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Ibraheem Thurial Bahiss Profile picture
@Afghan_Policy
Sep 9, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
#Taliban response to Trump tweet.
It says Mullah Beradar & majority of Qatar officials were keen for the #CampDavid trip but the Rahbari Shura vetoed the trip & admonished Political Office for their "willingness to travel to the US".
Reading between lines suggest Taliban had agreed to the trip but now came up with this as a face-saving manoeuvre.

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Jan 31
@CrisisGroup published a report this week about regional states’ engagement with the Taliban. Reading our paper could help you understand the extraordinary news in recent days about Afghanistan’s relationship with its neighbors. A short thread. 1/

crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…
The Taliban hosted their first international conference on Monday. China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Indonesia sent officials to Kabul to talk regional cooperation — a diplomatic ‘win’ for the unrecognized Taliban regime.
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Jun 3, 2022
This is an interesting article and worth a read.

However, it seems to have misquoted my ideas on this topic.

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gandhara.rferl.org/a/taliban-rift…
Article states:
“Bahiss says TB leaders are divided into two groups: relative pragmatists who see the militant group’s policies as an obstacle to gaining international recognition and securing the removal of sanctions,…
and extremists who are bent on monopolizing power and imposing a strict form of Shari’a law.”

The actual quote provided to outlet was:
“Bahiss sees the Taliban leaders broadly driven by two lines of thinking...
Read 17 tweets
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Feb 12, 2022
More broadly, the problem is in the way the US govt keeps changing signals it is giving to Afghans as well as the Taliban.

One the one hand, it insists that the Taliban govt would need to meet certain “conditions” for it to have access to the funds.
On the other hand, it keeps insisting that the reserves are frozen by court orders and the administration has no capacity to unfreeze them, regardless of the compromises the Taliban can offer.
But unfreezing half the assets, it is only signalling that the above argument is only partially true and there are workarounds that would unfreeze the assets.
Read 15 tweets
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Oct 28, 2021
The appointment of Sheikh Abdul Hakim to this position is not an altogether surprising turn.

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Sheikh Abdul Hakim is a top spiritual leader amongst the Taliban, particularly the southerners. He is often considered to be Hibatullah Akhundzada’s right hand man.
Worth noting that in the previous government, the leadership of the Supreme Court was not among the most desired jobs.

For the past two decades, the Court sometimes acted as a rubber stamp for the President, at least on matters having political implications.
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Sep 9, 2021
I am seeing a lot of emotional analysis on Indian media about the Taliban.

Some have accused the new Taliban government of cowering to the Pakistani deep-state.

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I think the Indian media is failing in providing a clear-eyed assessment of what India’s options are going forward.

hindustantimes.com/editorials/the…
Yes, media’s role varies from advocacy, to awareness to accountability and so forth. But media has huge impact and often informs policy that can have huge ramifications.

IMO, this offers is a far more realistic assessment on composition of cabinet:

trtworld.com/opinion/taliba…
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Sep 8, 2021
Because there is a lot of talk about Loya Paktya etc and “winners” and “losers”, I have done a little breakdown of the composition.

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ETHNICITY-WISE:

In terms of ethnicity, 30 Pashtuns on the list with 2 Tajiks and 1 Uzbek.
REGION-WISE:

Loy Kandahar – 15

Loya Paktya – 10

Sharqi – 5

Shamal – 3

(I have included Ghazni, Wardak, Logar etc in “Loya Paktya” and the entire North in “Shamal”.
“Sharqi” is eastern provinces including Kunar & Nangarhar).
NOTABLE PROMOTIONS:

Most of the names are “old guard” and respectable figures within the movement.

Salam Hanafi & Muttaqi were notable promotions. Haqqani & Yaqub have also solidified their positions, taking control of all security sectors.
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