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Omar Samad

@OmSamad

Sr. Fellow Atlantic Council (NR), analyst, consultant, speaker. Ex Ambassador to Canada, France, designate to Belgium/EU. Tweets are personal, RTs#endorsement.

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AFGHAN NEWS RECAP #237

*IRC: Afghanistan facing risk of humanitarian crises.
*UNSC extends 1988 AFG sanctions regime monitoring mandate.
*US: discussing US detainee release with IE.
*PAK asks IE to pursue attack perpetrators. TB say not related to AFG.
*Kabul: PAK putting…

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AFGHAN NEWS RECAP #237

*IRC: Afghanistan facing risk of humanitarian crises.
*UNSC extends 1988 AFG sanctions regime monitoring mandate.
*US: discussing US detainee release with IE.
*PAK asks IE to pursue attack perpetrators. TB say not related to AFG.
*Kabul: PAK putting…

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Discussing today's UNSC closed-door session on Afghanistan and the new UNSG Special Coordinator's independent assessment report. Expecting a new UNSC resolution within days.

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Whether at Doha Forum Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies or any other discussion platform on any AFG related issue, it is time to include more credible voices from within the country as well.

How that selection is made can also be controversial & politically motivated. To avoid those hurdles, there…

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AFGHAN NEWS RECAP #236

*US Treasury sanctions 2 IE higher ranks. TB criticize decision.
*US envoy in PAK discusses CT, refugees & AFG issues.
*Biden to Congress: US ready to respond to 'Possible Threats' from AFG.
*IE Chief of Army Staff Fitrat: war not the solution; opposition…

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AFGHAN NEWS RECAP #235

*UN humanitarian coordinator: climate change unfolding in AFG.
*World Bank to start 45 incomplete AFG projects. IE welcomes report.
*China: AFG should not be excluded from IC. Expecting AFG to build open/inclusive political structure, adopt…

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Mindful of sovereignty rights, AFG national interest & a complex historic/post war/social context, it may prove useful for concerned neighbors & stakeholders to clearly express their position in a non-intrusive yet constructive format.

As an important neighbor, China has taken…

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FARAKHABAR- US Officials' Visit to Pakistan Discussed
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Host Sebghat Sepehr discussed the topic with the following guests:
- Omar Samad, former Afghan ambassador to France
- Sayed Jawad Hussaini, political analyst

FARAKHABAR- US Officials' Visit to Pakistan Discussed youtu.be/r8oTTyRadAI Host Sebghat Sepehr discussed the topic with the following guests: - Omar Samad, former Afghan ambassador to France - Sayed Jawad Hussaini, political analyst #TOLOnews
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ایکس‌اسپيس این هفته خامه‌پرس به موضوع (بررسی گزارش سازمان ملل؛ گفت‌وگوی بین الافغانی و دولت فراگیر در افغانستان) اختصاص یافته است.

این ایکس‌اسپيس را امروز یکشنبه ساعت هفت شام به وقت افغانستان از ایکس (تویتر) خامه‌پرس فراموش نکنید.

ایکس‌اسپيس این هفته خامه‌پرس به موضوع (بررسی گزارش سازمان ملل؛ گفت‌وگوی بین الافغانی و دولت فراگیر در افغانستان) اختصاص یافته است. این ایکس‌اسپيس را امروز یکشنبه ساعت هفت شام به وقت افغانستان از ایکس (تویتر) خامه‌پرس فراموش نکنید.
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Per my experience, it’s going to be a challenge to take a “holistic look” at what happened during America’s longest foreign war & Afghanistan’s longest painful missed opportunity bonanza.

More importantly, it’s also about access to sensitive info, talking to credible & sincere…

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A timely & important meeting of the GFA at the UN, co-chaired by Canada Mission UN, Qatar Mission to UN 🇶🇦 and UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳 ahead of a UNSC discussion soon.

SC Sinirlioğlu + team spent +7mos talking to various stakeholders inside & outside AFG, collecting a broad range of views & recommendations.…

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Yes, so much happened during this fateful period. As the bloody Vietnam war was coming to an end, you are pointing to a period of heightened bipolarism, intense U.S.-USSR rivalry, a paradigm shift via ping-pong diplomacy with China, Pakistan going nuclear, Iran wanting to play…

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AFGHAN NEWS RECAP #234

*UN Sp Coordinator briefs UNSC on AFG assessment.
*Germany allocates 60M Euros for WFP AFG programs.
*NEPA criticizes AFG absence at COP28.
*Media: Afghan embassy in India reopens with de facto ties to Kabul.
*International delegation of Islamic scholars…

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Critical data, critical issue for a country in semi isolation. Also for the wellbeing of 40M+ population that is highly vulnerable in a risk prone environment.

Seen by some as a technical issue needing all-hands-on-deck!

Others also see it as a CBM needing stakeholder…

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Rich analysis & incisive argumentation from a scholarly PAK perspective.

As an ex AFG diplomat, once involved in neighborly & regional relations (still following), I am just going to point to 3 key observations:

1. Lots to share between the 2 countries, but many differences too…

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AFGHAN NEWS RECAP #233

*Taliban mobilize aid & services for returnees from Pakistan & Iran.
*PAK announces policy shift toward AFG while IE leaders criticize refugee expulsion mode.
*Polio vaccination starts in 21 provinces.
*Kabul electricity supply reduced as dam water levels…

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AFGHAN NEWS RECAP #233

*Taliban mobilize aid & services for returnees from Pakistan & Iran.
*PAK announces policy shift toward AFG while IE leaders criticize refugee expulsion mode.
*Polio vaccination starts in 21 provinces.
*Kabul electricity supply reduced as dam water levels…

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