Author: Uncharted Thoughts
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“THE WOMEN WERE VERY… HAPPY”. The Taliban propaganda machine pushed by ‘content creators’.
Recently, Piers Morgan conducted an interview with three YouTube “content creators” who have been accused of promoting Taliban propaganda through their well-followed channels. YouTuber ‘Arab’ birth name Addison Pierre Maalouf, Harry Jaggard, and Nolan Saumure have all traveled to Afghanistan to “document” their findings. All have come away declaring that Afghanistan is a safe and…
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What Ozzys passing means to me…
“Don’t forget me as the colors fadeWhen the lights go downIt’s just an empty stage”. There has been a lot of depressing talk from Uncharted Thoughts this past week—the Afghan refugee crisis being at the heart of it. But I think, in today’s post, some room has to be made for the Prince of Darkness,…
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Statistics Reveal Afghanistan’s Dire Humanitarian crisis!
It is hard to look at statistics and realise that things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. As a historian and journalist, often the facts are the most disturbing part of our jobs. Since the 1970s, Afghanistan has been in conflict—whether against Soviet forces from the north, tribal warfare supported…
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August the 15th, blackout in solidarity for the women of Afghanistan.
On August 15th 2021, the capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, was captured by the militant religious zealots known as the Taliban. After a 20 year conflict, NATO forces left Afghanistan and it’s people to a fate often described as ‘worse than death’. Last week the ICC (International criminal court) warranted the arrest of Hibatullah Akhundzada,…
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aFGHANISTAN – A LAND THAT USED TO BE.
We all remember where we were on September the 11th, 2001. When two Boeing 767 aircrafts crashed into the twin towers in New York. I was 6. In my morning computer class at school. If I remember correctly we were sent home early. My mum came and picked me up and we walked home through…
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The Bravest women on earth – interviews with the women of Afghanistan.
This article includes graphic content. It is often theorised by its citizens that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, and with the Hindukush mountain range as your ally, there is no wonder this theory stuck. The foot soldiers, generals and hoards of the ancient and modern militaries have, and will continue to fall short at…
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Battle Los Angeles
In the last week we have seen some of the most concerning headlines of the year so far. Israel targets Iran, a major plane crash in India, Russia and Ukraine go head to head in their largest strikes since the beginning of the war and to top it off scientists have warned that there is…
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Nazi chat rooms and hitler Birthday celebrations… News Letter #2 preview.
My News Letters are only sent to my subscribers… I was set on a task from the newsroom I had my placement with last November, to find and collect as many drug dealer business cards as I could in Manchester. Previously to this I was on one of my midnight walks home from a party…
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