the very, very few spaces, maybe one of the only spaces that’s left in Afghanistan where a woman might be able to go out from her home and see other women and share information and share support.” theworld.org/stories/2023-0…

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

3 years ago

@Ali455Ali @StephanAJensen Just because you disagree doesn’t make something baseless.

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Stephan Jensen @StephanAJensen

3 years ago

Once you scratch the surface of the Taliban's propaganda, there is nothing at all "traditional" or "national" about their movement. The Taliban is an utterly modern movement, mostly based on 20th-century political ideas and foreign religious teachings. 1/11

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

3 years ago

@bdootottawa @crric2017 For an Ambassador to several countries to make the claim “tweets are personal” is utter nonsense #Agenda

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3 years ago

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Latif Nasser @latifnasser

3 years ago

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

3 years ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Any state that excludes (over) half its population from the possibility of contributing to its development and economy is doomed to fail. unhcr.org/en-us/news/sto…

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3 years ago

Human rights aside, it's hard to underestimate the extent to which excluding over half your population from becoming full contributing members of society hampers development. savethechildren.net/news/afghanist…

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

4 years ago

@TuAlfagraLandMi Honestly I will spend a lifetime wishing I could visit Kunar as a tourist someday.

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4 years ago

I think it's a poorly worded question. The invasion was a success and many Afghans were hopeful for positive change. The US should have facilitated implementation of a culturally-appropriate govt to replace the Taliban within 2-3 years, and gone home.

Matrix Media @matrixxmedia

4 years ago

Afghanistan invasion by US: Strategic Failure or Engineered Catastrophe? matrixmag.com/afghanistan-in… @SameenaDurrani @ImtiazGul60 @ramshasaghirr @CRSSpak @ASCenterPak @waheedkhan164 @AFGMatters #Afghanistan #ashrafghani #economy #humanitariancrisis #invasion #kabul #taliban

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

4 years ago

This is just so extremely awful and gross. It's all bad, but imagine being months from completing your degree. bbc.com/news/world-asi…

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4 years ago

@matrixxmedia @SameenaDurrani @ImtiazGul60 @ramshasaghirr @ELSAIMDAD @CRSSpak @ASCenterPak @SIGARHQ Few of those who served in Afghanistan ever knew what those objectives were. So don't ask us.

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Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters

4 years ago

Now, generations who have known only war and the ongoing departure of most people with any expertise in running a country or its institutions leaves little room for hope.

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4 years ago

Instead, attention and resources were shifted to Iraq, and by the time that was wrapped up, people had forgotten why the invasion happened in the first place and then there was 20 years of flailing...and then abandonment.

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Tamim Asey @tamimasey

4 years ago

The vast majority of Afghans are neither Talib nor NRF. They are held captive by the Taliban while the NRF has no territory/population and has a virtual-social media existence. The vast majority of Afghans don’t fit this binary. They don’t have a political address. 1/4.