Yaroslav Trofimov
Middle East and Afghanistan Reporter, Wall Street Journal
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Afghanistan and PakIstan Editor of The Wall Street Journal. Author of Siege of Mecca. RTs and links are not endorsements. Email Yaroslav.Trofimov at wsj dot com
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RT @BillSpindle: "martyred in Syria like martyred in Karbala"; Fighters Enter #Syria to Defend Shiites on.wsj.com/13NoWJO via @WSJ”
RT @sherryrehman: Have said it before:#Drones were a #US CT tactic that became a strategy. Esp in #Pakistan.This is not the way America sho…
RT “@MattGreenAfPak: "The British government does little to dispel the notion that it condones the MQM’s behavior" cpj.org/reports/2013/0…”
Committee to Protect Journalists
cpj.org — 1. The Murder of Wali Khan Babar On January 13, 2011, Wali Khan Babar, a 28-year-old correspondent for Geo TV, was driving home after covering another day of gang violence in Karachi. Babar was an unusual face on the airwaves: Popular and handsome, he was a Pashtun from Zhob...
RT @christinalamb: Hope everyone gives generously to Help for Heroes and maybe wear Help for Heroes T-shirt in memory of dead soldier
RT @WorldPTV: CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary has observed that the govt & law enforcing agencies have to take notice of the Altaf Hussain s…
RT @margheritamvs: Depressing. Group of Kabul University students march against women's rights. via @TOLOnews tolonews.com/en/afghanistan…
University Students and Religious Scholars React Against Women Rights Law
tolonews.com — Written by Aazem Arash; Edited By Kabir Goswami A number of university students in Kabul demonstrated against the Elimination of Violation Against Women (EVAW) Law on Wednesday. The demonstrators, who shut the doors of Kabul University, said that some articles in the EVAW law are against the Quran and we refute the law.
RT @margheritamvs: "The main concern is whether this election will be a source of stability or a source of instability." #Afghanistan http:…
Afghan Election Law Advances
online.wsj.com — Afghan lawmakers approved a new electoral law, a step urged by the U.S. and other international donors ahead of elections to choose President Hamid Karzai's successor next spring.
#Afghanistan NDS says Turkish owner of Istanbul restaurant in #Kabul, kidnapped 11 days ago, has been freed in late-night operation.
Roadside bomb kills 12 in Quetta
beta.dawn.com — QUETTA: A powerful blast killed at least 12 people, of which eight were policemen, and injured 21 others in the Bhosa Mandi area of Quetta on Thursday morning, DawnNews reported. Fayyaz Sumbal, the Deputy Inspector General Police, said unknown militants targeted the vehicle of police's Rapid Response Force through a remote control bomb in Eastren Bypass area of Quetta.
RT @beenasarwar: RT @ZAAKBAR: Brit cops r protecting mosques tonight. When will Pak cops start protecting churches following a blasphemy in…
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