Afghanistan - What Is the Leverage That the United States Really Has Here?

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Hosna Jalil is a former official in the Afghan government. She says she's optimistic for two or three primary reasons. Even if Taliban have not changed in their ideological sense, Afghanistan has changed. On social media, every day we are hearing from local Afghans who are getting us these small clips and this is Afghan Diaspora, which is very active as well. They all want a different Afghanistan.

When the Taliban took power, it promised a place for women in its new Afghanistan. Now, hardliners are embracing policies that do the opposite.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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