Sahar Halaimzai

Writer. Senior Director @malalafund | Fellow @lseideas

[Sahar Halaimzai @SHalaimzai]

What’s often missing from discussion about Afghanistan is a critical look at how two decades of international presence led to the harsh reality Afghan women & girls face today.

None of this was inevitable; it was man-made.

https://t.co/8MPtaqfdt8 @MalalaFund

[Zeteo UK @zeteouk]

👏 🇬🇧 Zeteo UK is here to disrupt Britain’s broken media! We’ll be bringing fearless, independent journalism to the UK - no bowing to political pressure, no corporate interests, just fearless journalism.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

This is counter-productive, authoritarian and chilling. The British state should not be in the business of banning commentators and journalists from entering the country, without compelling reason. Finding their views objectionable is nowhere near enough.
https://t.co/GqUMVB5bqj

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

When Jewish people speak out against genocide, why are our voices dismissed?

And smirking while I describe someone Nazi-saluting at me isn’t just disrespectful - it feels deeply antisemitic.

https://t.co/iU3sxveUZb

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Destroying villages, killing journalists, looting property and occupying another country's sovereign territory doesn't exactly sound like "fighting Hezbollah"

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Hasan Piker: “If you steal from the poor, you become rich. If you steal from the wealthy, you go to prison. There’s only one direction where you can do unlimited theft. Wage theft is the most consequential amount of theft that takes place in the United States of America”

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

Disinformation about London has become a global industry.

The new “outrage economy” is growing - and it’s eating away at the bonds that hold our society together.

That's why I'm calling for urgent action from social media companies and government.

https://t.co/moPcAqSWdK

[Elian Peltier @ElianPeltier]

"The authorities in Australia charged a former elite soldier on Tuesday with five counts of “war crime — murder” over the deaths of Afghan nationals from 2009 to 2012, in what could be the most consequential military prosecution in the country’s history." @Laura_R_Chung
https://t.co/slr7LhalGM

[Elian Peltier @ElianPeltier]

◾️The Pakistani airstrikes on a Kabul drug rehabilitation center last month were the deadliest attack on civilians in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over in 2021.

◾️The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan has so far confirmed 269 civilian deaths, 122 injured, and says the death toll is likely higher. Taliban officials say more than 400 people were killed, which international humanitarian organizations operating in Afghanistan say is credible.

◾️Our reporting suggests that Pakistan missed its target. The real target was less than 300 yards away behind a blast wall and housed drone parts. It appears to be intact.

◾️Since early 2023, the Taliban have rounded up thousands of drug users and placed them in facilities at times tucked in military compounds, where they face unmedicated, forced withdrawal in conditions that foreign officials have described as arbitrary detention.

◾️Two days before the strike on the Kabul center, Pakistan hit an empty military building adjacent to a drug rehabilitation center in the southern province of Kandahar. No civilian casualties were reported.

◾️Pakistani military officials have suggested that the patients in Kabul were being trained to become suicide bombers. They have provided no evidence to back that claim.

◾️The strikes abruptly ended the lives of husbands, brothers and sons who struggled with depression, grief or the shame of unemployment, their families said. Many said their relatives had ebbed for years between erratic behaviors, domestic violence and glimmers of hope shattered by relapses.

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[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

We're on the verge of a genocidal, nuclear war that our supposed "ally" has said he's ready to unleash.

Would it be too much to ask for the Prime Minister to have something to say about it? Or do?

Suspend US bases now.

[Variety @Variety]

Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi calls on filmmakers to speak out against escalation of Iran War: "Attacking a country’s infrastructure is a war crime."

"I call on artists and filmmakers everywhere in the world to be a voice in these critical days and hours, in any way possible, to stop the destructive aggression that has increasingly destroyed civilian infrastructure.

Infrastructure that belongs to the Iranian people and is related to the basic needs of their daily lives. The destruction of infrastructure is not just the destruction of buildings, it is an attack on human life and dignity.

Attacking a country’s infrastructure is a war crime. Regardless of any beliefs or attitudes, let’s unite to stop this inhumane, illegal and destructive process."

https://t.co/CrEr0iLPHW

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

You blew up an elementary school

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Superb political ad. One of the best you’ll see.

This is better, and resonates more, than anything coming from Labour or the Tories.

[Mark Townsend @TownsendMark]

It was the biggest massacre for decades - 10,000 Sudanese killed over two days. The international community knew genocide was inevitable. Why and how did it happen? Huge thanks to @Sihanet @ikhlassahmed77 @nattyray11 @KholoodKhair https://t.co/j1dZwBvDwP

[Yalda Hakim @SkyYaldaHakim]

168 children killed.
And now their parents return every night — not home, but to graves.
Gut wrenching images

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Ever heard of Palantir?

Here's why it matters:

Palantir is a US software company.

It specialises in data products, used widely by governments for surveillance, intelligence and military purposes.

In January 2024, Palantir signed a contract with the Israeli military to use its technology in support of “war-related missions.”

Palantir has a deep relationship with US law enforcement.

It supplies ICE with tools that can be used for surveillance and targeting of migrants in the US.

Now, that same company is working at the heart of the UK National Health Service.

Palantir has already received £330 million of our money for its contract with our NHS England.

Health workers and patients have been ringing the alarm for years: this is not right.

What’s happening in Gaza is an ongoing genocide.

We shouldn’t have a company linked to human rights abuses have anything to do with the health of patients in the UK and the public health system.

Learn more: https://t.co/RSUKUxw4jo

[Rawadari رواداری @rawadari_org]

Press Release: Rawadari Condemns Deadly Pakistan Airstrike on Kabul Medical Facility

Link: https://t.co/I6FkwH2k7l

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Eid Mubarak, New York.

[Sahar Halaimzai @SHalaimzai]

You’re welcome.

The goats say hi.

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

Our brilliant young minds are being replaced by goat herders from Afghanistan.

[Peymana Assad @Peymasad]

Racism towards Afghans is so casual now in British politics.

British Afghans have been living in this country for more than 30 years, we are doctors,pharmacists,business owners,lawyers,nurses&engineers!

We are not responsible for criminals,nor the Brexit mess that got them here