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This great op-Ed reminded me of the story of the #ISK director of recruitment being caught in a night raid. He used to work in a directorate of agriculture in Nangrahar during republic days and had hosted me at his office a few time. I got to know that he had been detained 1/
A few months later I saw him walking around in my #Kabul office. Awkward about how to bring it up, over tea I hinted at the rumour of him being picked up in links with ISK and he told me the story. Muslimyar (Head of Senate) had sent someone to him to lease them gov arid land 2/
When he refused to break the law and give out the land, the person told him that he would regret it. The same night, a helicopter descended outside his house and the zero units put a bag over his head and flew him to Kabul 3/
Mufti Taqi Usmani, Pakistan leading religious scholar, visiting #Kabul tomorrow (July 25) to meet #TTP leadership & persuade them for entering a peace deal with #Pakistan - the military-led talks/peace deal initiative was launched last year - 1/F
Earlier, Taqi Usmani Kabul visit was postponed mentioning bad weather and then again postponed for unknown reasons. Usmani enjoys respect among many #Taliban circles for his religious views and his seminary’s contributions - 2/F
Pakistan & it’s military leadership is struggling to persuade the banned #TTP to end their “Jihad”. As per saying of a senior military officer, “Jihad” is over after the U.S. withdrawal from #Afghanistan - 3/F
Part II: Between 1934 and 1937 Fraenkel wrote essays that were published in the exile journal “Sozialistische Warte” of the underground group #ISK. In 1936 he started working on his “The Dual State” manuscript, where he critically analyzed the national socialist regime. (22/38)
In this book, Fraenkel, unpacks decisions of the #German courts and the development of #judicial practice, to develop his central theory that the legal-political system of National Socialist Germany consisted of a “prerogative state” and a “normative state”. (23/38)
The prerogative state was the realm of arbitrariness and official power, against which citizens enjoyed no legal protection (represented by the Gestapo and the SS). The normative state protected the legal order as it is expressed in legislations and court decisions. (24/38) 
How have state-led targeting ops altered the Islamic State Khorasan threat & its operational trajectory in AFG & PAK? What has been the extent of #ISK's manpower losses, incl. leadership losses in these efforts? Find out in my new report w/@mines_andrew
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As this report demonstrates, intense targeting of ISK in AfPak resulted in substantial losses; b/w 2015 and 2018, ISK’s losses amounted to the killing, capture, or surrender of over 10,000 ISK-linked individuals & over 500 militants in leadership roles, predominantly in AFG.
A parallel examination of the group’s losses & operational activity indicates that while state-led operations have curtailed ISK’s overall number of attacks & its geo. expansion, ISK retains its ability to conduct lethal attacks, as indicated by attacks in Kabul in 2/20 & 3/20.
How have state-led targeting ops altered ISK’s threat & trajectory in AFG & PAK? What is the nature & extent of #ISK's manpower losses, including its leadership? CTC report by @AmiraJadoon & @mines_andrew examines ops against ISK 2015-2018. THREAD ctc.usma.edu/broken-not-def…
A big thanks to everyone who supported this extensive project! We are thankful to @asfandyarmir @CraigAWhiteside @DonRassler @nakissapjahan & Brian Dodwell for their excellent reviews which made this report a much better product & @KristinaKHummel for her fantastic copyediting!
Key highlights: ISK incurred the greatest number of losses in 3 core districts of S. Nangarhar (Achin, Deh Bala, & Kot), which speaks to the coalition’s success in containing the group. In AFG, ISK’s losses amounted to a total of 11,668 deaths, 696 captured, & 375 surrendered.
