What many people tend to ignore is the fact that today's outcome in Afghanistan is the ulimate result of the US-led War on Terror. Without it, there wouldn't be that many Taliban including their fanatic leader ruling the country and oppressing men and women.
Instead of romanticizing it or even wishing it back, ask yourself what happened during the last 20 year. In late 2001, we had a few 1000 Taliban fighters, their broken leadership and NO other, more extremist groups like ISKP.
Apr 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Let's be fair and honest: As an Hazara in Afghanistan, many of us would probably turn into radicals and demand a separate state to live in. Many of us would support having an armed militia defending our rights. For good reason, and the reasons are too obvious.
I witnessed anti-Hazara racism often myself. Last year when I was covering a sports event in Kabul mainly attended by Hazara, a soldier said the following: "I hate them. Hopefully something happens. Go and save yourself", including racist slurs.
Oct 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
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…
Apr 6, 2021 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
This might be an unpopular opinion, especially amongst Western pseudo-intellectuals who "analyze" all historical events through the same ideological prism, but Stinger rockets actually saved Afghan lives.
Yes, I am saying this although I am an Afghan journalist with a known writing record on US/CIA war crimes in Afghanistan. I have several problems with all these tankie critiques under the CIA's tweet.
Sep 27, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Dear Manzoor Pashteen, Najib and his KhAD thugs would have tortured and killed you if you did your kind of political activism in the 1980s in Afghanistan. Your mother would still search for your body.
This is not the first time PTM acts in that way. When some of their members visited Kabul in March, @a_baitanai visited the house of Noor Mohammad Taraki, a criminal mass murderer and Afghanistan's first Communist dictator.
