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If the White House has been sitting on credible intelligence about Russian threats to US forces overseas since MARCH, it further begs the question as to why it’s keeping an
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I’m seeing lots of stratospheric-level discussion on US drawdown to 2500 troops in #Afghanistan & what it might mean, but let’s get operational for a moment in this THREAD. 1/n
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Excellent Thread. I will add some extra information on listed groups operating in Afghanistan.https://twitter.com/asfandyarmir/status/1275884886839005184 HAQQANI GROUP:HQN strength is estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 (conservative IMO)Looks like
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1. Declan Walsh’s “The Nine Lives of Pakistan” distills the complexity of Pakistan in page turning prose. It isn’t intended as an academic work so at the risk of nit-picking
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A THREAD on why having modest expectations for opening round of #AfghanPeaceProcess set to start in Doha tomorrow is not just realistic but also positive. 1/13 The realistic part, through
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This should frighten you.One of most effective questioning of Trump you’ve ever seen (by @jonathanvswan on #AxiosOnHBO)Trump has NO GOOD response for NEVER raising Russian bounties/arming Taliban with Putin.Plus: Russia
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The latest attempt to smear #Churchill again, esp. with responsibility for the #Bengal Famine, is ironically Euro-centric. This smear strips Indians, Bengalis, and Japanese of agency, and perpetuates ignorance of
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Thread#PMImranKhan will be in Kabul today on Ghani's Invitation.AG wants Pak to help him secure more favorable terms in the Intra-Afghan talks & a ceasefire, as the battlefield shifts in
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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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I haven't written an "Adventurers" account on Abdul-Ghani Baradar (I may or may not InshaAllah) but I find his among the most fascinating careers in modern history, mainly cos participated
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The very concept of blasphemy is fundamentally flawed because 1) Anyone not sharing the dogmatic belief in your faith and believing another dogmatic faith is directly contradicting your beliefs and
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Loads of comparison between the Bush Gore fight in 2000 and Trump Biden 2020. Bush Gore lasted 37 days after the 11/7 election , until 12/9/2000 when the 5-4 SCOTUS
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Very good thread by @and_huh_what. Seems to me the current govt wishes its BATNA would be Biden doubling-down on it, US-TB agreement be damned. More likely is its WATNA: US
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Thread on Naghlu Dam Tweets by AF (@TheFahimi): 1/8Khrushchev and Bulganin welcomed by PM Muhammad Daud Khan in #Kabul in Dec 1955. They agreed to extend a $100 million aid
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1. Short review of @tabadlab 31-page report on the future of US-Pakistan relations. It draws on diverse experts & at least a few have experience with Pakistan’s diplomacy/policymaking process &
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How many of you even knew about Buddhas of Bamiyan?A very few. Reason is that the left media doesn’t like to highlight events where Muzlims are aggressors#ThreadThey were once the world’s
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