1/6 The #Afghan govt is sure that #DashteBarchiAttack was carried out by the Taliban. Many govt officials and their propagandists are saying that this attack is a precursor of what will happen after full withdrawal of foreign forces. I have some thoughts on that. A thread:

2/6 if the #Afghan govt knew right after #DashteBarchiAttack who did it, it means their intel on terrorist activities right under their noses in Kabul is pretty solid. So why couldn't they prevent it? Why is their intel only good enough to blame after the fact but not to prevent?

3/6 after every attack the first question should be: who benefits? Fact is that the current govt in #Afghanistan doesn't want an end of the occupation and needs foreign military presence to stay in power. They use women's rights as a powerful tool to gain support from Westerners.

4/6 Any attack against women/girls is therefore utilized for maximum propaganda effect. So what happened in #DashteBarchiAttack is exactly what the regime in #Kabul needs to stop the withdrawal of foreign forces and money flowing into their pockets from Western donors.

5/6 so to answer the question: who benefits? Well, the people in power in #Kabul. Their regime exists thanks to the White Man's burden to save #Afghan women. This is also why the regime doesn't make any effort to crack down on #ISKP/ #Daesh in #Kabul.

6/6 this is also the reason why the regime doesn't provide extra security in predominantly Hazara parts of Kabul to prevent such attacks. The regime thrives on the publicity created by attacks like the one in #DashteBarchi.