Co-Director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. I mainly tweet on Afghanistan, occasionally on wildlife and, when I'm lucky, on Afghan birds and flowers.
Joined November 2011
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 14
Great weekend at the inaugural Lake District Book Festival. Next year: 11-13 June 2027.
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 12
"There are roughly 60-80 times more Blacks in South Africa than there are whites in the ENTIRE continent of Africa outside South Africa. But yes, 'apartheid'."
See how you sound Zac? Meanwhile, here's Human Rights Watch's report on apartheid in Israel:
hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/th…
Jun 12
There are roughly 60–80 times more Muslims in Israel than there are Jews in the ENTIRE Muslim world outside Israel.
But yes, ‘apartheid’
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Jun 12
If anyone in London needs some balm in this mad, mad world, come along to a concert of Midsummer Songs next Thursday, in Covent Garden.
It's going to be a beautiful evening of song of love, beauty and nature (and I have a small solo).
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 12
Every time I suggest equality under the law as the right principle for Israel-Palestine, many of my fellow Jews tell me it's dangerously unrealistic, that I don't understand the region etc. It's exactly what I heard from white South Africans as a kid. But I rarely heard a Black South African during apartheid say that legal equality was unrealistic, or would produce more violence, just as I rarely hear that from Palestinians today.
Jun 11
I believe states should treat people equally under the law, irrespective of ethnicity, religion or race. I support that principle in the US, India, Iran, Israel-Palestine, everywhere. I believe such states tend to be safer for everyone because when people have equal representation in government they're less likely to take up arms. @mdubowitz disagrees. I'd welcome discussing this with him. I'm sure I'd learn something. And if my views are as odious and nonsensical as he suggests, he should want to expose them as such for as wide an audience as possible.
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 12
While the world watches Palestinians being ripped from their homes, London is preparing to help sell them.
An upcoming expo will promote property in illegal Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land.
This is not just morally indefensible, it normalises and profits from a deadly, decades-long occupation.
We've called on the Home Secretary to cancel the event immediately.
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 10
Also the illegal settlements on the Golan Heights
Jun 10
Starmer: UK charities must not fund illegal West Bank settlements
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 11
What changes when neighbours stop building together, harvesting together and helping each other without expecting to be paid? AAN's new report explores the fading tradition of ashar and the broader shifts reshaping Afghan village life. #Afghanistan bit.ly/43fRlQd
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 11
This is possibly the saddest thing I've seen in a long time..an immigrant nurse talking about fleeing her home..she saved her UNIFORM. So she could still WORK for our communities.
I'd fill this country with a thousand of this woman than one of those good for nothing thugs.
God help this poor woman.
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Kate Clark retweeted
افغانستان له اوږدې مودې راهیسې خپلو #خلکو ته د کافي #خوړو په تولید کې ستونزه لري. دا ستونزه د #هېواد غرنۍ جغرافیې، محدودې کرنیزې ځمکې او د اورښتونو بې ثباته بڼې رامنځته کړې چې #اقلیمي بدلون لا پسې ډېره کړې ده. په دې څېړنه کې @assemmayar1 ورته کتنه کړې ده.
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Kate Clark retweeted
د راډيويي #زدهکړو په دوام کې یو مهم عامل د هغوی مالي ځان بسیاینه ده. د منظمو ښوونځیو یا دولتي ښوونځیو برعکس، هغه راډیو مشران او تولیدوونکي چې مرکه ورسره شوې، ادعا کوي چې نه #حکومتي تمویل لري او نه هم له #نړیوالو نا دولتي سازمانونو ملاتړ ترلاسه کوي. afghanistan-analysts.org/dar…
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 10
Two questions arise 1) Why were charities ever permitted to support illegal settlements? 2) Will there be an investigation into how this total of £28 million could ever have possibly achieved charitable objectives?
Jun 10
Funding illegal Israeli settlements is not charitable activity. It is extremist activity.
Working with Israeli human researchers, I found at least 32 UK charities who have sent £28 million to settlements in recent years.
There’s a likely taxpayer subsidy of at least £5 million
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 9
"It was like a shame to work for a villager & get paid." Ashar - voluntary collective labour - was once part of everyday life in Afghan villages. A simple idea that endured for generations. AAN's latest report explores why that tradition is fading & what it says about a changing #Afghanistan. bit.ly/43fRlQd
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 9
Mechanisation, migration, the cash economy & changing social expectations are reshaping rural life in #Afghanistan. As paid work replaces reciprocal labour, many communities are losing more than a tradition — they're losing one of the institutions that held village life together. bit.ly/43fRlQd
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 9
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Important research feom @AANafgh
Jun 8
Ashar once meant villagers came together to harvest fields, build houses and repair irrigation canals — without being paid. Today, that tradition is fading. A new AAN report looks at why the loss of collective labour matters and what it means for #Afghanistan's rural communities. bit.ly/43fRlQd
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Jun 9
This is a brilliant report, with lots of surprises, also available in English:
"Bridging the Divide? Radio learning and girls’ education in rural Afghanistan"
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د راډيويي زدهکړو تر ټولو ستونزمن اړخ، د امارت له چارواکو سره د هغوی تعامل دی. د دې پروګرامونو په اړه د دولت تګلاره مبهمه، بې انډوله او کله کله ضد پاتې شوې ده، چې د راډيويي ښوونکو لپاره یو نامعلوم وضعیت رامنځته کوي. afghanistan-analysts.org/dar…
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Kate Clark retweeted
د راډيويي زدهکړو تر ټولو ستونزمن اړخ، د امارت له چارواکو سره د هغوی تعامل دی. د دې پروګرامونو په اړه د دولت تګلاره مبهمه، بې انډوله او کله کله ضد پاتې شوې ده، چې د راډيويي ښوونکو لپاره یو نامعلوم وضعیت رامنځته کوي. afghanistan-analysts.org/dar…
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Jun 9
This is a must-read, a look at one slow but important change in #Afghan rural society. Absolutely fascinating.
Jun 8
Not every change is political. Some changes happen quietly, in villages, as old customs give way to new economic realities. Our latest report looks at the decline of ashar - voluntary labour - and the slow decline of one of rural #Afghanistan's oldest traditions. bit.ly/43fRlQd
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Kate Clark retweeted
Jun 8
Not every change is political. Some changes happen quietly, in villages, as old customs give way to new economic realities. Our latest report looks at the decline of ashar - voluntary labour - and the slow decline of one of rural #Afghanistan's oldest traditions. bit.ly/43fRlQd
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Why is ashar declining? 💸 Monetisation of labour, 🤖 mechanisation, 🚶♂️ migration, and the slow unraveling of social bonds. What once made collective work necessary & expected is now slipping away. A new report by @AANafgh here
bit.ly/3Q05gH3
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