Pakistan as the regional "imperialists"

Brave

Great new podcast from lyse doucet "A Wish for Afghanistan", with the most beautiful original music

Honored to have chaired a panel at "Ahmad Shah Massoud" conf sponsored by #Massoud Foundation, Gonville & Caius College & Cambridge University bit.ly/2ZxzQ06 Warm thanks to panelists Tom Barfield, James Pickett, & Chris Alexander Grateful to Zalmai Nishat Ahmad Massoud for inviting me!

The work of a drone unit, reported by FazelminallahQazizai in detail here for the first time, shows how the Taliban were able to win the war against the U.S.-backed forces in Afghanistan. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

Apparently, homosexuality gives you cancer. But of which type I wonder? facebook.com/SBSVICELAND/vi…

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Based on local reports in the past 3 days Taliban invaders have amassed thousands of their troops & committing atrocities against civilians in #Panjshir & #Andarab. Dozens of civilians including children have been killed, abducted & tortured #StopTajikGenocide #Panjshir #Andarab

Offensive launched against Taliban rule in Panjshir: Armed group ara.tv/6xxec

The Taliban have been accused of human rights abuses during clashes with resistance forces in Panjshir province, north of Kabul. One local resident told the BBC his unarmed elderly relative had been shot by the group #Afghanistan Secunder Kermani bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

How the streaming of music is playing out in Africa. IFPI, Angela Ndambuki, Tabu Osusa, David Cecil, Creative Africa Nexus - CANEX, Nyege Nyege, Sauti za Busara monitor.co.ug/uganda/special…

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It's official: the UK adopts Ugandan system of democracy from the 1980s. After the ousting of Boris Obote Johnson, Liz Trusseveni is abruptly removed in coup after 45 days in govt. Who's next? Keir Amin Starmer? Jeremy Tito Hunt?

Populism 101: Draft a redundant law, make it extreme to provoke international condemnation, then denounce foreign interference to gain popularity by exploiting nationalism and xenophobia. Good stuff. Works every time!

God, how boring. Ticking off the Virtue bucket list. What happened to Sex & n Drugs n Rock & Roll?

Favorited "RAZOOF's Matakooo AfroHouse Mix" mixcloud.com/razoof/razoofs… by RAZOOF

Check out SALT by Beau Hopkins on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/11946…

That time a shirtless, mud-spattered David Lynch emerged from a dirt hut in his backyard with a nude model and talked about his experimental garage rock album about the Valley to French TV. I miss him.