A basic explanation on why the situation in #Iraq suddenly became so tense — follow this THREAD 🧵
Following the resignation of Ayatollah Haeri from the position of Marja al Taqlid, Moqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi Shia cleric, announced on Monday that he will leave politics forever.1️⃣
Marja al Taqlid is a title given to the highest ranking #Shia clerics. A person with title would have the authority to make legal decisions within the confines of Islamic law for followers and lower-ranking clerics. 2️⃣
Ayatollah Haeri, today after announcing that he will no longer continuing to be a Marja al Taqlid, he invited Iraqi Shias to follow and obey Ali Khamenei. He described the leader of #Iran as "the most worthy person to lead the Islamic world". 3️⃣
In the past few days, the people of #Takhar province are complaining that the #Taliban are housing hundreds of families from Pakistan's Waziristan in Khwaja Bahauddin district. 1/6
Today, @Etilaatroz in a report says that the #Taliban ordered the residents of 2 villages, Lala Gozar & Katakjar in Khwaja Bahauddin district to evacuate the area. The report says, d Taliban want to relocate Pashtuns frm south & east in these villages. 2/6 etilaatroz.com/152596/%d8%b7%…
A few days ago, a resident of Khwaja Bahauddin district told me that the #Taliban forced 30 families in these two villages (Lala Gozar & Katakjar) to leave their properties & move to somewhere else. He said that, a while ago Mullah Fazil, Taliban deputy defense minister, ...
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Taliban’s Rule: Evaluating One Year of Terror —— THREAD 🧵
In this long thread I analyze one years of Taliban rule based on various Int'l orgs, ground realities, & news reports which suggest that Taliban are more cruel than they were & are still a threat for global security. 1️⃣
The unfortunate events of August 2021 led to the takeover of AFG by one of the most dreaded terror groups of the world – the Taliban. After the takeover, Taliban claimed that they are now more moderate than their previous version and this time, they will not only build ... 2️⃣
... the nation by including all stakeholders but will also guarantee all basic human rights including women's education and their participation in public life. But in contrary, their one year-rule proved to be more brutal and stricter. 3️⃣
After one-year mark of the Taliban takeover, the National Resistance Front (#NRF) has released its manifesto.
This series of tweets are parts of that manifesto in English. —THREAD 🧵
1 – Believing in the holy Islam with moderate recitation has formed the basis of belief of our people in the long history that no one is discriminated cos of their religious beliefs & even the followers of other religions enjoy freedom in performing their religious rituals. 1️⃣
No laws and regulations can be enacted in conflict with the fundamentals of Islam.
2 – Fight against ignorance, tyranny and deviation from religious values, through the unity of freedom-loving people, scholars, political, civil & cultural currents, including women and youth. 2️⃣
- "The #NRF military strategy at this stage is not to liberate any geography from the #Taliban, but we have a plan for this in the future. The NRF's goal at this stage is to ...1️⃣
... make the world realize that it is possible to stand up against terrorism, tyranny and oppression without their presence."
- "The #NRF started from scratch, without any support. Now we have more than 3000 ready forces in our fronts. These figures are increasing every day."2️⃣
- "War is undoubtedly costly. But most of the time motive is more important than facilities, and high motivation is the key to winning a movement. The #NRF does not have any foreign support. And all the facilities that the Resistance Front has are currently limited to ... 3️⃣
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A resident of Dara, #Panjshir:
The #Taliban went door to door in Dara and said to all male residents that a meeting is to be held in the mosque with Taliban security officials to discuss how to protect civilians life in ongoing war with #NRF, therefore, everyone... 1/6
... should come to the mosque. Although my sister begged me to not to go with them, but there wasn't any option so I had to. When we reached at the mosque, dozens of other people were already there.
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We sat there for a while, after some moments, a Talib came & said the meeting (jalsa) is going to be held in a garden & we are taking you all there. At that time, we all believed that they would either kill us or imprison us, cos they had done so many times in past 9 months.
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