Kate Clark

Co-Director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. I mainly tweet on Afghanistan, occasionally on wildlife and, when I'm lucky, on Afghan birds and flowers.

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

@MichaelRosenYes @daverich1 @RabCharley I love a dog with a bone. Keep up the good work.

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

@GitaSahgal @kshaheen Announcements on the tube last week - keep to the right!

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

"We never thought the day would come where a person not being prosecuted under the Terrorism Act would be an act of discrimination."

[Defend Our Juries @DefendOurJuries]

POLICE DISCRIMINATION

In yet another absurd twist in the spectacle caused by the proscription of Palestine Action, the Met Police has discriminated against a disabled man by NOT prosecuting him under the Terrorism Act (Really.)

See the newly published footage and thread:

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[+972 Magazine @972mag]

‘Every drawer was opened’: Palestinians report looting amid Israel’s Hebron siege

After Israeli soldiers ordered them to leave their homes and businesses, residents returned to find valuables missing and livelihoods destroyed.

By @basel_adra @MosabShawer
https://t.co/2OZRg0KyXV

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

"There had probably been a fortress there since at least the sixth century."
Have a read of our 2014 look at the Architecture of Power in Kabul by Bill Woodburn.
https://t.co/ZfpvIMRvQ4
@AANafgh

[Omar Samad @OmSamad]

Who would have thought that beneath #Kabul’s #BalaHissar fortress lies a unique archaeological treasure!?

This is an amazing discovery that needs to be handled with caution and preserved as cultural, national and world heritage given its significance and historical value + timeline going back +2000 years!

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

Our last report on Rahim. @AANafgh
https://t.co/AdpZsKVg21

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

Useful run-down of who's left in #Guantanamo and what the newly-elected Democratic Congress could do. Includes the last #Afghan, M'd Rahim, handed over to the CIA by Pakistan in 2007, tortured at a black site before rendition to Guantanamo - never charged, a forever prisoner.

[Andy Worthington @GuantanamoAndy]

New on Substack - my assessment of what the Democrats' midterm victories might mean for #Guantanamo and the 15 men still held - no more "forever prisoners", no more unwinnable trials, please: https://t.co/FTpMGQtEEY

[Andy Worthington @GuantanamoAndy]

New on Substack - my assessment of what the Democrats' midterm victories might mean for #Guantanamo and the 15 men still held - no more "forever prisoners", no more unwinnable trials, please: https://t.co/FTpMGQtEEY

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

A brilliant report, also available in English:

"The Erosion of One Man’s Rule: How household authority is shifting in rural Pashtun society"

@AANafgh @AANdaripashto
https://t.co/LTrW59VpBp

[AAN Dari Pashto @AANdaripashto]

د افغانستان په #کلیواله ټولنه کې واک له کورنۍ څخه پیلېږي او تر کلي،قبیلې او قوم پورې رسېږي. د دې #کړیو په تر ټولو کوچنۍ هغې، یعنې کورنۍکې واک پخوا نه وېشل کېده. واک به د #کورنۍ تر ټولو مشرسړي په لاس کې و. خو دا وضعیت اوس تر ډېره بدل شوی دی...👇 https://t.co/igdzbAWIYN

[Chris Doyle @Doylech]

Yet again a stronger message than the previous Starmer administration from @Ed_Miliband re: Gaza- clear reference to Israeli responsibilities, including legal obligations, that it is the occupying power. But to give meaning to "not standing by", UK must impose sanctions.

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

@muhammadshehad2 .@BBCr4today @annaefoster worked really hard not to mention Israel, its bombing and blockade:
Appalling weather has made conditions even harder
So much infrastructure *has been* destroyed
So much of what you need has to come from outside the Strip - what's the situation now?

[Rohullah @rsurush]

#Afghan women in public service describe lost #incomes, #demotions, and pay cuts since the Emirate took power—struggles made worse by household economic squeeze. Six fired and six still working speak out. Read @AAN's new report by @rachelreid6 here
https://t.co/CG4MUpBk4s

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

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Almost 30,000 women have disappeared from Afghanistan’s civil service payroll since 2020. Meanwhile, male government employment has risen by 32%. Women once made up 26% of government employees. Now it's just 16%. What happened to the women pushed out of their jobs? 👇

[Palestine Solidarity Campaign @PSCupdates]

🚨 NEW ACTION

The government’s decision on Palantir’s contract with the NHS is imminent.

Palantir supplies tech used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It has no place in our NHS.

Email your MP to demand they call for the contract to be ended: https://t.co/1svEgVMPFW

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

New World Bank report: "South Asia Has a Critical Window to Turn Demographic Change into Opportunity"
https://t.co/qIo1kNmWbg
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[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

#Afghanistan's population increase appears to be accelerating (@AANafgh) while Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka's population is due to peak in 2034 (World Bank)
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[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

Several women dismissed from Afghanistan’s civil service told AAN that vacancies existed, but connections mattered more than qualifications. Shabana says positions she was promised went to officials’ relatives.
Read their accounts in @rachelreid6 and Rama Mirzada’s latest report.
https://t.co/dvuALql5vC

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

@aseisfree And the US lied to the UNSC about Iraq's use of chemical weapons against Iran to protect its then ally.

[+972 Magazine @972mag]

+972 Magazine stands in solidarity with our friend, colleague, and contributor Abed Abou Shhadeh, who was arrested last night in Jaffa by Israeli police and the Shin Bet. No reason was provided for his arrest, and a gag order has been imposed that bars media from reporting on it.

[Palestine Solidarity Campaign @PSCupdates]

BREAKING: We've just confirmed that Israel's stall at the World Travel Market in London is advertising tourism in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory.

@Ed_Miliband promised he would ban advertising like this. Will he now stick to his word?