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1. TTP is not a monolith and does not reside in one area in Afghanistan. Its connections with sections of the Afghan establishment and TTA are old and diverse. Dealing with TTP is part of the ongoing peace process and a key Pakistani demand.


2. Recent developments reveal these diverse & apparently contradictory connections of TTP. The mysterious killings of six mid-level TTP commanders b/n May & July in Afg was arguably the quid pro duo that Pak would have demanded in return for brokering the US-TB deal.

3. After these developments, among others, TTP reunified realizing that it'll be weakened if it didn't unify. While some sections of Afg establishment may ve links with Halqa Mehsud, after the 2014 APS attack it took action against the Swat Taliban.

4. Following the APS massacre, Afghan forces bombarded position of Fazlullah and his associates on Pakistan's insistence. In 2018, the Afghan ministry of defense officially announced Fazlullah's killing in a drone attack.

4. Going by @EUEofficial35's interview with @SaleemKhanSafi, Afghan establishment engaged factions of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar or the Mohmand Taliban. In the same interview, the allegations of Indian support were also leveled, including financial assistance and medical treatment.
#Lebanon "for the 1st time can control its borders"? @MlongdenUK must have landed in Lebanon very fresh w/o doing him homework. Lebanon needs medicine & electricity not 100 armed vehicles to a 50.000 @LebarmyOfficial who spend wild of the country's


The west, mainly #US and #UK, supply the Lebanese Army with light and medium calibre weapons and transport vehicles in the hope that one day the army would stand against #Hezbollah. Most Lebanese believe the Army is "sacred" and can't be criticised and its leader is an almighty.

Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent monthly in #Lebanon on over 125,000 members of the security forces when the number of inhabitants is around 5-6 million. This large number has mostly a prestigious role, ease connections & services & employ people to satisfy politicians

#US offer weapons & training for Lebanese officers abroad, impose a condition on the Lebanese government to have the strategic weapon depot in the Christian area of the country. The excuse would be a fear of #Hezbollah that has quality & quantity #Lebanon is not allowed to have.

#US delivered once 6 Hellfire missiles to the Lebanese Army but held the decision to fire these missiles on targets that should be previously approved by the Americans. The US once denied the permission to kill Al-Qaeda leader in the Qalamoun, Abu Malik al-Talli while in #Lebanon
A Palestinian man who should be harvesting his olives is instead reeling from another act of Israeli settler terrorism. This story is all too common.....a thread.


About two decades ago I met a teenager from Palestine who was brought to the United States via a charity for medical treatment after he was shot by an Israeli settler in the West Bank.

Despite great efforts to save this beautiful young man, the bullets which fragmented inside his body did long term damage to his spine and organs and he would ultimate die a few years later. It was crushing.

I came to realize at the time that Israeli settler violence is one of the least understood and yet most common forms of violence Palestinians are subjected to on a regular basis and I wanted to shed light on it.

I worked to create a database of Israeli settler violence, tabulating over 3,700 instances from 2004 to 2011 and producing an analysis on it that can be found here for those interested in the details. Here are some of the main takeaways....
[LAGOS SCHOOLS REHABILITATION]: On the 4th of November 2019, Governor @jidesanwoolu inaugurated the Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools (@lagosscrps) in Lagos State headed by Mr Hakeem Smith as the Chairman.

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#ForAGreaterLagos

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FUNCTIONS of the Committee was well stated in this THREAD I did on that same day ... which was the mandate given to the @lagosscrps Committee.

@gboyegaakosile @gbenga_omo @GreaterLagosNG @jidesanwoolu


Few Days ago .. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Hakeem Smith had a Press Conference to roll out what this Special Committee has been doing since inauguration which was held at their Office Complex in Ikeja.

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@jidesanwoolu


Mr Smith says the STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:

- IMMEDIATE: Issues that need Immediate Intervention

- MIDTERM: Provision of Additional Classrooms, Labs etc

- LONG TERM: Building new schools, improving technology etc

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@jidesanwoolu


Project divided into 2 Phases.

PHASE 1:

- 300 New Classrooms

- Hostel Construction

- Provision of 100,000 Student Furniture in 92 Schools

- Emergency intervention in 42 Schools (primary and secondary)

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