Yesterday, I had the honor to be part of this great panel with @AsimCP, @RizwaanSabir and Anila Daulatzai. We talked about several impacts of the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. fb.watch/8L6GDVKaCo/
Also, there are two things I really want to point out here. My co-speakers wrote in detail about them in their excellent pieces in this report: uploads-ssl.webflow.com/614ac1d8e9f8db…
1.) Deradicalization programs in Western countries with much focus on Muslim identity while ignoring Western violence (drone strikes, GTMO etc.) and how they radicalizes many people locally and globally, greatly described by @RizwaanSabir.
2.) The "other" War on Terror that took place in Afghanistan in late 1970s/80s when the Afghan Communists staged a brutal coup followed by the Soviet occupation which killed around 2 million Afghans, brilliantly described by Anila Daulatzai.
Especially this point is still being whitewashed, romanticized or ignored by many people, including Afghans, who keep celebrating brutal torturers and mass murderers because they were allegedly progressive or socialist (most of their victims were farmers and laborers).
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