Farahnaz Ispahani
Sr Fellow,@RFInstitute,GF @thewilsoncenter,Member @ADL Taskforce on Middle East Minorities, Author, Fmr Member, Pakistan Parliament, Media Advisor,Prez Pakistan
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Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But Why?
The Ibrahim brothers were part of a successful, moderate Muslim family. What drove them to help carry out the most devastating terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka’s history?
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Fascinating and very disturbing. An in-depth look at the two wealthy brothers behind the #EasterSunday attacks in #SriLanka
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Pakistani dissidents slam PM Khan for calling Osama bin Laden martyr
Read more about Pakistani dissidents slam PM Khan for calling Osama bin Laden martyr on Business-standard. A group of Pakistani dissidents have expressed dismay over Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
#Pakistan dissidents slam PM Imran Khan for calling Osama bin Laden martyr @ForumSaath #Saath #OBL #UBL
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50% reduction: India, Pakistan pull out staff from their missions
“Today 39 staff members of Pakistan High Commission along with their families returned to Pakistan via Wagah border. 28 members of Indian High Commission and their families have also returned to India today via Wagah/Attari,” the Pakistan High...
Pakistan could soon release slain US reporter's kidnapper
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A ruling by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday paves the way for a man convicted of involvement in the gruesome 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl to walk free later...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
#DanielPearl update: #Pakistan could soon release slain US reporter's kidnapper by @Kathygannon
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Events - Video Event | China-India Border Clash: What’s Behind China’s Belligerence? - June - 2020 - Hudson Institute
Attend Video Event | China-India Border Clash: What’s Behind China’s Belligerence? , on June, 2020 at Hudson Institute. A think tank and research center dedicated to nonpartisan
analysis of US and international economic, security, and political...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
#China-#India Border Clash: What’s Behind China’s Belligerence? - June - 2020 - @HudsonInstitute @husainhaqqani moderates @Aparna_Pande John Lee & Patrick Cronin
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Hezbollah Teaches Antisemitism to Early Teens, Report Reveals
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Hezbollah Teaches Antisemitism to Early Teens, @ADL Report Reveals iranwire.com/en/features/71… #IranWire
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Gumshudah(Missing Persons) Poem Of Hasan Mujtaba, A poet Of Sindh.
A Poet Of Sindh Reciting His Poem "GHUMSHUDAH" (Song Of The Disappeared) In Urdu In The United Nations at Geneva.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Gumshudah (Missing Persons) Poem by Hasan Mujtaba
#Sindh #Balochistan #Pakistan youtu.be/dr85nOos7ek via @YouTube
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Sentenced to death for blasphemy: Surviving Pakistan's death row
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Sentenced to death for #blasphemy: Surviving #Pakistan's death row
The story of a man who spent 19 years awaiting execution reveals the power of a false blasphemy claim to destroy a life. @AsadHashim
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Infections are rising fast in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Hospitals are already struggling to cope
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Farahnaz Ispahani
#Coronavirus: Deadly tide - Infections are rising fast in #Bangladesh, #India and #Pakistan | Asia | The Economist
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Iran Frees Navy Veteran Held for Two Years
The release of Michael R. White, announced by his mother in the United States, came a day after an Iranian scientist held by the American authorities was returned to Iran.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
#Iran Frees Navy Veteran Michael White. Held for Two Years - The New York Times.
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Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don't understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge
The main concern of black people right now isn’t whether they’re standing three or six feet apart, but whether their sons, husbands, brothers and fathers will be murdered by cops.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don't understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge
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US neo-Nazi directing group from Russia, BBC finds
The American founder of a US-based militant neo-Nazi group is directing the organisation from Russia, a BBC investigation has found.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Neo-Nazi Rinaldo Nazzaro running US militant group The Base from Russia. The Base seeks to accelerate the downfall of the United States government, incite a race war, and establish a white ethno-state".
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Leader of Afghan Taliban Said to Be Gravely Ill With the Coronavirus
“Nearly all the Taliban leadership in Doha has the bug,” a senior Afghan official said.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
“Nearly all the #Taliban leadership in Doha has the bug,” a senior #Afghan official said. foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/01/afg… #COVID19
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Blasphemy death row couple's plea for freedom
Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel hope judges in Pakistan will overthrow their 2014 conviction.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
#Pakistan '#blasphemy' death row couple's plea for freedom: #Shagufta Kausar & her husband #Shafqat Emmanuel have spent 6 years in jail waiting for an appeal against their death sentence. On Wednesday, Lahore High Court to hear case.
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Will The Yazidis Survive In The Middle East?
2014 saw Yazidis in Iraq subject to genocidal atrocities. The crimes were perpetrated by Daesh, a terror group intent on the annihilation of the minority group from the region. Now, six years later, the minority group is facing yet another...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Will The Yazidis Survive In The Middle East?@NadiaMuradBasee: Turkish-backed militias silently carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against #Yazidis in #Syria, kidnapping women, killing civilians& destroying houses/shrines #Yezidis
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Benazir Bhutto Shaheed—–A leader By Farahnaz Ispahani
“The summer heat turned my cell into an oven. My skin split and peeled, coming off my hands in sheets. Boils erupted on my face. My hair, which had always been thick, began to come out by the …
A Global Survey of US-China Competition in the Coronavirus Era - by Eric B. Brown Patrick M. Cronin H.R. McMaster Husain Haqqani Aparna Pande Satoru Nagao John Lee Seth Cropsey Peter Rough Liselotte Odgaard Blaise Misztal Douglas J. Feith Michael Doran
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has introduced a series of new stresses and factors in the US-China relationship. While the world has struggled ...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
@HudsonInstitute:Global Survey of US-#China Competition in #Coronavirus Era H.R. McMaster @HusainHaqqani @PatrickCroninJ
Douglas Feith, Satoru Nagao John Lee @sethcropsey @Aparna_Pande @peterrough @BlaiseMisztal
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Blasphemy victim Asia Bibi's brother-in-law killed in Pakistan's Sheikhupura
Younus, the brother-in-law of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court, was killed in Sheikhupura city of Punjab province in Pakistan on Monday.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Conflicting details on #AsiaBibi’s brother-in-law’s death but it is clear that it is connected to #Blasphemy mania in #Pakistan. devdiscourse.com/article/intern… #sheikhupura #Punjab
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Using the Taliban to fight the Islamic State is Khalilzad’s worst idea yet
On its face, the U.S. diplomatic strategy toward the Taliban makes no sense. The State Department massaged the Taliban’s test of sincerity by demanding a cessation of violence prior to snow melts that mark the start of the traditional fighting...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
#Afghanistan: Using the #Taliban to fight the Islamic State is Khalilzad’s worst idea yet by @mrubin1971
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If Pakistan wants cure to Covid economy, it can’t define itself as national security state
Pakistan’s response to Covid-19 shows it prioritises its strategic relationship with China over its own people or economy.
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Farahnaz Ispahani
If #Pakistan wants a cure to the #Covid economy, it can’t define itself as national security state. @husainhaqqani lays out a alternative way forward... theprint.in/opinion/pakist… via @ThePrintIndia
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