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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media.
Then the Taliban Took His Family.
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After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.

They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-musk-mohammad-halimi-institute-peace-taliban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-22

ProPublica

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.S.-funded nonprofit.

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