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Kon Karapanagiotidis

@Kon__K

Jan 27

@ScottMorrisonMP

Did you know the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has no RAT tests at the moment to keep our staff, volunteers & clients safe because @ScottMorrisonMP Gov took our order? Back on Jan 3 I ordered & paid for tests which were due within 3-5 business days. As of today have NONE.Why? 1/2

Because according to the company I ordered them from the Australian Government came in an appropriated all the stock in those orders. Again Morrison Government has hurt the most vulnerable through his incompetency & we are being punished for being prepared & them not being. Shame

This has actually happened to dozens of charities but we’re the only one that feels safe enough to share this with you publicly. As though it wasn’t bad enough that asylum seekers are not eligible for free RAT tests because have no concession cards now they have been robbed again

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Kon Karapanagiotidis

@Kon__K

Aug 24, 2021

@IbrahimiNiamat

Following up on the last thread here I am going to share @IbrahimiNiamat observations about what a critical understanding of incidents like this war mean for understanding of #Afghanistan history & politics.

1. "In 1893, the Hazara War ended with a total one-sided victory. No significant effort was to heal the deep wounds that were left behind by the Amir. In 1921, Amanullah Khan outlawed slavery but structural and socio-economic power relations that developed in 1893 persisted.

@BRRubin

2. "When he died, in the words of Prof. @BRRubin, the Amir left behind a ‘consolidated if terrorized state’ (2002, p. 52). That is to say, the state gained an overwhelming coercive power but the society it governed was left with deep traumas and wounds.

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Kon Karapanagiotidis

@Kon__K

Aug 23, 2021

@IbrahimiNiamat

In this thread I will share a few remarks by @IbrahimiNiamat about the war.
For those interested to read more details, please read Mr. Ibrahimi’s book ‘The Hazaras and the Afghan state: Rebellion, Exclusion and Struggle for Recognition’.

1. "Amir Abd Rahaman Khan is often recognised as the founder of modern Afghanistan for his role in imposing a centralised authority over the country’s present territories. He is one of the most contested figures in Afghanistan’s history.

2. "The Amir’s reign was a period of constant violence, much of which was directed towards various groups in Afghanistan. In his semi-autobiographical account, he claims he fought 40 separate rebellions (nearly 2 per year). He describes four of them as civil wars (p.249).

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Kon Karapanagiotidis

@Kon__K

Aug 22, 2021

25. "Most #Hazara men were killed during the fight which spanned from 1891 to 1893. Dr Lee says that over 50 percent of the Hazara "male population" died as "a direct or indirect result of the war." This is, in my personal opinion, a very reasonable figure.

26. "Most for the Hazara women and children were taken captive and sold as slaves. Throughout the country, #Hazaras constituted the overwhelming majority of slaves in the bazaars. In fact there were so many that they greatly decreased the prices of slaves.

27. "According to Dr Lee, "thousands of [Hazara] women were forcibly married to #Pashtuns in a deliberate attempt to destroy #Hazara social and religious hierarchies."

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Kon Karapanagiotidis

@Kon__K

Aug 22, 2021

@NamaKadrie

I am going to share some findings of @NamaKadrie about the history of the Hazaras in this thread. This may help you in understanding the current situation in Afghanistan a bit better.

1. "In analysing the history of #Afghanistan, scholars and historians often assessed the independence and autonomy of a given region based on their ability to resist an imposition of tax. Paying levies was therefore the way power-relations and supremacy was understood.

2. "In this sense, the #Hazarajat as a whole was what scholars often deemed as a “semi-independent” region. By 1891, aside from #Uruzgan, every other region (14 districts) of the #Hazarajat paid taxes to Abdur Rahman Khan.

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