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Martin Smith retweeted
This is now confirmed.
Registration has started in 5 girls schools in Kabul.
I’m hearing something potentially significant on girls’ education in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Education may have received an approval for a limited reopening above Grade 6, starting with girls whose studies stopped around Grades 10–12.
Reportedly, they would register, complete six months of study, then sit an exam to receive their graduation certificate. If this pilot works, it will be expanded to lower grades later.
If true, this could be the first small crack in a policy that has kept millions of Afghan girls out of school.
But I’m keeping my expectations very low. We’ve heard “good news” like this before, only to be disappointed.
For now: cautiously hopeful, waiting for an official confirmation.
Saudi Exile Khalid Aljabri on the Rise of MBS and the Cost of Dissent play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_8…
Martin Smith retweeted
Rare clips of Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani in Logar Province before the liberation of Afghanistan. Despite being one of the world’s most wanted men & actively sought by his adversaries, he visited Logar & inspected the front lines months before the liberation of Afghanistan.
ALQST Weekly: X blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia: mailchi.mp/alqst/x-blocks-hu…
Fmr. Trump NSA on the murder of Khashoggi youtu.be/lmm3yCiDwaM?si=YtCv… via @YouTube
Martin Smith retweeted
PBS's new Frontline documentary on Trump and Saudi Arabia tries to pass off blaming the Jared Kushner and the Abraham Accords for October 7 as a conservative opinion by having Curt Mills say "I don't think the Abraham Accords happen without Jared Kushner. But if there was any leading intellectual critique of them, it was that they abandoned Palestine. They abandoned the Palestinian people."
Martin Smith then tells a disturbed Victoria Coates, "Curt Mills of American Conservative laid the events of October 7 at the feet of Jared Kushner."
How Mohammed bin Salman Has Wielded Saudi Arabia's Wealth | FRONTLINE (PBS) youtu.be/BFTaplwlfCE?si=fZXD… via @YouTube
The Trump-Era Saudi-U.S. Relationship: An Insider's View youtu.be/axfPF_55J3Q?si=K7GW… via @YouTube
Fmr. Trump envoy on negotiating the Abraham Accords | Jason Greenblatt (... youtu.be/vf8O33qLh4c?si=4b9X… via @YouTube
Martin Smith retweeted
Editor of the American Conservative, @CurtMills, told PBS Frontline that, were it not for Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner pushing the Abraham Accords & refusing to address the fate of the Palestinian people, then the attacks of 7 October 2023 on Israel wouldn't have happened.
Martin Smith retweeted
Great documentary by @MartinSmithDocs & @frontlinepbs. Recommend all to watch.
Documenting the Alliance Between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince MBS pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/artic…
Martin Smith retweeted
Great clip from the recent PBS FRONTLINE documentary on MBS's relationship with Trump, produced by @MartinSmithDocs and @frontlinepbs (highlighted by @TheWarJournal.)
I'd recommend everyone give the full documentary a watch. Link below.
Martin Smith retweeted
Thank you for remembering my husband @JKhashoggi
Documenting the Alliance Between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince MBS pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/artic…
Martin Smith retweeted
The documentary “the Crown Prince & the President” is out now:
@PBS @frontlinepbs @MartinSmithDocs
pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/docum…
How Mohammed bin Salman Has Wielded Saudi Arabia’s Wealth pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/artic…
