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Justin Amash
justinamash
To put things in perspective: From the start of his term to the end, Barack Obama reduced troop levels in Afghanistan by ~25K and Iraq by ~140K. Donald Trump has
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Wesley Morgan
wesleysmorgan
The Afghanistan JSOC task force has been using SIGINT to figure out where the Taliban needs help against ISIS in Kunar, then delivering it via drone strikes, troops involved told
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Dr. Jonathan Schroden
JJSchroden
ICYMI I wrote this article for @lawfareblog w/some ideas on what the Biden admin should do about #Afghanistan. TL:DR summary in this THREAD. 1/nhttps://www.lawfareblog.com/afghanistan-will-be-biden-administrations-first-foreign-policy
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Patrick Porter
PatPorter76
Obviously, we are yet to read the departed Secretary of Defence Esper's Afghanistan memorandum to the White House that apparently precipitated his firing. But judging by the Washington Post account,
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Lynzy Billing
LynzyBilling
Considering your discussion is about the safety and press freedom for Afghan journalists, why not go the extra mile and find three Afghan journalists to talk to?https://twitter.com/soasafgsoc/status/1343978755698675714 An excerpt from
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Zachery Tyson✍️🇺🇸
ZaknafeinDC
Two things that are true at the same time:1) The war in Afghanistan was a strategic blunder of historic proportions 2) Withdrawing precipitously & unilaterally w/o regard for allies, partners,
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Elisabeth Kendall
Dr_E_Kendall
Short thread:1/ #AlQaeda-linked Thabat Media has released 9 pages of charts summarizing #jihad operations across al-Qaeda branches during 2020. Alleged total = 6,999. Data accuracy can’t be verified, but relative
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Kyle Cheney
kyledcheney
NEW: Lawmakers want to know what Trump knew about Russian bounties. There's a precedent for finding out: The House Benghazi investigation.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/02/benghazi-russia-trump-afghanistan-348336 In a little know
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Andrew Watkins
and_huh_what
THREAD: a recent NYT story detailed allegations that Pres. Ghani delayed an early breakthrough in Afghan peace talks.... it also alluded to an intriguing sub-plot: international community's hope that Dr.
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Joe Hedberg
JordanHedberg
Let’s remember 19 years after 9/11, that this nation has spent $6.4 Trillion extra dollars on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that have killed over 1 million people and at
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Sue Aside
SheerchaiZ93
[Some Myths] Afghanistan being the graveyard of empires: This 'quote' was first used by Americans to give Afghanistan more a barbaric image. After Afghans successfully defeated the British soldiers, a
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Ibraheem Thurial B.
Afghan_Policy
The practice in previous years has been to renew the mandate of the Monitoring Team for two years. However, in 2019 US proposed a shorter mandate period. It seems that
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Glenn Greenwald
ggreenwald
https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1329878128634695680 As @mattgaetz there was joined by @TulsiGabbard & @RoKhanna in a failed July effort to allow troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, you can see Liz Cheney in front of him.
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شرقزده
sharghzadeh
Controversial fact: Rumi was not born in Balkh (modern Afghanistan) but Vakhsh (modern Tajikistan) and likely referred to himself as a 'Balkhi' because it was the only reference point Anatolians
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Shahid Raza
schaheid
The Plot Thickens in .1: Ajit Doval met Amrullah Salah, a self proclaimed 'enemy' of .2: Salah was assured of material support (TTP) to replace @ashrafghani.3: Incumbent Kabul leadership
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U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad
US4AfghanPeace
1/4 Good to see the Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) become operational today with its first Leadership Committee meeting. The gathering of political leaders across the political spectrum
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