In at the moment’s episode, we chat with our Worldwide Editor about the place this leaves the West’s standing as defenders of freedom and liberty, and we ask, what was the purpose of the final 20 years of bloodshed?
Afghanistan is as soon as once more below the management of the Taliban, 20 years after the US Military and its allies compelled them into retreat. When Joe Biden introduced the withdrawal of US troops, there have been instantly issues that this might all occur. And but nobody foresaw the stunning ease at which Taliban forces swept by way of the nation, taking metropolis after metropolis, and ultimately the capital Kabul.
We’ve been right here earlier than: when the Russians left in 1989, the Soviet-backed regime lasted only a few years. This time, the American-backed administration lasted mere weeks. Why was it really easy for the Taliban to regain management? And is that this actually a new-look Taliban – or is the long run nonetheless simply as bleak for the ladies and women of Afghanistan?
In at the moment’s episode, we as soon as once more chat with our worldwide editor Lindsey Hilsum about the place this leaves the West’s standing as defenders of freedom and liberty, and we ask, what was the purpose of the final 20 years of bloodshed?
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