Human rights are basic rights and freedoms that belong to every one of us, no matter who we are or where we live. These rights are universal, indivisible, and interdependent. Because they apply to everyone, everywhere, and at all times.Our aim in Human Rights Sentinel is to highlight the issues that are not covered by the media or have been neglected by the international committee due to political, national, or international interests.
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The Afghan Eye is an independent, Afghan-led platform dedicated to Afghans reclaiming and leading the discussion on Afghanistan. We critique and provide a counter-narrative to all issues Afghan.
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International Shia Day has been observed and celebrated since June 12th, 2015. This day was introduced by Shia Rights Watch as a result of the increase in oppression against Shia Muslims in different country. Shia Rights Watch chose June 12 as the International Day for Shia Rights in commemoration of the massacre that occurred at Camp Speicher in 2…
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Understanding Pakistan's Repeated Attacks on Afghanistan with Ali Mustafa
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On 18th March 2024, Afghanistan's remote and southeastern Paktika province found itself subject to aerial bombardment. The airstrikes, carried out in the early hours of the morning, were conducted by Pakistani military planes from across the Durand Line. A statement soon released by Islamabad confirmed the airstrikes, claiming these were in respons…
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Qatar again has served as the location for Afghanistan-centred gatherings. As a UN-convened conference kicked off, representatives from different countries, international bodies as well as Afghan civil society gathered in Doha as part of what was supposed to be a discussion on how to transition Afghanistan out of its state of diplomatic and legal i…
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Pakistan concluding fiercely contested elections amidst turmoil and mass claims of irregularities is only the latest development in an eventful 2024. The year has been similarly eventful for Afghanistan's foreign relations. On 29th January, the Taliban-led Afghan government organised an unprecedented conference in Kabul attended by the representati…
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Guardians in the Shadow: Safeguarding Women and Children Amidst Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan
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Human Rights Sentinel conversation with Fatema Ahmadi on the suffering of the people of Afghanistan, particularly the Hazara people of Afghanistan. Fatema D. Ahmadi is a Fellow and Adjunct Professor at American University, School of Public Affairs in Washington, DC. Ahmadi has extensive experience working with international development partnerships…
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Reviewing 2023 and Afghan-Pakistan Relations | Ahmed-Waleed Kakar | The Afghan Eye Podcast, S.2 E.5
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Amidst deteriorating relations between Kabul and Islamabad, news emerged on 18th December. The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan confirmed that an invitation had been extended to Pakistani politician Maulana Fazlur Rahman to visit Kabul. The visit, according to many sources, was intended to defuse tensions between the neighbours; Fazlur Rahman, an infl…
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Has China Officially Recognised the Taliban? | Ahmed-Waleed Kakar | The Afghan Eye Podcast, S.2 E.4
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On 1st December 2023, the Taliban's ambassador was greeted by an official at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bilal Karimi formally presented his credentials to and was received by Hong Lei: the Director General of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Protocol Department. The picture was shared triumphantly by the Taliban on X (formerly known as …
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Afghan Exiles Gather In Moscow | Ahmed-Waleed Kakar | The Afghan Eye Podcast, S.2 E.3
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On 24th November 2023, a conference was convened in the Russian capital of Moscow. Attendees included Russian politicians and an Iranian government representative. The conference was also attended by a number of exiled Afghan politicians: Shukria Barakzai, Fawzia Koofi, Muhammad Muhaqqiq, Ahmad Wali Massoud, and Ahmad Massoud. The event follows mon…
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Is The USA Upgrading Ties With The Taliban? | Ahmed-Waleed Kakar | The Afghan Eye Podcast S.2 E.2
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On 6th November 2023, senior and former American diplomat Annie Pforzheimer wrote an article for World Politics Review. In the article, Pforzheimer, who has previously worked extensively as an American diplomat in Afghanistan, highlighted the signs that the Biden Administration was mulling widening and upgrading its ties with the Taliban, now the g…
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Pakistan Expels Millions of Afghan Refugees | Ahmed-Waleed Kakar
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On 2nd October 2023, Pakistan's Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti announced that illegal immigrants residing in the country would be given one month to return to their home countries. Whilst not explicitly aimed at Afghans, the majority of projected deportees, roughly numbering 1.73 million, would be Afghans. Since 1st November, with the passage of …
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Episode 34 | Sepi Azarbaijani-Moghaddam: The Taliban banned from women working for the UN
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In the beginning of April 2023, the Taliban notified the United Nation mission in Afghanistan that Afghan women are no longer permitted to work for the U.N. There are approximately 400 Afghan women who work for the U.N mission in Afghanistan. This decision was condemned by the international community and the U.N. is currently assessing whether to c…
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A Perspective on Inter-religious Harmony in Ladakh Elijah Spalbar Gergan is a Christian Theologian from India's Ladakh region. He is an educator, motivational speaker, and the author of several books and articles, and he has contributed significantly to promoting local culture and language. He talked to Human Rights Sentinel about native #Buddhists…
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Episode 33 | Abdul Hai Qanit | The Taliban's diplomatic breakthroughs
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A flurry of diplomatic activity over the past months has seen Afghan embassies and consulates in Iran and the UAE handed over to the new Afghan Taliban government. As this diplomatic momentum increases, reports circulate that Tajikistan, initially hostile to the Taliban government, is poised to follow suit and submit control of Afghan consular prem…
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Episode 32 | Jeff Rigsby: an American living in Afghanistan
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In this episode of The Afghan Eye podcast, Sangar hosts Jeff Rigsby. Jeff Rigsby was a US military contractor and aid worker during the occupation who is currently living in Afghanistan. Jeff sheds light in the lack of transparency in the Western NGO industry and details his experiences as an American living in the new, post-occupation, and Taliban…
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Episode 31 | Book review: John J. Mearsheimer's The Great Delusion
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What is liberalism? What makes liberalism an aggressive ideology that motivates the militarism of Western states? How can dissecting liberalism help us understand the American occupation of Afghanistan? To answer these questions further, Ahmed-Waleed and Sangar dive into The Great Delusion by the renowned political scientist Dr. John J. Mearsheimer…
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Barrister Hamid Bashani is a Kashmiri from the Pakistan-controlled Poonch district. He is a former student activist and presently the Secretary-General of Advocates International, Canada. He is a columnist and political analyst at Friday Night and Third opinion Shows on Canadian South Asian TV Channels.…
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The Escalating Taliban Bans on Girls' Education in Afghanistan
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The Afghan Eye is back! In 2023's first episode, Sangar interviews Ahmed-Waleed on his recent article on the history and legacy of politicised education in Afghanistan. Amidst increasing Taliban restrictions on Afghan women's right to work and a ban on female secondary and university education, the duo discuss predictions for the directions that co…
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Human Rights Sentinel Talk with Prime Minister in Exile of East Turkistan Salih Hudayar Salih Hudayar is an Uyghur American politician advocating for East Turkistan independence. He founded the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement. On November 11, 2019, Hudayar was elected as the Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile. Huday…
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Arshia Malik is a Kashmiri writer, a columnist with The New Indian, and an educationist who focuses on socio-religious & geopolitical issues in the Muslim World. Host: Mustafa Akhwand Twitter.com/makhwand Senge Sering Twitter.com/SengeHSering Guest: Arshia Malik https://twitter.com/arshiaunis https://www.facebook.com/msarshia…
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Impact of Religious Extremism on Kashmiri Identity Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri Exiled Chairman of United Kashmir Peoples National Party (UKPNP) The outstanding leader struggling for the rights of the People of the former princely state of Jammu & Kashmir. He has been living in exile in Switzerland since April 25, 1999, after his life was in danger …
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This episode of The Afghan Brief focuses on the three day long 'Scholar's Conference' gathered by the Taliban in Kabul and its 11-point Declaration. Ahmed-Waleed and Sangar discuss the assembly's Declaration, its lack of political inclusivity and the Declaration's reference to women's rights and modern education. and analyse why it wasn't labelled,…
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Why The West Is Getting Afghanistan Wrong, Again
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Who is to blame for the current diplomatic deadlock between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the West? Have the Taliban really changed? Is there such thing as Taliban 2.0? If so, how and why is it different from Taliban 1.0? To discuss these questions and more, Ahmed-Waleed Kakar hosts former humanitarian aid worker Cathal Ó Gabhann (@AnOGabh…
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In the third episode of The Afghan Brief, the latest issue of national significance from Afghanistan is discussed. Sangar and Ahmed-Waleed dissect the convening of a grand assembly of three thousand religious scholars and tribal elders from across Afghanistan. They analyse the name given to the gathering, the ambiguity surrounding its stated purpos…
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Shadow war: the untold story of Jihad in Kashmir Human Rights Sentinel (Hosted by Musaffa Akhawan, Senge Sering) episode 4, with Arif Jamal is a journalist, author and political commentator from Pakistan's Punjab province, Two of his books; shadow war: the untold story of Jihad in Kashmir, and call for transnational Jihad: Lashkar-e-Taiba of Pakist…
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In the second episode of The Afghan Brief, Sangar and Ahmed-Waleed discuss ongoing rescue efforts by the Afghan government and the international reaction to a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan's southeast Loya Paktia region. They also discuss the crippling constraints posed by continued US sanctions on Afghanistan, as well as the earthquake's p…
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On the first ever episode of The Afghan Brief, Ahmed-Waleed and Sangar cover the latest news coming out of Afghanistan, including a travel ban on two officials of the Afghan government. They also discuss signs of seemingly warming ties between Westminster and Kabul. Support the show ♦ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Afgeye ♦ PayPal: https://www.pa…
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Human Rights Sentinel episode 3 Shia persecution in Malaysia Dr. Mohd Faizal Musa, also known as Faisal Tehrani, novelist and human rights defender in Malaysia. He is the lead for the Southeast Asia research track. He is a Research Fellow at the Institute of the Malay World and Civilization (ATMA), National University of Malaysia (UKM). His best-re…
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Dr. Saleem Javed is a medical doctor by profession and a writer. An ethnic Hazara from Quetta Pakistan, currently living in Gothenburg, Sweden. Has been active as a human, minority, and Hazara rights advocate for over a decade. Had reported and wrote extensively about the plight of Hazaras. Have cooperated with national and international organizati…
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Mr. Senge Sering is a researcher and human rights advocate. He was born in Pakistan-occupied- Gilgit-Baltistan. He has written extensively about the sufferings of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and raised these issues regularly at international fora. He has worked extensively on the revival of the linguistic identity of the region and its cultural …
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What the Afghan national identity? Where does nationalism and ethno-nationalism come from? How should we interpret the call for partition by some fringe groups online? In this episode, host Sangar Paykhar and Historian Ahmed-Waleed Kakar attempt to answer all these questions. Support the show ♦ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Afgeye ♦ PayPal: http…
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Gulmakai Saleh: https://gulmakai.com/ https://twitter.com/GulmakaiSaleh https://www.youtube.com/user/gulmakai https://www.instagram.com/gulmakaisaleh/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gulmakai-saleh-937a82a3/ https://www.facebook.com/GulmakaiSaleh/ Support the show ♦ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Afgeye ♦ PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/afgha…
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Ashok Swain | The Prospects of a Taliban government in Afghanistan
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After the fall of the previous regime on 15 August, the Taliban are now the de facto government of Afghanistan. Sangar Paykhar spoke to professor Ashok Swain about the prospects of a government led by the Taliban. Ashok Swain is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research…
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Afghan Eye Live: The fall of provincial capitals in Northern Afghanistan
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Ahmed-Waleed Kakar & Sangar Paykhar discuss the subsequent fall of provincial capitals in Northern Afghanistan, the UN Security Council discussion about Aghanistan, the demand from Kabul to sanction Pakistan and Sun Tzu's the Art of War's application to current situation in Afghanistan. Support the show ♦ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Afgeye ♦ P…
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Habib Wardak is a political analyst who graduated with an MA in Defence and Strategic Studies from the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies in the University of Pune. He worked as a lecturer at Kardan University's Department of International Relations and has extensive experience working with the international community in Afghanistan. Most …
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In the 25th episode of The Afghan Eye Podcast, Sangar and Ahmed-Waleed host Fatima Ayub: a senior political analyst with over two decades of experience working on Afghanistan in organisations like Human Rights Watch, International Crisis Group and the European Council for Foreign Relations. Sangar asks Fatima about what drove her, as an Afghan woma…
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On April 28th 1978, Afghanistan witnessed the Saur Revolution. The Saur Revolution was the name given to the communist coup d'etat launched against Afghanistan's first President: Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan, who was killed alongside 20 of his family members. The Saur Revolution inaugurated a dark period of Afghan history, plunging the country into a …
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Sangar and Ahmed-Waleed host Dr. William Ruger: Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and Vice President for Research and Policy at the Charles Koch Institute. Dr. Ruger was President Trump's nominee for US Ambassador to Afghanistan and was also recently published in NYT with an op-ed titled ‘Why President Biden Must Withdraw From Afghanistan’. Dr.…
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The Politically Incorrect History of the Durand Line
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The founder of the Afghan Eye: Ahmed-Waleed Kakar, recently published his seminal article on the Durand Line. Within just a week, the article became the most read article on The Afghan Eye website, receiving widespread praise from all quarters and from all around the world. In this episode, Sangar hosts Ahmed-Waleed, asking about some of the critic…
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A critical review of the Afghanistan Study Group's report
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On 3rd February 2021, the Afghanistan Study Group published a report recommending the Biden administration to keep US troops in Afghanistan past the May deadline. This will effectively violate the US-Taliban Agreement signed in February 2020. Ahmed-Waleed Kakar and Sangar Paykhar scrutinize the report, its key arguments, the implications of its sug…
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Lynzy Billing, attack on CIA base in Khost & the media's coverage of Afghanistan
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Afghan photographer and journalist Lynzy Billing reports from Afghanistan and Iraq. Her most recent scoop was about a Taliban attack on Camp Chapman, a CIA base in Khost province of Afghanistan. Lynzy, Ahmed-Waleed and Sangar discuss the way Afghanistan is being covered by local and international news organizations, the role of Afghan women in medi…
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Book Review - ‘Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know’
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In this episode, we are reviewing Barnett Rubin's latest book. Our guest is Suzanne Schroeder, an independent researcher on Afghanistan. Dr. Barnett R. Rubin's book is titled: ‘Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know’. This episode contains a song based on Quincy Jones titled 'Back on the block'. UMG (on behalf of Universal Music Enterprises); War…
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Hamid Helmandi on challenges of Urban Development and Agriculture in Afghanistan
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Hamid Helmandi, a specialist in urban development and agriculture, was the cofounder of the First Afghanistan Construction Company along with the family members of former president Hamid Karzai. Helmandi tells his story of being involved in a state of the art urban development project called Ayno Mina in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province. Be…
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King Amanullah Khan is hailed by many for his reforms and his progressiveness. Ahmed-Waleed Kakar and Sangar Paykhar take a closer look at Amanullah Khan's reforms and how they have led to the downfall of his reign in 1929. ♦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afgeyeinsta/ ♦ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfgEye ♦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com…
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In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, Ahmed-Waleed and Sangar comment on president Ashraf Ghani's announcement of holding a Consultative Loya Jirga to discuss the issue of the last 400 Talib prisoners pending release as per US-Taliban Peace Agreement. They firstly break down what a Jirga actually is, the role it has played in the evolution of …
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Amina Khan, Pakistan's role in the Afghan Peace Process
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In this episode, Ahmed-Waleed Kakar and Sangar Paykhar are hosting Amina Khan. She is the Director Centre for Middle East & Africa (CMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI), Islamabad, where she oversees research and advocacy-related work on all facets of CMEA. Prior to this, she served as a Research Fellow and a Senior Research Fellow at…
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Our guest in this episode is Nikko Norte. He a former member of the Dutch Commando Corps served in Afghanistan as part of the Dutch mission in Uruzgan province. Nikko Norte has recently published a book in Dutch about his experience in Afghanistan titled 'Onvoorspelbaar Verleden'. The title translated into English is 'Unpredictable Past'. Nikko Nor…
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Erik Edstrom author of 'Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War'
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Sangar and Ahmed-Waleed host an American war veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan. He has recently published his first book titled: 'Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War'. For more information, please visit Edstrom's website: https://www.enedstrom.com/ Please support consider supporting the Afghan Eye. Visit our Patreon page: ht…
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John Bolton, former National Security Advisor of Donald Trump has written a book title'The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir'. Ahmed-Waleed Kakar and Sangar Paykhar review the book and focus on what John Bolton has written about Afghanistan. Support the show ♦ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Afgeye ♦ PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypa…
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Assassination of Ayaz Niazi and Azizullah Mufleh
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In this episode, Ahmed-Waleed and Sangar discuss the recent assassinations of two very prominent imams in Kabul. Ayaz Niazi of Wazir Akbar Khan Masjid and Azizullah Mufleh of Sher Shah Suri Masjid were both assassinated inside their masjids. Sangar and Ahmed-Waleed also reflect on the first 10 episodes and discuss what they have learned from our pr…
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