Bashir Ahmad Gwakh
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I cover #Afghanistan #Pakistan for @RFERL @MashaalRadio | Fulbright Scholar | Digital Strategy | Views are personal. RTs not endorsement
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Our incredible colleagues, Sabawoon Kakar, Ibadullah Hananzai and Muharram Durani, were among 9 Afghan journalists brutally killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul on this day in 2018.
It has been 6 years! They are dearly missed. #Afghanistan
Now that @potus has called for Alsu’s release, it’s time for Department of State and Secretary Antony Blinken to officially declare her a “wrongfully detained person”. There
Is no reason for this delay and Alsu needs all of the resources of the USG brought to bear. #FreeAlsu
Two years ago today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty colleague Vira Hyrych was killed by a Russian attack on her apartment in Kyiv.
After Vira's death, her coworkers at Радіо Свобода launched an investigation and confronted key figures in the Russian chain of command.
rferl.org/a/ukraine-jour…
History has been made! For the first time, the #Afghanistan Futsal team has qualified for the World Cup in Asia, competing against many formidable teams. This achievement gives me hope.
See you all in Uzbekistan.
Olivier de Frouville Chair United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearance & Director of Paris Centre for Human Rights says Pakistan must ratify the convention on enforced disappearances & explains how that will help in resolving the issue #EndEnforcedDisappearnces
Haters gonna hate. We know that the Universe Boss Chris Gayle is a sprinter! Usain St. Leo Bolt doesn’t stand a chance. 😎
اې هېواده زه دې زوړ کړم ته جوړنه شوی
دا د صبر ډوډۍ څه څه سخته پخيږي
#سليمان_لايق
وطنپال Shafiqa Khpalwak #
Sanna Ejaz(سیاله) Bashir Ahmad Gwakh Aina Durkhanai آئینه درخانۍ زما صابر
ICYMI: This week's ad in the The Washington Post spotlights Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva's six months of unjust detention in Putin's Russia.
Thank you to supporters National Press Club, Committee to Protect Journalists, James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, International Women's Media Foundation, IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media, RSF, WAN-IFRA and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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“What do leaders mean when they say they’re committed to gender equality, when they don’t take action to protect women’s rights?”-Malala Yousafzai
#RecognizeGenderApartheid #ACrimeAgainstHumaunity
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…
Our new commentary Crisis Group offers ideas about how diplomats could get better results from talks with the Taliban. So far, negotiations with the Taliban have failed to make their regime more politically inclusive or respectful of women’s rights. 1/ crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…
Today is International Day of Human Space Flight, marking the first human space flight more than 60 years ago. In 1988, #Afghanistan sent is first cosmonaut to the MIR station, later replaced by the International International Space Station, and Pashto became fourth language spoken in space.