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The Lessons Of Afghanistan — William Dalrymple

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Importance of Freedom in Afghanistan

In a 2013 Pew poll, 99% of Afghans favor-making Sharia as the official law. But there was no appetite for justice in Afghanistan according to Willie Wallace. Freedom and democracy are not incompatible with Islamic law or religious conservatism. The Taliban's poetry is an interesting insight into what they fear - but how long will it last?

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