Bette Dam

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@shashj Also look at the sourcing in this article - very much officials (incl Nato) echoing the war-narrative. I didnt think I would agree with you Shashank ;) but this article needs an urgent professional review.

@BetteDam Just read your fantastic book on Mullah Omar. After having read Ahmed Rashid’s works before; your book offered a fresh, beguiling and a frankly persuasive perspective on Taliban & this fascinating country. Thank you.

@SlimGrisson Thank you so much @SlimGrisson

Only government offices in Kandahar have wifi.

Kandahar is still without wifi- 4g is so unstable that filling in a form for a visa is not easy. The Kabul area has wifi but it makes one wonder how many other provinces are in the same situation as Kandahar.

Follow the flotilla here with live coverage - they have reached the risky zone. The last flotilla was intercepted in this same zone. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

this is not a ceasefire but it's concrete and accountable. What will the EU do if Israel refuses? (the beach has been fully closed in Gaza this week; it's 36 C)

"BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age" owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-we…

Good journalism on the status of Afghanistan - worth your time.

@destinydefier Thanks Sanjay!

Have you listened to Making Peace Visible yet? Check it out here: making-peace-visible.simplecast.com/episodes/un-em… listening to @BetteDam on Afghanistan is a treat. One of the few journalists who really tried to understand Afghanistan not from the prism of the western world but from the Afghan prism.

Journalist Reza Sayah (based in Iran) says the corporate news model often works to perpetuate conflicts. But, another way is possible. makingpeacevisible.org/reza-sayah-1-1 @makingpeaceviz

Historical context: good compilation of the dozens of times Bibi claimed how 'eminent the danger is of Iran is' - it goes back to 1995.

@jahanze41941131 dear jahan, thanks for reading it, very appreciated. indeed you lived in the heart of the story. so interesting. i hope all is well.

@BetteDam Just finished. Very good book based on facts, and the usual afghan way is described. Why Americans were at fail side they should consider this piece of Truth for understanding. Hamid karzai not just killed a lot of Afghans

1/ 🚨 Iranian source reports that 18 Afghan nationals were arrested in the Mehr Abad area of Mashhad city. They allegedly conspired against sensitive targets on behalf of Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad.

@ZafaraniRebel @sarahadams Thanks for calling this lady out, Zohra. Her info is random and uninformed.