Afghanistan Matters

Retired US Army Officer who spent the last 5 years of his career working for Afghanistan. Opinions are my own.

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

@ahmadzadawasi I believe the "about us" link on their website explains where it comes from. And they explained their methodology quite clearly. https://t.co/HANRiPeAlV

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

Taliban are further dehumanizing women - putting them in the same category as cargo - i.e. property. No one can tell me this reflects the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) teachings. https://t.co/b2MwlImnkd

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

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[The Messenger @TheMessenger]

Taliban Sets Pile of Instruments Ablaze, Says Music Causes ‘Moral Corruption’ https://t.co/ioRpxUygXv

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

More like “no rights for women unless they agree they have no rights”

[Natiq Malikzada @natiqmalikzada]

"No rights for women unless they conform to Taliban framework," says Taliban's Deputy of Youth Affairs for the Ministry of Information & Culture.

He says women in Kabul even in the presence of Taliban dare to claim they have right to go outside freely & wear makeup #Afghanistan

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

Yesterday evictions in Kabul reportedly took the lives of two children and left hundreds of Afghans homeless and without access to humanitarian assistance.

Taliban authorities must halt all further evictions, which only make dire needs even more extreme

https://t.co/42XXJa1SPS

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

“These salons are one of the very, very few spaces, maybe one of the only spaces that’s left in Afghanistan where a woman might be able to go out from her home and see other women and share information and share support.” https://t.co/uTBVQGMmIw

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

@Ali455Ali @StephanAJensen Just because you disagree doesn’t make something baseless.

[Stephan Jensen @StephanAJensen]

Once you scratch the surface of the Taliban's propaganda, there is nothing at all "traditional" or "national" about their movement.

The Taliban is an utterly modern movement, mostly based on 20th-century political ideas and foreign religious teachings.

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[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

@bdootottawa @crric2017 For an Ambassador to several countries to make the claim “tweets are personal” is utter nonsense #Agenda

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

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[Latif Nasser @latifnasser]

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Any state that excludes (over) half its population from the possibility of contributing to its development and economy is doomed to fail. https://t.co/eHFGpGJTrg

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

Human rights aside, it's hard to underestimate the extent to which excluding over half your population from becoming full contributing members of society hampers development. https://t.co/2K2PNeO37C

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

@TuAlfagraLandMi Honestly I will spend a lifetime wishing I could visit Kunar as a tourist someday.

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

I think it's a poorly worded question. The invasion was a success and many Afghans were hopeful for positive change. The US should have facilitated implementation of a culturally-appropriate govt to replace the Taliban within 2-3 years, and gone home.

[Matrix Media @matrixxmedia]

Afghanistan invasion by US: Strategic Failure or Engineered Catastrophe?
https://t.co/tIVUyx7FbS

@SameenaDurrani @ImtiazGul60 @ramshasaghirr @CRSSpak @ASCenterPak @waheedkhan164
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#Afghanistan #ashrafghani #economy #humanitariancrisis #invasion #kabul #taliban

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

This is just so extremely awful and gross. It's all bad, but imagine being months from completing your degree. https://t.co/X1qaSFcUA6

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

@matrixxmedia @SameenaDurrani @ImtiazGul60 @ramshasaghirr @ELSAIMDAD @CRSSpak @ASCenterPak @SIGARHQ Few of those who served in Afghanistan ever knew what those objectives were. So don't ask us.

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

Now, generations who have known only war and the ongoing departure of most people with any expertise in running a country or its institutions leaves little room for hope.

[Afghanistan Matters @AFGMatters]

Instead, attention and resources were shifted to Iraq, and by the time that was wrapped up, people had forgotten why the invasion happened in the first place and then there was 20 years of flailing...and then abandonment.

[Tamim Asey @tamimasey]

The vast majority of Afghans are neither Talib nor NRF. They are held captive by the Taliban while the NRF has no territory/population and has a virtual-social media existence. The vast majority of Afghans don’t fit this binary. They don’t have a political address. 1/4.