#Afghanistan

Asfandyar Mir

asfandyarmir

Thread: The United Nations monitoring team for ISIS, al-Qaida sanctions committee's new report is out. Major points in the report: 1/n https://undocs.org/S/2021/68 Contrary to recent speculation, no member state has

Hassan Akbar

hass_akbr

For those that keep criticising Pakistan for terror groups like JuA TTP. Hope your eyes opened up today. Billions are being spent by #IndianStateTerrorism to activate these very forces of

Dr. Jonathan Schroden

JJSchroden

The #Taliban have posted a preemptive argument (in English) that says they are “seriously committed” to implementation of the US-TB Agreement & have “taken effective steps in this regard.” 1/nhttps://alemarahenglish.net/?p=42652

Ibraheem Thurial B.

Afghan_Policy

A look at the report and recommendations of the Afghanistan Study Group. THREAD https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/02/afghanistan-study-group-final-report-pathway-peace-afghanistan 2/n: The report offered many great insights and drew on

Rukmini Callimachi

rcallimachi

1. Looking forward to catching up with @allinwithchris, to discuss the @nytimes reporting identifying the Taliban middlemen who conspired with Russia and the financial transaction traced by American officials which

Kevin Jon Heller

kevinjonheller

Why did the @washingtonpost publish an editorial on the #ICC and #China by an author, @ivanastradner, who doesn't understand the most basic aspects of how the Court functions?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/28/iccs-failu

Dr Laura Smith-Khan

LauraSKh

Please read and share this press release from the Australian Afghan Lawyers Associationhttps://twitter.com/DsSayed/status/1329544800375250945 "The Australian Afghan Lawyers Association (AALA) is deeply concerned with the findings of th

FreedomWorks

FreedomWorks

The $740.5 billion #NDAA for FY 2021 fails to deliver ANY meaningful reforms and perpetuates the status quo in some areas. It also includes big government power grabs, places burdens

Jin Xu

xujnx

In 710, a monk called Baolong ("Treasure Prosperity") from Tokharistan (N Afghanistan) commissioned a Buddhist niche at Longmen near the eastern capital of the Tang empire. In 2014, the epitaph

Robert Young Pelton

RYP__

Friedrich Glasl's book "Konfliktmanagement. Ein Handbuch für Führungskräfte, Beraterinnen und Berater." lays out nine stages of conflict. Kurt Stillman in "On Enemy Images and Conflict Escalation" had five. War is

David Mansfield

mansfieldintinc

1. Forgive the thread, but amidst the latest revelations on meth use & production in Afghanistan it is worth considering the economic impact of this growing industry on some of

Sergey Radchenko

DrRadchenko

A quick thread comparing Soviet motivations for intervention between 1956 and 1989.1) Poland. 1956. After Gomulka, whom the Soviets considered a nationalist, gained power and tried to force out pro-Soviet

Richard White

CheekyAmriki

NYT Mag is asking for experiences with extremism from military and veterans. I keep thinking about the time on a security contract in Afghanistan when most of our white contractors

Looking Over Strange Terrain (LOST)

LookingOver

My military career spanned two decades. The last 3 years was spent training our future Army officers who for the most part were 5+ years of age when terrorist decided

Curwen Ares Rolinson

huntersrolinson

This Is #GangSteppe - a fine 2nd century AD Kushan depiction of Lord Skanda, from Gandhara in present-day Afghanistan/Pakistan. Something I find pretty cool about this particular rendering, is that

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

Worse than you thought.NYT: Pompeo issued "stern warning" to Russian counterpart on #RussianBounty (@ewong @Eric_Schmitt reporting)1. So why is Pompeo shy to admit it publicly?NYT reports may be "to avoid

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