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Naweed Kawusi
@kawusi
Founder @KabulInstitute • Adjunct Prof @USPonline • Afghan. Survivor. Reformer • Fortis Fortuna Adivuat • 🇦🇫
Kabul & Rio de Janeiro Katılım Ekim 2021
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Talibs might be happy about this, but Russia normalizing the Talib regime is not about Afghanistan. It is about positioning against the West, building regional influence, and securing the northern supply chain. Afghan civilians are, as always, the backdrop and potential cannon fodder to yet another regime seeking foreign legitimacy without getting the internal one first.
Ariana News@ArianaNews_
Russia is moving to establish what it calls a “full-fledged partnership” with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and is urging other regional countries to expand cooperation with Kabul, a senior Russian security official said on Thursday. Read more at: tinyurl.com/2wpjuw6z #ArianaNews #Russia #Afghanistan
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Tales from Afghanistan:
Some of the men celebrated as heroes were the same men who destroyed Kabul after the Soviets left. We cannot build an honest future on a dishonest past.
Kabul Institute@kabulinstitute
Myth: The Soviet-Afghan War was a completely heroic and pure resistance of the Afghan people against foreign occupation. Fact: This view tells only part of the story. Yes, many Afghans bravely defended their country and their people. They made real sacrifices, stood firm, and fought and this part of history deserves respect. But alongside this, there were also hard and painful realities. Not all mujahideen were the same. Some commanders truly served the people and had local support, while others abused civilians, used the war to gain wealth and power, and were involved in the drug trade. This war was not only between Afghans and Soviet forces. In many cases, different mujahideen groups also fought against each other. These internal conflicts weakened unity and, after the Soviet withdrawal, prevented peace. Instead, the country entered another violent period known as the Afghan Civil War. During this civil war, ordinary people suffered the most. In Kabul alone, tens of thousands of civilians were killed. Homes were destroyed, and daily life was shattered. The painful truth is that some of the same commanders who are praised today as resistance heroes were also involved in this destruction. After 2001, when some of them became part of the new government, their past actions continued to affect the country and became one of the main causes of weak governance. In the end, this war should be understood in a balanced way: it included real courage and sacrifice, but also serious injustice and wrongdoing. Only by seeing all sides can we truly understand history. #Afghanistan#HistoryMatters#SovietAfghanWar#MythVSFact#WarReality#LearnHistory#KabulInistitute
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First of all, there's no documented decline in people facing food insecurity in Afghanistan. Food insecurity and economic collapse are the two most direct threats facing the Afghans. So the reporting here is wrong.
Secondly, if the UN agencies worked on improving the poverty and malnutrition problems of Afghanistan, they'd be out of a job. Do you really think the UN wants that? And the UN never wants to teach Afghans how to fish, we all should know that.
TOLOnews English@TOLONewsEnglish
Despite a relative decline in the number of people facing food insecurity in Afghanistan, the United Nations says millions of people continue to struggle with hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. #TOLOnews_English tolonews.com/business-199191
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The Afghan diaspora will spend hours arguing about which Republic-era politician deserves a platform and zero hours being honest about their part in what happened to Afghanistan and still is happening. One of those is about ego. The other is about the 40 million people still living in the dark. Talk about priorities.
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NaPakistan's military junta is a two-faced, lying regime with zero principles. It will betray you the second it gets a chance. Trusting NaPakistan is always going to get you in trouble.
Ask any Afghan.
Jennifer Jacobs@JenniferJJacobs
Scoop via @CBSNews: As Pakistan positioned itself as a diplomatic conduit between Tehran and Washington, it quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park in its country, potentially shielding them from US airstrikes, sources told @JimLaPorta and me. Days after Trump announced the ceasefire in early April, Tehran sent multiple aircraft to Pakistan Air Force Base Nur Khan. Among the military hardware was an Iranian Air Force RC-130, a reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering variant of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport aircraft. cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-…
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What goes around comes around as the old saying goes.
nytimes.com/2026/05/08/wor…
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No one who’s lived in and knows war would advocate for more war. In Afghanistan’s case, anyone asking for more war is doing it from the comfort of their nice houses in Europe or US.
Dave Peasant, Aspiring Lorax@aspiringpeasant
I've been to war. Nobody should ever go to war. - a combat-decorated Navy SEAL who is sick of soft-handed douchebags pretending they aren't pissbaby little cowards
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The Republic fell because its leadership class prioritized access over accountability, position over performance, and personal survival over national survival. The diaspora honoring that same leadership class is not preserving Afghan political culture. It is preserving the part of Afghan political culture that destroyed Afghanistan.
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The Afghan diaspora is the most educated, resourceful, and globally connected it has ever been. And a significant portion of it is still waiting for guidance from the same politicians who lost a country, fled on the first available flight, and have spent four years giving interviews about what went wrong. Afghanistan's future cannot afford this; we need a clean slate and new leaders that think nationally and not ethnically.
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A generation of young Afghans grew up watching the Republic's leadership class negotiate their own salaries and perks of the job while negotiating everyone else's future. They watched the corruption, the ethnic arithmetic, the foreign dependency, the performance of governance without the substance of it. They learned exactly what not to do. That education is worth more than anything the old politicians are currently offering. It's time we learned.
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@kawusi Im a bit confused as to what you mean.
I dont see a single leader in the diaspora.
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New Afghan leaders exist. They are working in policy institutes, in diaspora communities, in civil society organizations, in universities, and inside Afghanistan itself under conditions most people cannot imagine. Those are the Afghans that we need to put on TV and have people listen to them, not the same old politicians who've continually failed us. Those are the leaders who will take Afghanistan to the next chapter.
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There is a version of Afghan political culture that mistakes familiarity for credibility. The same faces appear at every conference. The same faces that have failed Afghans for years and decades. The same people who failed to build accountable institutions are now being consulted on how to build accountable institutions. At some point the diaspora has to decide whether it wants comfort or help rebuild Afghanistan.
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@Dr_SaraHarmouch @WarInstitute That'd very kind of you. Thank you.
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@kawusi @WarInstitute Yes, but you can also tune in online. I’ll send you the link
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I’ll be speaking tomorrow at @WarInstitute on the lessons & implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, & why it marked not the end of the war on terror era, but a transition point shaping the future of counterterrorism, militant adaptation, & long-term competition.
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Meeting Minutes:
Afghanistan Coordination Meeting Attendees: Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Apologies: Afghanistan
Agenda Item 1: Afghanistan
Agenda Item 2: More Afghanistan
Agenda Item 3: Afghanistan without Afghans
Outcome: Excellent coordination achieved.
Afghanistan to be notified of decisions about Afghanistan at a later date. Maybe. :-)
Mohammad Sadiq@AmbassadorSadiq
Chaired a meeting of the Afghanistan–Central Asia Intergovernmental Coordination Cell (ACICC) with all stakeholders. Reviewed regional coordination, shared priorities, and next steps. Key focus areas: Inclusion of Tajikistan & Uzbekistan in the Quadrilateral Transit Trade Agreement (QTTA) between Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan. Also discussed: Enhancing air connectivity between Pakistan and Tajikistan, and facilitation of visas for Tajik businessmen.
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Delusional take. Osama Bin Ladin was found and killed in Pakistan.
That’s one stain that’s never going away. Nice try tho.
cyril almeida@cyalm
Pakistan has shaken off… the stain of OBL…
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@matwarkh_shah Don't underestimate the power of narratives. For years and years, the villains were turned into heroes. How many lives were lost for us to remember what really happened?
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