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Who's Afraid of the Taliban? with Ahmed-Waleed Kakar

The Thinking Muslim

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The US Is Punishing the Taliban and Punishing Afghanistan for Its Defeat

The US doesn't recognize the Afghan government. With Hodes aid, it has levied punitive economic sanctions in the country. Is this a punishment you've built from the US? I feel, yes, absolutely, there is a spirit of punitive sanctions being levied against Afghanistan. But at the same time, some level of engagement is needed with respect to alleviating or grip-feeding Afghanistan aid so that it doesn't fall into famine.

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