Sayeda Rahimi

An Afghan woman who has no right to study and work in her homeland 🇦🇫

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

What does daily life look like when your classroom, workplace and social world all fit inside your phone? For one young woman in Kabul, that has increasingly become reality.
Read The Virtual Girl, AAN’s latest Daily Hustle👇
# Afghanistan
https://t.co/nFjRt7UQHl

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

For Sayeda, a smartphone is far more than just a phone. It’s where she learns, works, volunteers, meets friends and builds networks – much of a life once lived in physical spaces that are now increasingly closed to Afghan women.
Her story 👇
https://t.co/nFjRt7UQHl

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

Afghan women have been pushed out of universities, jobs and of public life. But some are carving out new spaces online to learn, work and stay connected. In our latest Daily Hustle, @roxbox2 hears about one Afghan woman’s digital life under the Taliban. https://t.co/nFjRt7UQHl

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

1/When Afghan women were shut out of universities and much of public life, Sayeda moved more of her life online. Her smartphone became her classroom, workplace, social space and window onto the world. 🧵

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

Born into a farming family in Jaghori, Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz left Afghanistan at 17 in search of religious learning.
He would rise to become one of the four most senior Shia religious authorities in Najaf.
@rsurush and @roxbox2 look back at his remarkable life and legacy.
https://t.co/rGnAA7uCWA

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

🧵1/“All my efforts to get an education have been wiped out. I don't know whether I will ever be able to continue it.” For many Afghan students, deportation means more than crossing a border - it can mean losing the chance to study altogether.
New report👇https://t.co/2MbE9M3Pxo

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

Since the Taliban's return, Central Asia is reshaping ties with #Afghanistan despite past fears of extremism. Diplomatic visits and trade deals signal pragmatism over security worries. #CentralAsia #Taliban #Diplomacy #Trade https://t.co/IwXR3L47EF

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

In #Afghanistan, a mother of four tends to her bedridden husband and battles hunger, eviction, and a seizure disorder that keeps her at home to keep her family going. This is her story. https://t.co/zEPa8xsQMN

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

Even before President Trump terminated all aid to #Afghanistan, foreign aid was already in decline and aid workers helping communities in need felt their sector was already cut to the bone. @KateClark66 reports on the fallout for Afghans and the economy. https://t.co/50V84d5JAD

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

How will Trump's order to stop US aid affect Afghanistan?
New report and analysis on aid and the macroeconomics from @KateClark66, with data and accounts from the ground.
https://t.co/wUgM0J03do

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

Discover the Khost Rebellion! In 1924, Pashtun tribes in southeastern #Afghanistan challenged King Amanullah, even going as far naming their own amir. But their uprising ended tragically and their leaders were executed. https://t.co/Sbv7jwNVoY

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

How has the relationship between the Islamic Emirate and Hamas evolved since the the 7 October 2023 by Hamas on Israel, Israel’s war in Gaza and Haniyeh’s assassination in Iran? AAN’s AAN’s @thruttig takes a look. #Afghanistan #Hamas https://t.co/R7yymOZOVP

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

In our latest report, we look into Kabul's housing crisis! As rents and property prices soar, many struggle to find affordable homes. What's behind the surge? #Afghanistan https://t.co/AcB9Ks5YN6

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

New report looks through the archives to see what previous presidential contenders promised on Afghanistan: from "Freedom is on the march" to the 'need' to promote education to Muslims to no longer on the agenda.
https://t.co/f0BX9z9TZl

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

Must-read report uncovers the Taleban's use of poetry to inspire fighters during the insurgency and now to promote their state. After banning all other music, they deploy taranas, poems sung without instruments, as state propaganda.
@AANafgh @Sabawo_on
https://t.co/Dv9kaj3577

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

After 6 years away, an Afghan medical student returns home to Kabul, but the fear of the Emirate's restrictions on women leaves her torn between joy and sadness. #Afghanistan https://t.co/GvkTqk2dur

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

“I want to live in a free #Afghanistan where men and women have the same rights – to work and study, to live and be happy. I hold on to the hope that one day men and women are equal citizens. I could live in that Afghanistan, but not in this one.” https://t.co/GvkTqk2dur

[AAN Afghanistan @AANafgh]

In this instalment of the Daily Hustle, a medical student tells Rana Mirzad about returning to Kabul for a summer visit, about homesickness, the joy of seeing her family and why in the end she has resolved not to return again to #Afghanistan.
https://t.co/GvkTqk2dur

[The Center for Research and Security Studies @CRSSpak]

#Pak & #Afg's shared water scarcity poses economic & regional stability risk. Despite shared rivers, comprehensive agreement remains elusive, fueling tensions. #Climatechange, population growth, & agricultural demands necessitate urgent water diplomacy. https://t.co/3soun53tnQ

[Sayeda Rahimi @SayedaRahimi]

@JeffRigsby2 @AnalyticaCamil1 Recently, Mahood Habibi's brother claimed that his brother was handed over to Al-Qaeda after being arrested by the Taliban. https://t.co/jNuyz3Yw59

[Sayeda Rahimi @SayedaRahimi]

@JeffRigsby2 @AnalyticaCamil1 The name of the three detainees were publicized: George Glezmann, Mahmood Habibi and Ryan Corbett. The IEA denied detainment of Mahmood Habibi and asked for releasing Afghan prisoners in the US prisons in return for the two detainees. https://t.co/ph9YmRSLVB