Lynne O'Donnell
@lynneodonnell.bsky.social
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Journalist. Author. lynneodonnell.substack.com
[email protected]
I write in the British Journalism Review about attempts to silence me after my reporting exposed collusion & corruption from the UN to the Taliban: Vindicated.Now let’s keep up the fight
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Vindicated.Now let’s keep up the fight
Delivered as a backhanded compliment, "warrior journalist" is something we should all aspire to
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/vindicatednow-lets-keep-up-the-fight?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
The New World
4 months ago
In an attempt to control the flow of information, the rulers of Afghanistan plunged the country into darkness. That decision has backfired ✏️
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When the Taliban shut off the internet
In an attempt to control the flow of information, the rulers of Afghanistan plunged the country into darkness. That decision has backfired
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lynne-o-donnell-when-the-taliban-shut-off-the-internet/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Taliban Severs Afghanistan’s Digital Lifelines
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Taliban Severes Afghanistan’s Digital Lifelines
Fiber-optic internet, smartphone bans disrupt essential services across multiple provinces
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/taliban-severes-afghanistans-digital?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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Four days after the Taliban deployed gunmen to prevent local women gaining entry to UN, ADB & World Bank offices, UN has released a statement. The UN has been in denial about the true nature of the Taliban for decades. Will this finally be the wake up call? Read on:
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UN Breaks Silence on Taliban Blocking Afghan Women From Work
Statement comes four days after Taliban deployed gunmen to UN, ADB, World Bank to enforce ban on women working
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/un-breaks-silence-on-taliban-blocking?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Beware a London short-term letting company called Home At Heart. Things get broken, go missing, payment never turns up. Lesson learned. Be warned.
6 months ago
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"In Noorzai, Trump may meet his deal-making match. Noorzai is not a man who gives without taking. In the battle for the future, he knows exactly what his country, and his cut, are worth."
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Bashir Noorzai, the Taliban’s godfather
Drug tycoon Bashir Noorzai was seized and jailed for life by the US. Yet somehow he is free - and has reinvented himself as gatekeeper to Afghanistan’s trillion-dollar rare earth treasure trove
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lynne-odonnell-bashir-noorzai-the-talibans-godfather/
6 months ago
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One of
#Afghanistan's
most famous names, Ehsan Bayat, hailed as a nation builder, is being sued by his brother, accused of fraudulently selling the air rights of a Manhattan building. It's not Ehsan's first legal rodeo. Read on:
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From Nation-Building to Courtroom Drama: The Bayat Family Feud
A story of legacy, ambition & a disputed $2.6 million sale in New York real estate
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/afghanistans-most-famous-philanthropist?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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Ladies & gentlemen, the Leader of the Free World:
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Trump Wanders Around White House Roof and Shouts at Press in Bizarre Moment
I watched Trump shout nonsense from the roof, lie on CNBC, and push racist garbage...and I’m supposed to pretend this is normal?
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-wanders-around-white-house?r=zbu6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawL_9blleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgCLXmtqFw6edT_zTg9dtwETFRE5870I6AxoJRXkVgjRC3etjJbrPfdfU9Gx_aem_u8I2OHIHZGHM3trCIR7EjA&hide_intro_popup=true
7 months ago
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Peter York's Culture Wars House Party season finale with Katherine Stewart
@katherinestewart.bsky.social
is well worth your time
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Peter York's Culture Wars House Party
News Podcast · “PETER YORK’S CULTURE WARS HOUSE PARTY” podcast is all about Peter’s cultural preoccupations which range from how political Culture Wars are waged, to the reputational currency of cleve...
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/peter-yorks-culture-wars-house-party/id1784993018
7 months ago
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UN Warns that the Taliban are Enabling Terrorists in Afghanistan
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UN Warns that the Taliban are Enabling Terrorists in Afghanistan
Brevity Daily News Digest summarises the latest report of the UNSC's Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/un-warns-that-the-taliban-are-enabling?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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Trump’s own Afghan scandal -- the threat of deportation hangs over
#Afghanistan's
"freedom pilots"
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7 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
The New World
7 months ago
The Afghans who served with western forces have been let down by ignorant politicians with no idea who the Taliban truly are ✏️
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Afghan data leak: one part of a great betrayal
The Afghans who served with western forces have been let down by ignorant politicians with no idea who the Taliban truly are
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lynne-odonnell-afghan-data-leak-one-part-of-a-great-betrayal/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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"Taliban death squads have been hunting down
#Afghanistan’s
former soldiers, Special Forces & police since the day they came back to power four years ago. Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn’t been paying attention."
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Afghan data leak: one part of a great betrayal
The Afghans who served with western forces have been let down by ignorant politicians with no idea who the Taliban truly are
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lynne-odonnell-afghan-data-leak-one-part-of-a-great-betrayal/
7 months ago
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Afghan data leak: one part of a great betrayal
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Afghan data leak: one part of a great betrayal
The Afghans who served with western forces have been let down by ignorant politicians with no idea who the Taliban truly are
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lynne-odonnell-afghan-data-leak-one-part-of-a-great-betrayal/
7 months ago
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#Afghanistan's
Bagram Air Base is on the front line of a war for influence, amid Trump's claims that
#China
has moved in. But has it? Read on:
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Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base is on the front line of a war for influence
Abandoned military base has become a symbol of regional competition between America, China & Russia
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/afghanistans-bagram-air-base-is-on?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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#Afghanistan's
Bagram Air Base is on the front line of a war for influence, amid Trump's claims that
#China
has moved in. But has it? Read on:
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Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base is on the front line of a war for influence
Abandoned military base has become a symbol of regional competition between America, China & Russia
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/afghanistans-bagram-air-base-is-on?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
Andrew Mueller
8 months ago
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio.
@lynneodonnell.bsky.social
and
@pburtsoff.bsky.social
on Trump's Nobel Peace Prize prospects and other matters, plus Ali Watkins on her new book "The Next One Is For You", about 70s-era IRA gun-runners the Philadelphia Five.
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Does Donald Trump deserve a Nobel Peace Prize? - Monocle
Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks continue following Netanyahu’s trip to Washington. Then: Ukraine and Russia’s neighbours withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty banning...
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-monocle-daily/3060/
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Within a day, the International Criminal Court & the United States condemned the Taliban's brutal rule. Will it make any difference?
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The US and ICC put Taliban crimes on trial, the criminals remain free
Symbolism is powerful but global impunity is unlikely to end any time soon
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/the-us-and-icc-put-taliban-crimes?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
Guest post: A war-torn region of
#Pakistan
gets a dangerous ultimatum by Mohsin Dawar
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Guest post: A war-torn region of Pakistan gets a dangerous ultimatum
Mohsin Dawar is a political activist & former MP in North Waziristan, where the Taliban's war is getting hotter, and the State has run out of ideas
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/guest-post-a-war-torn-region-of-pakistan?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Guest post: A war-torn region of
#Pakistan
gets a dangerous ultimatum by Mohsin Dawar
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Guest post: A war-torn region of Pakistan gets a dangerous ultimatum
Mohsin Dawar is a political activist & former MP in North Waziristan, where the Taliban's war is getting hotter, and the State has run out of ideas
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/guest-post-a-war-torn-region-of-pakistan?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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#Russia
recognises the legitimacy of the
#Taliban
regime:
tass.com/politics/198...
#StateCapture
#Afghanistan
#Syria
#AlQaeda
#Terrorism
#Racism
#Misogyny
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Russian deputy foreign minister accepts copies of credentials from new Afghan ambassador
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the official recognition of the Afghan authorities will give an impetus to the development of productive bilateral cooperation
https://tass.com/politics/1985051
8 months ago
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#China
rolls over $3.4 billion of commercial loans to
#Pakistan
, says source
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China rolls over $3.4 billion of commercial loans to Pakistan, says source
China has rolled over $3.4 billion in loans to Islamabad, which together with other recent commercial and multilateral lending will boost Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves to $14 billion, a finance ministry source said on Sunday.
http://reut.rs/445AIYG
8 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
In the battle for future technologies,
#Afghanistan
is relevant once more. My latest column on the US-
#China
- Afghanistan dynamic as change rumbles across the region
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In the battle for future technologies, Afghanistan is relevant once more
A drugs lord has become the gatekeeper for critical minerals & rare earths, as America tells the Taliban to cease business with China
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/in-the-battle-for-future-technologies?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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"#Bezos is especially unwelcome in
#Venice
because of Amazon's model of online commerce which has gutted towns across the world of small businesses. Locals still grieve for the demise of beloved emporiums including ironmongers & bookshops"
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Venice is still in peril — this time from the Bezos wedding
Angry locals who say he is treating the city as a private playground have succeeded in getting the ceremony moved
https://www.ft.com/content/4ea5cbb1-93a5-4b88-b80f-f3bc431a18ec
8 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
Have you noticed how quiet the Taliban have been lately? They're talking to America. And they like the idea of US money & tacit recognition. Friends are friends, but in the pragmatic world of Trump and the Taliban, business is business. Read on:
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Taliban Silence Is Golden — Especially When Washington Is Listening
As Iran reels from US strikes, the Taliban shift focus from old friends to new opportunities -- & the lure of American investment.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/taliban-silence-is-golden-especially?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Have you noticed how quiet the Taliban have been lately? They're talking to America. And they like the idea of US money & tacit recognition. Friends are friends, but in the pragmatic world of Trump and the Taliban, business is business. Read on:
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Taliban Silence Is Golden — Especially When Washington Is Listening
As Iran reels from US strikes, the Taliban shift focus from old friends to new opportunities -- & the lure of American investment.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/taliban-silence-is-golden-especially?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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In the battle for future technologies,
#Afghanistan
is relevant once more. My latest column on the US-
#China
- Afghanistan dynamic as change rumbles across the region
open.substack.com/pub/lynneodo...
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In the battle for future technologies, Afghanistan is relevant once more
A drugs lord has become the gatekeeper for critical minerals & rare earths, as America tells the Taliban to cease business with China
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/in-the-battle-for-future-technologies?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Quietly, Pakistan Wages a Deadly Drone Campaign Inside Its Own Borders Zia ur-Rehman is the best reporter on Pakistan, by a mile
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Quietly, Pakistan Wages a Deadly Drone Campaign Inside Its Own Borders
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/asia/pakistan-drones-militants.html?smid=bs-share
8 months ago
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Voices of the Resistance: Lynne O'Donnell joins and discusses the future of
#Afghanistan
and how the
#Taliban
controls the media narrative, leading to misconceptions about the country.
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Voices of the Resistance: Lynne O'Donnell
Lynne O'Donnell joins and discusses the future of Afghanistan and how the Taliban controls the media narrative, leading to misconceptions about the country.
https://www.gcvfriends.com/p/voices-of-the-resistance-lynne-odonnell?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web×tamp=1.0&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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Is
#Afghanistan
the unhappiest place on earth? A new study says yes.
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Is Afghanistan the unhappiest place on earth? A new study says yes.
Research by Science Advances finds "the lowest well-being in recorded history" since the war ended and the Taliban seized power
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/is-afghanistan-the-unhappiest-place?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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Afghanistan's Top Gun Pilots Struggle for New Flight Paths
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Afghanistan's Top Gun Pilots Struggle for New Flight Paths
The Kindness of Strangers; the Nightmare of Red Tape; the Dream of Getting Back in the Air (Photos by Massoud Hossaini)
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/from-black-hawks-to-uber-afghanistans?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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“We all worry. They are killing the people who helped the Americans every single day,” he said. “Every day I wake up, I ask, ‘Will my family be safe today? Will the
#Taliban
find us?’”
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#Afghanistan
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Afghanistan's Top Gun Pilots Struggle for New Flight Paths
The Kindness of Strangers; the Nightmare of Red Tape; the Dream of Getting Back in the Air (Photos by Massoud Hossaini)
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/from-black-hawks-to-uber-afghanistans?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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As the Taliban terror threat rises, Afghanistan's opposition is fractured & floundering
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As Taliban terror threat rises, Afghan opposition is fractured & floundering
Backed by global powers, the Islamists grow stronger as exiled opposition fragments & refugees face deportation. Time to change the narrative.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/as-the-taliban-terror-threat-rises?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
The 'Night of Hand Grenades' is remembered in silence, then & now. A new wave of repression threatens to erase the memory & future of
#Afghanistan's
Ismailis while the world colludes in
#Taliban
impunity. Read on:
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The 'Night of Hand Grenades' is remembered in silence, then & now
A new wave of repression threatens to erase the memory & future of Afghanistan's Ismailis while the world colludes in Taliban impunity
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/the-night-of-hand-grenades-was-a?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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The 'Night of Hand Grenades' is remembered in silence, then & now. A new wave of repression threatens to erase the memory & future of
#Afghanistan's
Ismailis while the world colludes in
#Taliban
impunity. Read on:
open.substack.com/pub/lynneodo...
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The 'Night of Hand Grenades' is remembered in silence, then & now
A new wave of repression threatens to erase the memory & future of Afghanistan's Ismailis while the world colludes in Taliban impunity
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/the-night-of-hand-grenades-was-a?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
Bloomberg News
10 months ago
🚨 LIVE BLOG: Votes are being counted in Australia's election. Follow along for the latest news, analysis and updates here. ⤵
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Australians Head to the Polls to Vote in Tightly Contested Election
Australia Election: Live Results, News as Votes Are Counted
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"Following the Taliban’s capture of Kabul numerous reports indicated that US-made arms, including M4 & M16 rifles, worth billions of dollars, had fallen into Taliban hands. The Taliban reportedly began selling off these arms to various groups"
@ullekh.bsky.social
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It is "possible" that M4 rifles used by Pahalgam terrorists came from Afghanistan: Expert - Open The Magazine
London-based Australian journalist and Afghanistan expert Lynne O’Donnell, who reported extensively from Afghanistan until she was detained and harassed by the Taliban in mid-2022, has said it is “p...
https://openthemagazine.com/special/it-is-possible-that-m4-rifles-used-by-pahalgam-terrorists-came-from-afghanistan-expert/
10 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
Andrew Mueller
10 months ago
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio.
@lynneodonnell.bsky.social
and Nina Dos Santos on the day's stuff, and our On This Day historical series celebrates a great marketing mishap.
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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The fallout of the Kashmir terror attacks and rising tourism in post-conflict zones
We’re joined by Nina dos Santos and Lynne O’Donnell to discuss the latest following the deadliest terror attack in Kashmir in the past 25 years. How have…
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-monocle-daily/3007/
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"The whipsawing stock market simultaneously destroyed the savings & pensions of tens of millions of Americans while making Trump’s billionaire buddies even richer on what many now suspect to be market manipulation by those with insider access." My column:
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New York watches Trump crash the world
It was hard to find anyone who had a good word to say about the president in New York. The tariffs have made that impossible
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/lynne-o-donnell-trump-crashes-the-world/
10 months ago
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Nowruz mubarak, y'all
11 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
For International Women's Day, and every day for almost four years, this is what the women and girls in Afghanistan have been going through. Reposting as a reminder. Read on:
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Kabul Syndrome
Women forced into submission by the Taliban are beginning to identify with their captors, even when forbidden from looking out the window
https://lynneodonnell.substack.com/p/kabul-syndrome
12 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
Andrew Mueller
12 months ago
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio.
@glandsbergis.bsky.social
on Europe's rearmament plans,
@lynneodonnell.bsky.social
and Monocle editor Josh Fehnert on the day's other stuff, and Isabella Orlando reports from the Venice Carnival.
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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The future of US soft power
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s former foreign affairs minister, joins Lynne O’Donnell and Josh Fehnert to discuss how US soft power will transform under…
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-monocle-daily/2971/
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For International Women's Day, and every day for almost four years, this is what the women and girls in Afghanistan have been going through. Reposting as a reminder. Read on:
lynneodonnell.substack.com/p/kabul-synd...
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Kabul Syndrome
Women forced into submission by the Taliban are beginning to identify with their captors, even when forbidden from looking out the window
https://lynneodonnell.substack.com/p/kabul-syndrome
12 months ago
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Kate McKenna is the executive director of Ukraine Digital Defence Intelligence. She writes about the backroom deals on Ukraine's future that Team Trump has been working on for years.
www.linkedin.com/posts/lynne-...
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Lynne O'Donnell on LinkedIn: Guest Post: Trump’s Ukraine Deal is the Result of Years of Planning with…
Kate McKenna is the executive director of Ukraine Digital Defence Intelligence. She writes today on my Substack site about the backroom deals on Ukraine's…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lynne-o-donnell-99732a155_guest-post-trumps-ukraine-deal-is-the-result-activity-7300794644588544000-Kg0E?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACU-3wMBnBYOG4ALdg-n0Lwn_s4Fp-RerK0
12 months ago
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Lynne O'Donnell
"The global community must now decide how to address a Taliban regime that is not only failing to break ties with terrorism but actively strengthening it."
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Taliban, Al Qaeda & TTP are pooling resources, new UNSC reports warns
The Taliban regime is actively strengthening the ties that bind terrorists
https://lynneodonnell.substack.com/p/taliban-al-qaeda-and-ttp-are-pooling
about 1 year ago
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"The global community must now decide how to address a Taliban regime that is not only failing to break ties with terrorism but actively strengthening it."
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Taliban, Al Qaeda & TTP are pooling resources, new UNSC reports warns
The Taliban regime is actively strengthening the ties that bind terrorists
https://lynneodonnell.substack.com/p/taliban-al-qaeda-and-ttp-are-pooling
about 1 year ago
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"Up to 2,000 militants have been stationed across
#Kabul
, securing key locations. The show of force underscores deepening tensions within the
#Taliban
leadership as fault lines of tribal, ideological & strategic divisions are widening."
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#Afghanistan
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Taliban Power Struggle Escalates as Emir's Militia Deploys to Kabul
Siraj Haqqani, Al Qaeda ally, seeks foreign support as "moderate" choice to lead Afghanistan
https://lynneodonnell.substack.com/p/talibans-internal-power-struggle
about 1 year ago
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"As the shock that greeted Trump's “plan” wears off, however, the possibility that he was raising serious issues, albeit in his own style, that need to be addressed if peace is to be achieved, has begun to dawn."
#Gaza
#Israel
#MiddleEast
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Trump’s “brutal, clumsy” Gaza intervention raises a real question
His plan to redevelop Gaza is horrifying and absurd. But the strip is a war zone of rubble and bodies – if not his plan, then what?
https://open.substack.com/pub/lynneodonnell/p/trumps-brutal-clumsy-gaza-intervention?r=8ijf1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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“It is almost impossible to grasp the horror that Afghanistan’s women are now living through.”
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airmail.news/sh/Amhra5/tw
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Under the Taliban, Afghan Women Are Suffering From Stockholm Syndrome
Women forced by the brutal regime to give up cell phones, the Internet, and even looking out their windows are beginning to identify with their captors.
https://airmail.news/sh/Amhra5/tw
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Women's Cricket team have played together for the first time — but the match was so much more than a game
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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'No, we are not okay': Women who fled Afghanistan play cricket again in Australia
After being evacuated from Afghanistan to Australia in 2021, these women have just played their first cricket match as a team — ever.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-31/afghan-womens-cricket-team-play-together-for-the-first-time/104876432?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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