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A J Turab retweeted
The work is just getting started.
I'm building a team in Michigan and Washington, D.C. to fight for a government that works for all of us.
Interested in joining us? Submit materials here:
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A J Turab retweeted
ویاړم چې خپلو ګرانو هېوادوالو ته خبر ورکوم چې د بي بي فرشتې عزیزي د طبي کمپلکس د جوړولو چارې، چې د سرطان روغتون هم پکې شامل دی، د لومړنیو پړاوونو او اړینو اقداماتو له بشپړېدو وروسته، اوس عملاً پیل شوې دي.
دا مهم خبر، چې په حقیقت کې د افغانستان له خلکو سره زما د یوې مهمې ژمنې د عملي کېدو په معنا دی، نن می د خپل یو ورځنی سفر په ترڅ کې په هغې غونډه کې اعلان کړ چې د حکومت د بېلابېلو ادارو، خصوصي سکتور او رسنیو د استازو په ګډون جوړه شوې وه.
یو ځل بیا ژمنه کوم چې د دې مهمې خیریه او روغتیايي بنسټ جوړول به زما د لومړیتوبونو په سر کې وي او هیله لرم چې دا پروژه به له ټاکل شوي پلان سره سم، په راتلونکو دوو کلونو کې بشپړه او ګټې اخیستنې ته وسپارل شي.
A J Turab retweeted
A MUHAMMAD MADE IT TO THE US SENATE. 🇺🇸😭
Abdul Rahman Muhammad El-Sayed has just become the first Muslim ever elected to the United States Senate.
After all the Islamophobia, the smears and the attacks on his faith, Michigan said Alhamdulillah, you're hired.
History made.
Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed! 🇺🇸👏 A victory for the American people and a defeat for racism, Islamophobia, division and hatred towards Muslims. Well done to the American people for standing against prejudice and choosing unity over hate. ❤️
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A J Turab retweeted
Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed on a stunning victory in Michigan.
You stood up against corporate greed, against racism and against genocide.
Your incredible campaign shows that there’s something more powerful than big money, hatred and lies: hope.
A J Turab retweeted
Unlike Obama, Mamdani and Abdul are not defensive about their religion or ethnicity. Trump has forced Muslims and immigrants to assert their identities in the United States.
A J Turab retweeted
It is my honor and privilege to be headed to the US Senate to serve the great state of Michigan.
Michigan, we did what they said couldn’t be done. We won. Together. Now the real work begins.
A J Turab retweeted
"Musk has spent $474 million to help Trump and the GOP win the midterms. For everyday Americans, it’s the equivalent of buying a few IMAX tickets or a DoorDash dinner for two."
This is the number 1 problem with billionaires. Not just the unfairness, the wealth inequality, the often unscrupulous ways in which many of them acquire their billions, but the fact that they are a threat to our democracy. That you can't have one person-one vote while billionaires are buying our politicians.
zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-474-mi…
A J Turab retweeted
Vance admitted in 2024 that he is happy to make up stories to get media attention.
A truly sick, dishonest, racist individual. I hope his biracial kids grow up to be ashamed of their Nazi-leaning dad.
A J Turab retweeted
#Afghans who fled to Pak in the wake of its strategic-depth games in #Afghanistan left everything behind. Once there, they rebuilt from nothing and created these businesses with their sweat and blood. Now the #Pakistani government is expelling them despite their legal status, while their properties, bank accounts, businesses, and capital are being seized. The video below 👇 shows exactly what that looks like. Pakistanis looting an Afghan businessman’s clothing shop.
A J Turab retweeted
The #Pakistani military spokesman Gen Chaudary in a hostile and provocative manner says "#Afghanistan is not a state." Under international law, he is technically wrong. Afghanistan has been a state for centuries before Pakistan's creation. I urge the Pakistani establishment to change its risky and failing Afghanistan policy. The two countries need each other and must strive for positive relations.
A J Turab retweeted
The only religious bigots in this race are the anti-Muslim Republicans, who literally have the president mocking Muslim names from the stump and smearing a Muslim candidate as a ‘jihadist’ who needs a ‘metal detector.’
A J Turab retweeted
He sounds like a neo-Nazi @piersmorgan, not sure how you can continue to feign outrage over that description. What else would you call your pal’s rhetoric here? It’s pure white supremacist, Neo-Nazi racism.
A J Turab retweeted
He’s a fucking racist and there should literally be no debate about it.
This is racism. Plain and simple.
A J Turab retweeted
دا کابل کې د یوه شخصي روغتون نرخونه دي-چې ورشئ او د خلکو مجبوري او د دوی بې انصافي وګورئ، ټکان به وخورئ چې د «درملنې» په نوم څه کېږي. پیسې دې هم واخلي خو چې تشخیص سم وکړي. د یوه ناروغ خبره چې «قصابي» روانه ده. روغتیا وزارت ټول کابل کې یوازې دوه روغتونونه لومړۍ ګټګورۍ کې راوستي.
A J Turab retweeted
I join other UN mandate holders warning #EU and other states that they must not send Afghans back to danger and must uphold their international human rights obligations, including the principle of non-refoulement.
There must be no normalisation or legitimation of the Taliban unless there are concrete improvements in human rights.
Meetings with Taliban delegations such as in Brussels are regrettable and even when designated “technical” risk normalisation of gross human rights violations by the Taliban, including gender persecution.
We wait replies to our official communications to the EU and some states.
Please read the full statement:
#EU states must not send Afghans back to danger, warn UN experts, recalling the bloc’s obligations to comply with international human rights law & the principle of non-refoulement. “The human rights situation in Afghanistan remains dire.”
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
A J Turab retweeted
People often generalise about Pakistanis - calling them "backwards", "uneducated" or "third worlders".
This is my beautiful father. He came to the UK in the 1960s as a young boy.
A father to five daughters, he taught me how to swim, ride a bike, drive and negotiate business deals.
He never once complained about not having a son.
For a Muslim Pakistani immigrant in Britain, he was more progressive than his time. While Britain was still fighting for women's rights, my father was making sure his daughters had every tool they needed to navigate the world.
He didn't raise daughters to be dependent on men. He raised us to be capable and fearless.
So the next time you hear someone stereotype British Pakistanis, remember this:
There are good and bad people in every community.
But never mistake someone's background for a measure of their worth.
A J Turab retweeted
“You’re a horrible little reporter, aren’t you?”
If any previous president had said that to a reporter at the White House, a female reporter in particular, it would have been a multi-day scandal.
But we as a country and media have normalized this boorish, abusive misogynist.
YIKES 😳 Trump snaps at a reporter asking him about why he's dismissing sexual abuse allegations 👇
WOMAN REPORTER: Do the sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir?
TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with?
REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sexual abuse allegations
TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?
A J Turab retweeted
There have been many reports that Pakistan is arming Afghans to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now there are reports that the Pakistani military is recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistan insurgents. As things currently stand, relations between #Afghanistan and #Pakistan are likely to get much worse.