Morning session in the largest hall of Kaaj education center in #Kabul where students, mostly girls +boys; gathered for university entry exam practice. This report details how mostly #Hazara minority shia Muslim Afghans were targeted; at least 23 dead:cnn.com/2022/09/30/asi… /1
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for Taliban interim govt, condemns the attack. Human Rights Watch has noted that #Hazara Afghans in #Kabul have been repeatedly attacked by #ISKP and that Taliban Govt security and medical assistance had been inadequate. /2
UN special rapportuer on the situation of human rights in #Afghanistan shares a picture of the hall before the attack, saying the room was "crammed with eager students waiting to take their practice exams, full of hope for a brighter future." /4
CNN: At least 23 dead after suicide bomb blast at Kaaj education center in a predominantly #Hazara part of #Kabul. Many of the injured taken to nearby Jinnah Hospital, #Afghanistan's second largest medical facility. /5
The #US Amb to #Pakistan Donald Blome's visit to Azad Jammu #Kashmir#AJK immediately caught attention in neighboring #India. This Indian newspaper interpreted the visit as part of larger signs of improving Washington-Islamabad relations. /2
The #US is not alone in engaging with #Pakistan's Azad Jammu #Kashmir despite #India's objections. The #UAE🇦🇪 #EU🇪🇺 #China🇨🇳 #Türkiye🇹🇷 #SaudiArabia have executed development projects in the region in the past, overruling Indian protests. /3
#Pakistan's incoming Finance Minister @MIshaqDar50 returns after defeating unprecedented smear campaign from 2014 to 2018 based on #fakenews that fell apart in courts in both the #UK and #Pakistan. A Pakistani TV network apologized and shutdown British operations as a result /1
#Pakistan's Finance Minister Minister-designate @MIshaqDar50 won £100000 in damages and £60000 in legal fees in a defamation case against ARY which led the smear campaign against him since 2014. He was cleared in mone-laundering and corruption claims. /2
On the orders of London High Court, ARY News apologized to @MIshaqDar50 for airing "fabricated content." This apology destroyed @ImranKhanPTI and @PTIofficial's claims against Dar and the @pmln_org running from 2014 to 2021. /3
A happy #RoshHashana to friends celebrating the Jewish New Year. Here's a 🎞️ from #Cairo#Egypt synagogue ringing in the new year. This year's Rosh Hashanah marks the start of year 5783 in the Hebrew calendar. #ShanaTova to friends everywhere.
#Türkiye's President #Erdogan extends greetings for #RoshHashanah Holiday of Jewish community to "bring peace and welfare to all the Jews, including our Jewish citizens,” a statement said.
Unbelievable scenes from #Tehran: a woman standing on a car, wearing western clothes, takes off her hijab and waves it in defiance at #Iran's religious police.
I could not watch the terror on their faces. Amazing courage by these Iranian men and women as #Iran security forces chase them into a residential building stairway then try to get in. These brave souls are out for #MahsaAmini, 22, killed by hijab police:
This lone Iranian woman at the beginning of the video joining men in turning #Iran police car upside down. Other women join in moments later.
Fearing conviction under contempt charges, ousted ex-PM @ImranKhanPTI steps back from his earlier aggressive position and offers unconditional apology to #Pakistan court for threatening a judge. Politically, the court forced Khan to step down from his high horse. /1
#Pakistan court teaches ousted ex-PM @ImranKhanPTI a lesson he failed multiple times since his usual rise in 2011: never use his pulpit to incite violence agst others. Khan endangered me+family by his public rants in May; incited agst several journalists/2
#ImranKhan received special treatment not given to other #Pakistan citizens. His position makes his threats dangerous, and his reckless and irresponsible outbursts should have been treated accordingly. /3
A whistle-blower who worked for the media cell has come forward to accuse ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan of overseeing the largest anti-military+anti-state disinformation campaign #Pakistan has seen. 🇵🇰 DefMin @KhawajaMAsif accuses Khan of attempt to incite mutiny within Army.
A media cell whistle-blower emerges from within @PTIofficial to accuse ousted ex-PM @ImranKhanPTI of masterminding the largest anti-military and anti-state disinformation campaign #Pakistan has seen that surpasses in many ways anything the country saw from hostile states.