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Meraj Hasan
_merajhasan
Afrasiab Khattak - reformed militant, peace activist - wrote about encouraging student politics recently. Very nice.Here he is seen eulogizing Dr. Najibullah who was appointed head of KHAD (Afghan communist
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Eduardo Neret
eduneret
Elise Stefanik is now the front-runner to replace Liz Cheney as GOP Conference Chair. A thread on some of her votes in Congress1. Voted against Trump’s national emergency declaration for
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Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani
NafeesRehmanDr
Camels were vital to the Australian economy from 1860s to 1930s but Australia has not been kind to them. Even the very first camel imported to Australia was shot in
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Ibraheem Thurial B.
Afghan_Policy
Alright, so here comes a bit of a technical thread.Under what pretext was Anas Haqqani - a convicted & incarcerated prisoner - freed?A Presidential Pardon or something else?https://twitter.com/amnestysasia/status/1194560467290607617 Before going
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Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani
NafeesRehmanDr
No, it is not true! Iqbal's interest in Khushal Baba's work grew after he came to know about him through Raverty's translations. He then sought help in translating Khushal's poetry
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
Thread about carpets in the Persianate world (Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and by extension the Indian Subcontinent). Carpets most likely originated somewhere in northern modern Iran, around the Caspian Sea,
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Tom Newton Dunn
tnewtondunn
EXCL: Johnny Mercer has called the British government “the most distrustful, awful environment I've ever worked in”, in his first interview since being sacked as Veterans Minister last night. Listen
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Ibraheem Thurial B.
Afghan_Policy
I personally think that Mullah Fazil and the Taliban leadership should certainly be taken at face-value when they say that the purpose of talks is to achieve the following:1. Emirate2.
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susannah george
sgreports
It’s been such a whirlwind I didn’t time to highlight some parts of our story marking the start of peace talks, so here goes: This story is abt the Taliban
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Fidato
tequieremos
On this day in 1959, the legendary Mullah Muhammad Omar was born. He established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in September 1996. No leader of 20th century was surrounded by
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یاشاسین زیاداوغلی قاجارلار
PasturesPolitic
Tusken Raiders really need a rehabbing as part of the de-orientalizing of Star Wars. What a careless mashup of Tuareg, Bedouin, and Maasai cultures Tusken and clothing taboos: Tuareg veiling
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
Herat, Afghanistan. People of Herat. People of Herat.Pic taken by Osman Khayyam. People of Herat: An elderly man in his plastic selling shop. Photo by Morteza Herati. People of Herat:
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ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ
ShadowInteI
A few account's reporting "5" rockets fired toward U.S. Air Base Bagram in #Afghanistan. Rumors at this point, I'll watch for updates on this one. Update: "Local Afghan sources are
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Fidato
tequieremos
Pakistan has said that a “precipitous withdrawal” of foreign troops could create unrest in Afghanistan. I'll explain the significance of this statement by going back to 1988 when the terms
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धर्मसुता
DharmaSuta
#Thread JASSA SINGH ALHUWALIA-WHO SAVED MARATHA WOMEN FROM AFGHANS:Jan,1761, 3rd battle of Panipat happened. Marathas lost the battle to ahmad shah abdali, because abdali was supported by three allies in
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Colin Cookman
colincookman
NEW PAPER: Today @USIP published a new report from me analyzing the 2019 Afghan presidential elections: https://www.usip.org/publications/2020/08/assessing-afghanistans-2019-presidential-electionThis draws on (and makes some updates to) the
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