| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| The Taliban shows its true colors. | 2022-12-23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606152972756402178 | 1606152972756402178 |
| Only one way out for former Afghan allies. | 2022-11-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1587234731791220736 | 1587234731791220736 |
| "many U.S. officials tasked with carrying out | 2022-08-15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1559037595698339841 | 1559037595698339841 |
| Taliban attacks main money crop. | 2022-06-02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1532358446007193600 | 1532358446007193600 |
| Solar power comes to Afghan poppy fields. They turn | 2022-05-30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1531121084191240192 | 1531121084191240192 |
| The Afghan collapse was triggered by Trump's deal with | 2022-05-18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1526797927653396480 | 1526797927653396480 |
| "many of the Taliban, like Sirajuddin Haqqani, are | 2022-05-07 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1522928750073028608 | 1522928750073028608 |
| Taliban switches from opium to meth. | 2022-05-03 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1521350561869615104 | 1521350561869615104 |
| Taliban bans poppies and drugs. | 2022-04-03 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1510612580389167115 | 1510612580389167115 |
| It's the same old Taliban after all. | 2022-04-01 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509710752436826116 | 1509710752436826116 |
| Taliban ideology yields to economics. | 2022-03-27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508065915069296641 | 1508065915069296641 |
| It's the same old Taliban. | 2022-03-26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507719254946168837 | 1507719254946168837 |
| Did anybody really believe the Taliban could keep their | 2022-03-25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507196904077082624 | 1507196904077082624 |
| Corruption killed democracy in Afghanistan. | 2022-03-19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505324347610656770 | 1505324347610656770 |
| Differing recollections of the Afghan evacuation. | 2022-02-09 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491267951068332034 | 1491267951068332034 |
| If all you know is guerilla terrorism, that's all you | 2022-02-02 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488769342141440001 | 1488769342141440001 |
| The collapse of Afghanistan was inevitable once the Trump | 2022-01-18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483337412096905223 | 1483337412096905223 |
| Little hope that Afghan Taliban will hinder terrorist | 2022-01-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478984373533741056 | 1478984373533741056 |
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========== The Taliban shows its true colors. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-turkey-saudi-arabia-kabul-taliban-5d45634d0c8f530ccbbf0823fea16a33 That's what happens when patriarchalism takes over. Fears about that in America were relieved for the time being by the 2022 election results. #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 14 time 2022-12-23 05:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606152972756402178 ========== Only one way out for former Afghan allies. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-russia-ukraine-iran-europe-taliban-30e2b1ffc7c5ecf2847b654f862723b8 #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 1 time 2022-11-01 00:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587234731791220736 ========== "many U.S. officials tasked with carrying out counterinsurgency and reconstruction in Afghanistan privately knew the mission was failing, but in public spun a different message" Exactly like Vietnam! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/15/afghanistan-us-legacy-failures-one-year-later/ #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 5 time 2022-08-15 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559037595698339841 ========== Taliban attacks main money crop. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-politics-taliban-asia-d228b020cdc7538d3cf66c2e08a905fc #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 3 time 2022-06-02 13:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532358446007193600 ========== Solar power comes to Afghan poppy fields. They turn the desert green - until the aquifers dry up. Just like California. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/world/asia/afghanistan-opium-taliban.html Opium remains as profitable as all other exports combined. #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 11 time 2022-05-30 03:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1531121084191240192 ========== The Afghan collapse was triggered by Trump's deal with Taliban. The Afghan government realized the US would no longer defend them. Trump was lucky not to be president when the collapse happened. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-biden-government-and-politics-donald-trump-7cef514c6cc96848f61a9e8b7fcdf263 #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 14 time 2022-05-18 05:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1526797927653396480 ========== "many of the Taliban, like Sirajuddin Haqqani, are educating their girls in Pakistan, while in Afghanistan women and girls have been targeted by their repressive edicts" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-49b17d77d03022ad4817eeecf4f5da93 Some things are universal, such as laws for poor people! #PS1afghanistan ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 60 likes 1 time 2022-05-07 13:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522928750073028608 ========== Taliban switches from opium to meth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/afghanistan-meth-opium-drug-industry/?itid=hp-top-table-main They need to get money from somewhere. #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 28 time 2022-05-03 04:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521350561869615104 ========== Taliban bans poppies and drugs. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-business-taliban-flowers-1645cbd08660c6115e2d7d4cb6ac0183 This might be their downfall. It was the last productive sector left of the economy, and might alienate the warlords who supported the Taliban takeover. #PS1afghanistan ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2022-04-03 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510612580389167115 ========== It's the same old Taliban after all. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-70bf3af0a3ee5d7e876b1f1e35f71682 #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 18 time 2022-04-01 01:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509710752436826116 ========== Taliban ideology yields to economics. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-afghanistan-business-china-europe-3a5074c2043729df5d8f147d6aa0ee3d #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-27 12:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508065915069296641 ========== It's the same old Taliban. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-travel-business-pakistan-lifestyle-febfbef58116fd063e1a5ef780762e56 #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 19 time 2022-03-26 14:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507719254946168837 ========== Did anybody really believe the Taliban could keep their promises? They have internal divisions too. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-education-united-nations-kabul-taliban-0c092db3ce630807729faa245420acdc No basis now for outside intervention in Taliban Afghanistan's humanitarian catastrophe. #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-25 03:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507196904077082624 ========== Corruption killed democracy in Afghanistan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/18/afghanistans-last-finance-minister-now-dc-uber-driver-ponders-what-went-wrong/ #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-19 23:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505324347610656770 ========== Differing recollections of the Afghan evacuation. It was going to be chaotic, no matter what. That's how wars end in Afghanistan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/08/afghanistan-evacuation-investigation/ "That's what defeat looks like" #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 73 time 2022-02-09 04:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491267951068332034 ========== If all you know is guerilla terrorism, that's all you want to do. Revolutionaries are seldom able to make the transition to a post-revolutionary society. So they join Al-Qaeda or IS. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-3a4f8dfad31c408b59a7d0a66952bc2e #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 41 time 2022-02-02 07:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488769342141440001 ========== The collapse of Afghanistan was inevitable once the Trump administration negotiated directly with the Taliban. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-joe-biden-kabul-taliban-air-force-e9fb454b7e9bebac58477e13d603fc06 Better support for the Afghan air force would have delayed the inevitable only a bit. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1582694742075039 #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-18 07:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483337412096905223 ========== Little hope that Afghan Taliban will hinder terrorist groups other than IS. Most of them are allies. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-europe-pakistan-kabul-taliban-25bc607b1d2c73fd79fba8062b2fff81 It's a very complicated ethnic mess. #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-06 06:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478984373533741056