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Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی
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This is Afghan culture. I am wearing a traditional Afghan dress. #AfghanistanCulture
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My mother in Afghanistan 1969. Face veils are NOT part of Afghan culture.
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This is another traditional Afghan dress from a different part of Afghanistan. I was a teenager in this pic. We will not let our culture to be appropriated by those who want to erase us. #DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanCulture
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Afghanistan is not the home of the Taliban. They were not fighting for their country because Afghanistan is not their country. They did not emerge in Kandahar in 1994. They came from Pakistan. Facts matter. Propaganda should not be given a platform in media. #Afghanistan
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The first girls school in Afghanistan was established in 1920 by King Amanullah and Queen Soraya. Pakistan did not exist. #FreeAfghanistan
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Russia is a much bigger, more powerful, richer, nuclear armed country compared to Pakistan. If sanctions can be imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine and Syria, then sanctions on Pakistan for its proxy war in Afghanistan must follow suit. #SanctionPakistan
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Pakistan is blocking shipment of wheat from India to be transported to Afghanistan. No humanity. Blacklist Pakistan. #SanctionPakistan
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Afghanistan is undergoing a genocide at the hands of Pakistan. #SanctionPakistan
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For 8.5 years, I taught at the American University of Afghanistan as a faculty member and academic administrator. I founded the first Gender Studies program in Afghanistan's history there. All our work, hopes, dreams, progress. Only to have it snatched away so needlessly.
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If you are not standing with #Panjshir right now, then you don't love #Afghanistan . You have smaller loyalties.
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My mother (pictured in the middle) on her wedding day in Kabul, Afghanistan 1969. This was Afghanistan before predatory neighbors and superpowers destroyed it.
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Pakistan is a nuclear-armed aggressor that has sold nuclear technology to North Korea and Iran. It has been sanctioned for this. It's time to sanction Pakistan for its proxy war in Afghanistan. #SanctionPakistan
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Afghans expelled British, Soviets. They will expel Pakistanis. #Afghanistan
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Pakistan will reap what it has sown. #SanctionPakistan
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My mother Kabul 1970s Afghanistan was a peaceful country where women had choices.
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This is AFGHAN culture. Me as a teen. Save Afghan heritage. #Afghanistan
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The irony of Pakistan trying to "colonize" Afghanistan is that a significant portion of Pakistani territory is historically part of Afghanistan. The other part was territory of India. #SanctionPakistan
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Muslim countries advocate for Palestinians. But, they do not advocate for Afghans. I have lost faith in the so called umma. #SaveAfghanistan
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#SanctionPakistan for its war on Afghan lives.
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#SanctionPakistan for crimes against humanity.
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Please stop saying Taliban are doing this or that to Afghanistan. Taliban are stooges of Pakistan. Pakistan is the mastermind & executioner. Pakistan has invaded, occupied, & now carrying out a genocide. Pakistani generals must be brought before the International Criminal Court.
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Stop calling it a "transfer of power". It is a forced seizure of power by Taliban. #Afghanistan
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زما لور روکسانا او زما ګران پلار زما ژوند دی.
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A female Pakistani medical doctor recently taunted me at a children's Halloween gathering. These people live privileged lives in the West but want Taliban for Afghan women. They should be publicly shamed.
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If there is any moral leadership left in the West, it must #SanctionPakistan
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SanctionPakistan NOW!
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My mother (pictured in the middle) in Afghanistan 1969.
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#SanctionPakistan for humanity's sake. It is not a country that respects the sovereignty or right of a neighboring country to live in peace and dignity.
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Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی
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من زبانهای زیادی را مطالعه کرده ام. به نظر من زبان فارسی زیباترین و شاعرانه ترین است. این همچنین اولین زبانی است که من همیشه صحبت کردم. متأسفانه ، من حتی نمی توانم این اظهارات را بدون متهم شدن به تعصب بیان کنم. قبیله گرایی یک ذهنیت عقب مانده است.
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It sure feels like we Afghans have no friends in the world. #Afghanistan
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I condemn violence against the Hindu community in Bangladesh. @HinduAmerican @mihirmeghani @SuhagAShukla
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زما ګران پلار ، ډاکټر علي احمد جلالي ژوندی دی او ښه دی. جعلي اوازونه چې هغه مړ شوی درست ندی. اشرف غنی باید پخپله شرم ولری.
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Honoring #Afghanistan Fallen Heroes. On the night of August 24, 2016, I survived a Taliban terror attack while working at the American University of Afghanistan. But, Akbar Andarabi--head of special forces commandos--was showered with bullets by terrorists. He lives in my heart.
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#SanctionPakistan in order to save lives.
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Thus far, Tajikistan has shown more concern for what is happening in Afghanistan than any other country. India, Pashtuns in Pakistan are conspicuously silent or provide tepid responses. #Afghanistan
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Pakistanis are obsessed with Afghanistan. Whereas, Afghans have zero interest in Pakistan. I wish the feeling was mutual. #SanctionPakistan
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No woman has ever dressed like this in the history of Afghanistan. This is utterly foreign and alien to Afghan culture. I posted my pic in the traditional Afghan dress to inform, educate, and dispel the misinformation that is being propagated by Taliban.
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Taliban apologists in the West should be stripped of their citizenship and go live under Taliban rule. They live in freedom but advocate slavery for Afghan people. #SaveAfghanistan
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Honoring #Afghanistan Fallen Heroes: Jamshid Zafar was the most intellectually gifted student at the American University of Afghanistan. While I survived the Taliban attack at AUAF on 8/24/2016, Jamshid was brutally murdered. His death broke me. May his memory be a blessing.
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I am just old enough to remember Afghanistan before war. Taliban are as foreign to Afghanistan as the Soviets. #SanctionPakistan
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Family is Strength
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The Pakistani deep state does not ban female education in Pakistan. Pakistani women wear whatever they want. But, Pakistani ISI wants to take Afghanistan into the Stone Age. This is a crime that the international community allowed to happen. #SaveAfghanistan
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Afghanistan is being subjected to a genocide at the hands of Pakistan via its creatures, Taliban, similar to Serb atrocities in Bosnia.
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Gorgeous @Peymasad Everyone, tweet your authentic Afghan attire. Let's show the world what the real Afghanistan is made of.
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Peymana Assad 🏔🇦🇫
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This is Afghan culture. My traditional dress #AfghanWomen Thank you to Dr @RoxanaBahar1 for the inspiration. Our cultural attire is not the dementor outfits the Taliban have women wearing.
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One difference between Taliban rule in the 1990s & 2021 is that this time the international community (mainly Western countries) facilitated the rise to power of Taliban, and hence, handed #Afghanistan on a silver platter to a state whose trademark is sponsoring terrorism.
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Kabul 1977 Kabul 2017
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The founder of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali. I miss my country and hope it is liberated one day. :((((
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My father's newest book will be released by the University of Kansas Press in the next few days. Get your copy at Amazon. @ajalali
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Dear Pakistanis: #Afghanistan is NOT your country. You have no right to remark on what is and what is not Afghan culture. Given your country's virulent efforts to carry out a cultural genocide in Afghanistan, you should have the decency to refrain from commenting.
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My mother in Kabul, 1969. Afghanistan once had elegance.
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A heartfelt thank you to all the indomitable women who answered my call and ever so gracefully showcased authentic Afghan attire. Afghanistan belongs to Afghans. We must own our own narrative. #AfghanistanCulture #DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanWomen
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Until sanctions are placed on Pakistan and as long as the overwhelming majority of ordinary Pakistani citizens support their government's terror and genocidal policies in Afghanistan, anyone who supports AFG should boycott Pakistani businesses globally. #SavePanjshir
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Pakistan is terrorism personified. #SanctionPakistan
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In 1965, Afghan women entered parliament for the first time. There was no international presence in #Afghanistan and Islamists were a marginalized group largely rejected by mainstream Afghan society. #History
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I will be dreaming of the day I can safely return to my birth city--Kabul--when it is no longer under foreign occupation. #Afghanistan
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It is clear that the ISI chief visit to Kabul was for the formation of a Taliban government. #SanctionPakistan
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I was informed by Twitter that someone in Germany reported my account for tweeting that Pakistan is a state sponsor of terrorism. I was also informed that this content is not subject for removal under the Twitter rules or German law. Truth is most sacred thing. #SanctionPakistan
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@calxandr
Chris Alexander 🌻
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Pakistan's invasion of Afghanistan constitutes an armed attack & act of aggression under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The international community must take action under Articles 41 or 42 to uphold international law & the rules-based international order. #SanctionPakistan
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We will never forget that on our worst days, we had no friends. Like the Phoenix, Afghanistan will rise up again from the ashes better than ever. It is the land of resilience. #AfghanistanForever
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I am happiest in Afghan clothes. It is my natural attire. #AfghanistanHeritage
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Pakistan will try to erase Afghanistan's history, culture, identity, heritage while confiscating land and mass murdering the population. We have everything to lose. So many are complicit. Outrage is a very subtle reaction to what is happening. #Afghanistan
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We are fighting for the survival of Afghan identity. #AfghanistanCulture #DoNotTouchMyClothes
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Most of the Taliban rank and file are people who were born and raised in Pakistan and groomed by ISI. For these people, Afghanistan is something akin to a long distant homeland that they never experienced. It is a long shot at best to call them "Afghan." #SanctionPakistan
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Real Afghan Women--My mommy--Afghanistan 1969 #DoNotTouchMyClothes
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It's really pointless to dwell on hypotheticals at this point. Pakistan has always been a predatory neighbor regardless of what kind of government existed in Afghanistan. #SanctionPakistan
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Pakistan does not want Afghans to live peacefully in their own country. Instead, Pakistan prefers massacring Afghans until they can conquer Afghanistan. Pakistan is only a 74 years old country that includes territory which once belonged to India and Afghanistan.
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I was in Lebanon 11 years ago this week. #MiddleEast
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What is happening in #Afghanistan is a #genocide . The Afghan genocide by Pakistan is happening and the world is silent.
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What's going on in Afghanistan is NOT CIVIL WAR. It's a PAKISTANI INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN. America let it happen & enabled it with Trump's Taliban deal & Biden's botched withdrawal. It's the second time in history U.S. has empowered Pakistan to brutalize Afghans. #Afghanistan
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Biden is known as a compassionate figure with empathy. That did not extend to Afghans. His anti-Afghan bias is clear. It will come back to haunt him and his legacy. #SaveAfghanistan
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The love of my life. #motherhood
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My mother grew up in a modernizing Afghanistan. #Afghanistan
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In 1969, I was a teenager in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women were respected, free, stylish, and happy. I want my country back. #SaveAfghanistan
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Every patriotic Afghan and civilized member of the world community should support the resistance in Panjshir regardless of your politics. This is much bigger than politics, identity, and views. It's about the survival of Afghanistan as Afghanistan. #SaveAfghanistanFromTaliban
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Pakistan's brazen invasion of Afghanistan is more than obvious. The prime minister of Pakistan is openly stating that Taliban will only consider talking peace if the president of Afghanistan quits. He's the official spokesperson of a terror group & interfering in Afghan affairs.
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#SanctionPakistan for contributing to famine in Afghanistan.
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#SanctionPakistan for promoting global terrorism.
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James Mattis, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, called Pakistan the most dangerous country he has interacted with. Mattis is one of the most respected American officials. #SanctionPakistan
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It's time for the world to wake up and see what Afghans have known for decades. Pakistan is not a normal state that can respect a rules-based global order. Pakistan thinks it has a right to destroy Afghanistan through the terror group it created, Taliban. #SaveAfghanistan
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Afghanistan is encircled by predatory neighbors and hostile regional powers. #SavePanjshir
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This is the Afghan version of a headscarf. We never had the tight head covering hijab typically worn in the Arab world. #DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanCulture
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A friend of mine at Kabul Airport just said he saw so many dead bodies. He described the scene as Afghanistan going backwards by a century in just one day. He cannot stop crying. #Afghanistan
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Pleased that our online protest is gaining recognition. Just spoke to the BBC and emphasized that Afghanistan's culture and identity must emanate from Afghans. We will not stay silent when others commit forgery in our name. #AfghanWomen #AfghanistanCulture #DoNotTouchMyClothes
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Afghanistan's survival as a sovereign state is a much higher priority right now than pointing to the failures of the Afghan government regardless of how much it contributed to the current crisis. Focus on the bigger evil--Pakistan's support for Taliban. #SanctionPakistan
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My mom, @HomairaJalali , Afghanistan, 1972.
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All the blood and treasure invested by the U.S. and its NATO allies in Afghanistan should not be for naught. Allowing Pakistan free reign to invade Afghanistan and terrorize the population goes against a rules based order. #SanctionPakistan
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It seems the logic of the world is that as long as terrorism does not come to my country, who cares about Afghanistan. Terrorism will come to every country if Pakistan's terror machine is not stopped and Afghanistan is sacrificed. #SanctionPakistan
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My green traditional Afghan dress was made in my ancestral province of Ghazni. The Taliban recently demolished a major world heritage site in Ghazni. This dress symbolizes cultural resistance. Wearing it represents defiance in the face of repression. #DoNotTouchMyClothes
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@BahijaSami
Bahija Sami Hashemi
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Afghan girls don't wear arabic masks... thank you @RoxanaBahar1 for giving me courage to stand up and show my culture
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One small idea I had and now it has become an international story! Thank you to everyone who made this happen.
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I want to wish all of our friends in India and Indians worldwide a Happy Diwali! #Diwali2021
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This is a reminder that Pakistan is a state sponsor of #terrorism .
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There is no better American academic and analyst than @CChristineFair to speak on Afghanistan.
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Genuine #Pashtuns have reason to detest Taliban the most for Taliban have appropriated our identity to portray us in the worst possible light. As a proud Pashtun and follower of King Amanullah, I call upon all decent Pashtuns to not allow Taliban to appropriate our identity.
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I spoke with Vogue India today and its representative mentioned that her grandparents remember the real Afghanistan--a popular honeymoon spot for the region in the 1960s and 1970s. We must fight to regain our country. #DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanCulture
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#SanctionPakistan and monitor Pakistani citizens in the United States with ties to the Pakistani deep state.
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Pakistani nationals wanting to study, live, and work globally should be vetted extensively given that a critical mass of Pakistani citizens support their government's terrorist policies. #SanctionPakistan
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In 2016, I narrowly survived a Taliban terror attack. When I called one of my colleagues the next day, he was shocked and thought I had surely been killed. I urge all Afghans who have faced their brutality to share their story. Our story must be told by us first and foremost.
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