Notwithstanding President Trump’s stated commitment in his own 2017 South Asia strategy to a conditions-based withdrawal, Khalilzad understood the former President to be “very determined on withdrawal, whether it happened as part of an agreement or it happened without an…

RM Rep. Gregory Meeks statement on the release of Ambassador Khalilzad’s Nov. '23 closed-door testimony, conducted as part of the Committee’s Afghanistan withdrawal investigation.

Ambassador Khalilzad served as the US Special Rep. for Afghanistan Reconciliation from 2018-2021.

In Western #Afghanistan , Radio Femme* is harnessing the power of radio to empower, raise awareness and bring education to women and girls: unwo.men/3tSr50RsKVf
#WorldPressFreedomDay

New: Israel-Hamas hostage deal is only hope for Biden's Middle East strategy. My story on Axios
axios.com/2024/05/01/isr…

This is an unverified outline of the ceasefire proposal that Hamas is now considering.

It consists of three phases and includes a complete IDF withdrawal from Gaza.

Hamas also wants an assurance that Israel won’t return, Haaretz reported today.
i24news.tv/en/news/israel…

He’s beginning to sound like former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Keep the war going at any cost. Did not end well.

This is disgusting. Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK is one of the most well known peace activists in the US. Almost every member of congress knows who she is. As Medea says, this is nothing compared to what is happening to Palestinians. Grotesque nonetheless.

Finally! There are some who get it and are trying to do good.

#Daughter ❤️
Zainab is 11, a 6th grade star student, a poet & an athlete.

She aspires to become a doctor & feels super excited when visiting hospitals.

She will be banned from school next year.

But daddy will support her dreams even if it means standing against the entire 🌎.

Join the Stimson Center's South Asia program on May 1 at 9am EDT for our webinar on climate diplomacy in South Asia, featuring experts from our South Asian Voices and The Third Pole collab series. RSVP below, and check out the series here: southasianvoices.org/sav-collection….

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Opposing the war in Iraq: 'pro-Saddam'

Opposing War on Terror spying: 'pro-Terrorist'

Opposing regime change in Syria: 'pro-Assad'

Opposing funding of war in Ukraine: 'pro-Putin'

Opposing US-funded Israeli war in Gaza: 'pro-Hamas'

Same tawdry neocon tactics over and over.💣

I wrote in Just Security about how U.S. #sanctions can hamper #peace .

The U.S. should use sanctions if they have a chance of making wars less brutal or bringing them to a close. But without reforms to blunt sanctions’ negative consequences, their effectiveness will be limited.

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We need your help! The US is exerting immense pressure on Turkey to prevent us from sailing to Gaza with much-needed food and medicine. But we won't be deterred.

A week after Pakistan began its second around of expulsions of Afghans, hundreds of people, dozens of families, continue to arrive each day to Kandahar province. Including people who held Afghan Citizen Cards

New report from Women for Women Intl discusses the ways that climate change -- and the effects of war --inflict terrible harm on the lives of women in Afghanistan and other fragile contexts. womenforwomen.org/sites/default/…

New report about Pakistan's fencing of the Durand Line has some wonderful maps from Roger Helms showing some of the split communities.
'The Durand Line and the Fence: How are communities managing with cross-border lives?'
bit.ly/4aGzR1q

we urge the international community to cancel the entire sanctions related to climate change-related funds.
#climatechange
#worldearthday
#afghanistanclimatechange
#floods
#drought

World Earth Day 22 April I had an interview with @1tvaf regarding the the consequences of climate change in Afghanistan. Since we are as known as the most vulnerable country in the world. 🧵