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Abd. Sayed ترمذی سادات
@abdsayedd
I am a research analyst focusing on jihadism, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. |Consultant| |MSc @lunduniversity| |Rt/Like≠endorsement|
Joined October 2017
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    I am glad to share my latest article with @ToreRHamming for @CTCWP a deep dive into Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) growing strength over the past two years. It assesses the TTP’s potential future trajectory & outlines its recent & more localized focus.
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    I don’t know when I will be able to write a piece on heartbreaking developments in Kabul but meantime, a thread on Islamic State Khurasan Province as I am seeing both interest and confusion about the group. 1/n
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    Breaking News: Different sources confirm the Pakistani jet fighters carried out late night simultaneous strikes in the Afghanistan north-eastern Kunar and south-eastern Khost provinces, respectively, in "Chogam" and "Passa mela" remote areas sharing a close border with Pakistan.
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    According to the Bin Laden documents, Shahbaz Sharif sent delegations to the al-Qaeda and TTP leadership in Waziristan in 2010, requesting a secret deal to end attacks in Punjab, where he was in power. He suggested striking Islamabad or anywhere in the country except Punjab.
    "Pakistan shares the key concern of the international community regarding the threat posed by major terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, especially ISIL-K, TTP, Al-Qaeda, ETIM and IMU,” PM Shehbaz Sharif said in his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly.
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    Fake video of fake Taliban. Not every bearded Afghan with a scarf around his head is a Talib. It also seems dubbed in a studio. All specially non-Afghan audiences should check the authenticity of such fake videos, which I fear will flood the Afghan social media from now on.
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    A horrific day for Afghanistan: 1) An explosion at a Shia mosque in Mazar city, at least 15 killed & dozens injured 2) An IED targeted a minibus in Kunduz, 4 killed, 18 injured 3) An IED attack in Nangarhar, 4 Taliban fighters killed 4) Two IED attacks near a boys school in Kabul
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    اگر اسلام آباد میں پارلیمنٹ ہائوس کے سامنے غیر مسلح مظاہرین پر گولیاں برسائی جا سکتی ہیں تو بلوچستان اور خیبرپختونخوا میں کیا کیا مظالم ہوتے ہونگے؟ @HamidMirPAK
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    My latest for ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ on the ISKP future challenge in Afghanistan for the Taliban and its threats beyond the country for the US and West. Also, analyzing the myth of ISKP “covert relations” with the Afghan Taliban so-called Haqqani network.
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    Replying to @abdsayedd
    Most don’t pay attention to ISKP literature & propaganda materials & also don’t track ISKP in Kunar & Nangarhar. As I do both, I can tell you ISKP declares killing Taliban & HQN to be a higher “religious duty” than the US and other “apostates.” ISKP followers believe this. 13/n
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    UNICEF @UNICEF has confirmed that at least 20 children were killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Barmal district in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on Wednesday evening.
    .@Unicef is deeply saddened by reports that at least 20 children have been killed in an attack near the border in eastern Afghanistan. Our sincere condolences to those who have lost loved ones. Children are not and must never be a target.
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    My latest for @VOANews on the Taliban leadership, organization, and bureaucracy? How it evolved in the last two decades constituting its "shadow government" which is now ready to operate as an actual state government. How Are the Taliban Organized?   voanews.com/us-afghanistan…
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    I am pleased to share my recent paper for @CarnegieEndow on the evolution and future of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Thanks to @pstanpolitics, @MilanV and their team for this opportunity. carnegieendowment.org/2021/12/21/evo… via
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    😂👇 A Taliban social media top influencer Mobin, responds in a Facebook live session to a Pakistani Jihadist supporter and Taliban fanboy that Pakistanis should forget about participating in Jihad in Afghanistan and mocks at him to instead focus on liberating Kashmir from India.
    ستر جنرال مبین خان یو پاکستانی دا حہاد شوقین تا مشورہ
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    As feared, the so-called Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) claimed today's devastating attack killing a dozen US soldiers and 60+ Afghan civilians. This is a big blow to US military and it also undermines Taliban's claim of having a monopoly over violence in Afghanistan. 2/n