#Afghanistan

Tejasvi Nagaraja

TejNagaraja

White House wars — by 4-year termTrump escalated troops+bombs+ops+killing—in Af, Iraq, Syr, Yem, Som, etcTrump bombs Somalia in 1 yr > Bush+Obama in 16 yrsTrump bombs Yemen in 4 yrs >

Zaid Hamid

ZaidZamanHamid

1.Today, another Pak army convoy was ambushed in Waziristan. Fence on the Afghan border cannot stop the terrorists hiding within our own ranks, within our own political parties but funded

Jason Blazakis

Jason_Blazakis

It is important to remember that #Russia flirtation with the #Taliban is isnt new. In 2018, there was a little read report that State was considering adding Russia to the

J.p. Lawrence

JpLawrence3

(1/9) A photo thread from my visit to Achin district for @starsandstripes for a story on life after the Islamic State. Story is here and photos follow:https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/with-us-troops-gone-from-two-bases-in-eastern-af

diane #ForAll straub

didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Transforming Our Armed Forces for the 21st centuryOnly one party understands that it’s time to bring nearly two decades of

the struggle is at the border

mharsalai

there's a lot to say here, but for one Quilty has done a good job here and he should be commended, but im gonna make a thread on various coinciding

Coffeefueled

EponymousBreeze

Look closely at this brick created ~ 300-250 BC & you can see Greek writing. It was found at Ai-Khanoum, on the Northern border of Afghanistan. Ai-Khanoum was a primary

Ibraheem Thurial B.

Afghan_Policy

A very good thread.Although it runs counter to the "rentier state" narrative built by Kate Clark arguing that nation building failed because of too many actors with access to "rent".https://twitter.com/jmurtazashvili/sta

Chris Murphy

ChrisMurphyCT

1/ Please read this THREAD - the wild story of the reclusive Blue brothers, who are about to make $3 BILLION from the UAE arms sales.I wrote about them in

William Dalrymple

DalrympleWill

Some favourite masterpieces of early Buddhist art. Over the last week I have been researching the diffusion of early Buddhism. Here are some favourites I dug out from my travels.1.The

Cole Bunzel

colebunzel

I have a new piece in @ForeignAffairs: "Why Are Al Qaeda Leaders in Iran? What a Prisoner Exchange Reveals About an Unlikely Relationship" 1/8https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/2021-02-11/why-are-al-qaeda-leaders-

AAbiodun 🇳🇬

AAbiodun_

10 Most Polluted Countries in the World. [A Thread]1. BangladeshBangladesh is the most polluted country in the world with an average PM2.5 concentration of 97.1. The country’s main environmental pollutants

FJ

Natsecjeff

Few notes on Pakistan PM's suicide attack on his own nation: - His statement doesn't hurt US. US is laughing. It hurts Pakistan and its interests. - It also washes

Kamran Bokhari

KamranBokhari

Extremely difficult negotiations. For the simple reason that the Taliban want to alter the current Afghan state to a Sunni Afghan version of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Whereas the

Justin Hendrix

justinhendrix

On 9/11, I mourn the lost, I remember where I was that morning, all that happened that day, the singed spreadsheets falling from the sky in my Brooklyn neighborhood that

Andrew Watkins

and_huh_what

THREAD/ No denying the U.S. hoped #AfghanistanPeaceProcess would begin in few short weeks; it has stretched out for six months.Afghan govt officials raised a number of issues, from 29 Feb

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