I have many thoughts on the engagement vs. isolation debate that @aishabbwahab has reopened among Afghans. I’ll write them when I have more time.
But one thing immediately stands out.
Why do NRF supporters and diaspora activists in Washington and London seem to think that Aisha Wahab, an Afghan-American politician, owes them ideological obedience simply because of her ancestory?
You claim to "fight for freedom of speech and expression," yet the moment an Afghan expresses a view outside your political line, you start your coordinated twitter-lynching via your WhatsApp groups.
Pathetic behaviour, but unfortunately not surprising
@2elevenz@business He was the worst of them all. He practically handed the country over to the Northern Alliance goons. It’s interesting to see Ghani receive more criticism than him. Karzai was far worse. Ghani was a coward, but this guy was pure evil.
I often make the mistake of having false hope that some day, Afghans of different political and ideological persuations can overcome their differences and make a collective effort to improve the lives of our compatriots back home.
But then I see prominent figures eulogising a pederast kidnapper and extortionist like he was a saintly figure. Then I lose all hope in them. I blame myself for having such high expectation of people. They're all a lost cause.
Few Afghans are willing to join 'resistance' precisely because it's tainted with the ex-regime's wanton criminality. Haseeb himself was implicated in extortion, child sex abuse and spoke openly on ex-intelligence officials trying to recruit him to assassinate influential figures.
@binladenswifey@emptyincide It’s most definitely not a one sided beef. You literally contradicted your own statement by saying that Tajiks don’t like you because they think you’re Pashtun.
🧵 Homer’s Odyssey and the Pashtun code of Pashtunwali still agree on something the modern world has half-forgotten. How a man treats the stranger at his door is not a question of manners. It is the measure of his soul. The Greeks called this sacred obligation xenia (ξενία). The Pashtun call it melmastia (مېلمستيا). One law, expressed in two tongues across three thousand years.
Obaidullah Baheer has a million times more credibility than Habib Hekmatyar. Habib has proven himself to be nothing more than a disappointment, ultimately becoming no different from the very landaghars his disgraced father spent his life fighting against.
HabibulRahman Hekmatyar is an independent young politician with a large following in Afghanistan.He holds political views distinct from those of his father & his nephew in Kabul , whose is essentially a Taliban propaganda mouthpiece with zero credibility,integrity or character
This is fascinating. A letter from the 1760s of Ottoman Sultan to the progenitor of the Afghan state, Ahmad Shah Durrani, extolling the establishment of his 'kingship in Afghanistan', his conquests in Hindustan and rescuing of Muslims therein, and his ending of unrest in Iran.
Some Tajik nationalists claim that the Taliban are stealing the resources of Badakhshan, simply because the Taliban allow anyone in Afghanistan or the world, to invest in the mining sector of Badakhshan.
But the same Tajik nationalists were dead silent when thugs and militias were stealing the resources of Badakhshan illegally during the twenty years of occupation, and there is no records available to show how much they stole, and what happened to the stollen money. Most of course built mansions abroad, and then when their fragile existence under the occupation ended, they all fled to their mansions abroad, whether it was Turkey, or UAE, or Tajikistan, or France, or Australia…
Not a cent of that money was spent in Badakhshan, for twenty years, Badakhshan was one of the most underdeveloped provinces in Afghanistan.
Now they are claiming that Badakhshan is being robbed because the government allows people to invest, build roads, help with development, agriculture, hospitals, schools..
Why do these Tajik nationalists act this way? Why do they lie this way? The answer is simple, they lost all their privileges to steal, to rob and pillage, to terrorize innocent people, to drive around in armored vehicles and lick American boots.
They will be remembered forever in Afghanistan as traitors, as “Watan Forosh” and “jasoos” scums.
The funeral prayer for the late Shapoor Zadran was offered this morning at 10:00 AM at Eidgah Mosque in Kabul, attended by current and former Afghanistan national team players, officials of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, members of his family, respected elders, and thousands of fellow Afghans who gathered to pay their final respects.
Following the funeral prayer, the late Shapoor Zadran was laid to rest at Maranjan Hill in Kabul during a solemn burial ceremony attended by family members, friends, teammates, and members of Afghanistan's cricket fraternity.
May Almighty Allah grant him the highest place in Jannat-ul-Firdaws, forgive his shortcomings, and bless his loved ones with patience and strength.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
He didn’t say anything about DNA, he simply said that he felt welcomed in India. Here is the translation;
“Since I stepped into the country, the warm welcome we received from leaders, ministry staff and the people of India lifted our spirit.”
The translator improvised, he thought he was helping, but he didn’t know all the Pakistani bot accounts are waiting for such moments.
Taliban Agriculture Minister on India:
It feels as if I am among my own people. It feels like our own country. The people of India and Afghanistan have one DNA.
Women usually move on first because they leave emotionally before they leave physically. Men don’t get over heartbreak, they adapt to it. Attraction to other women remains, but the willingness to commit is what disappears.