On Friday the 13th, Kabul was in a panic. ATMs ran out of cash. Embassies started packing. Zara went for her last swim. The final days before Afghanistan’s fall. https://t.co/JsGtiNy8WL via @WSJ
Racial covenants were designed to keep neighborhoods segregated. Some states are now making it easier to erase them from legal documents. https://t.co/n4oqsBgIFo
Regardless of how the Afghanistan withdrawal shapes up politically for Biden in the near term and Democrats in next year’s election, the immediate situation for Afghans is dire. https://t.co/rxpaaSrYXV
For the last couple of days I have taken my activism off-line + tried to channel my anger into getting some friends to safety. For reference, they are all Shi’a Hazara + are extremely talented individuals, who have helped (in various capacities) with UN/EU/US-funded projects. 🧵
Here we go, Texas. There is an ER doc from Houston crowdsourcing on a physician Facebook group of 50K doctors. Patient is mid-40s, sick w/ something w/ high probability of death (not COVID) & needs ICU care & GI procedure stat. ER doc can’t find any beds and “will fly anywhere.”
Najia Ghulami @bbcpersian holds back tears after interviewing Afghan photographer Masoud Hosseini.
“I’ve lost my country. The Taliban have taken everything from us. All the work we did over the past 20 yrs to build our civil society is gone. . .”
#Afghanistan
Taliban must immediately stop raiding Afghan journalists' homes.
International community should raise its voice against aggression and brutality of the Taliban.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
On the anniversary of the Assad regime’s horrific chemical weapons attack on the people of Ghouta, we strongly condemn the use of chemical weapons under any circumstances. The Assad regime must be held accountable for Ghouta & other atrocities committed against the Syrian people.
very graphic scenes at the airport today - absolute mayhem, panic and people shot to death, bleeding. wont share the video. we are all trying to get our friends and family across what is essentially a war zone.
there’s one person who could stop this catastrophe: @POTUS