Brent Hierman
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Political Science, Central Asia, Land Reform, Political Economy
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3/ Halimi initially wonders if Musk’s accusation is an April Fool’s joke. After all, the decades of work he had done consulting for U.S. diplomats wasn’t in service of the Taliban; it was the opposite.
Little did he know his nightmare was just beginning.
Little did he know his nightmare was just beginning.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
3/ Halimi initially wonders if Musk’s accusation is an April Fool’s joke. After all, the decades of work he had done consulting for U.S. diplomats wasn’t in service of the Taliban; it was the opposite.
Little did he know his nightmare was just beginning.
Little did he know his nightmare was just beginning.
I see that now. Still short sighted, but glad that for the moment alternative means (such as FLAS) still exist
February 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I see that now. Still short sighted, but glad that for the moment alternative means (such as FLAS) still exist