Storyteller, focused on women and diplomacy; senior writer @giwps; election editing @19thnews; Contributor @theatlantic + @washingtonpost; Adjunct @MedillSchool
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Jennifer Koons retweeted
The Taliban's recent restriction of Afghan women praying loudly in front of each other is a continuation of the gender apartheid taking place in #Afghanistan. We must stand with Afghan women & hold the Taliban accountable for their crimes against humanity. apnews.com/article/afghanist…
Jennifer Koons retweeted
The Guardrails Are Already Crumpling
@JVLast
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“It’s about the stereotypical biases that men are leaders and women are subservient, and it’s about breaking that stereotypical perspective among both men and women."
@jenkoons reports.
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Jennifer Koons retweeted
Talks in Damascus this week between Russia's defense minister Shoigu and Assad were about the use of Russia's Hmeimim airbase in Syria in any upcoming Ukraine war 👀 syrianobserver.com/news/7353…
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A group of Afghan women protested today, Saturday 12th February in Kabul city.
video: submitted to Rukhshana media.
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Chuck Schumer and Ted Cruz cut a deal overnight to hold a vote on Nord Stream 2 pipeline sanctions next month in exchange for Cruz lifting his blockade on more than three dozen of Biden's ambassador picks. trib.al/XMVnBo2
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"All al-Qaida and ISIS branches have the potential to plot and execute attacks," @BillRoggio @LongWarJournal says. He points out, for example, that the U.S. continues to target al-Qaida attack planners in Syria. -@PDShinkman usnews.com/news/national-new…
Jennifer Koons retweeted
@Etilaatroz needs your support. every single donation enables Etilaatroz team to tell more stories of #Afghanistan people to the world.
let's not let the darkness become the winner.
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Jennifer Koons retweeted
.@jenkoons' newsletter, "Our Women in the World," tells the stories -- both personal and professional -- of U.S. #ForeignService offers shaping modern diplomacy:
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#DiverseDiplomacy #DiplomacyMatters #FSProud
Jennifer Koons retweeted
Internal government reviews into the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal are multiplying, with inspectors general at five agencies now conducting audits. wsj.com/articles/u-s-launche…
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"When the rules don't make sense to you, challenge it." Black & Brown women make up only 54 of 2,363 ambassadors in the U.S.'s history. 2021 Reporting Fellow Kayla Smith spoke with Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley about her role in effecting change. #PulitzerWeekend21
Jennifer Koons retweeted
The US evacuated 120K people from Afghanistan after Kabul fell, but tens of thousands of Afghans were left behind. People like the subject of my latest story: who worked w the US; have families; & applied year after year for visas that never materialized. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
Jennifer Koons retweeted
Taliban replaces women's ministry with ministry of virtue and vice reut.rs/3lyNMhN
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The Taliban disloved the entire women ministry, meaning about 1000, mostly women,lost thier jobs.
"They should gather all female employees of women affairs ministry in 1 place, pour fuel/drop bomb, to kill us all," one of about a dozen female protesters outside the ministry said.
Jennifer Koons retweeted
Almost a month after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the nation’s diplomats in Washington are adrift, running out of money and uncertain about their futures. “For now, we answer to no one.” Excellent story by @vmsalama wsj.com/articles/afghanistan…
Jennifer Koons retweeted
NEW- Stanley McChrystal built a corporate empire in the years after he was dismissed as the top general in Afghanistan, making millions from businesses, governments and universities
I wrote about how washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Jennifer Koons retweeted
New #Afghanistan warning from State Dept for #Kabul airport. (Adds new gate)
“… Those at Abbey gate, East gate, North gate or New Ministry of Interior gate should leave immediately.”
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In today's Lily Lines:
〰 The first and only shelter in Haiti serving young trans people, by @AnneBranigin
〰 An interview with Adela Raz, the Afghan ambassador to the United States, by @jenkoons
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Read this woman’s story: Adela Raz spent her career representing the Afghan government. What she feels now is ‘beyond pain.’ thelily.com/adela-raz-spent-… by @jenkoons