Afghanistan is the heart of asia. We need stability in that region to ensure global security. 20 years apparently wasn't enough for a country like afghanistan. Women are barred from travelling alone, fo they've been told what to wear. Thousands have lost their jobs, causing misery for families who are dependent on their incomes. When it comes to darkness there is no hope, nothing to live for. And we're going round in circle without understanding that afghanistan has no western troops. The taliban are now providing safe havens to the alcaida again.
One year ago the United States decided to withdraw from Afghanistan after two decades in the country. The Taliban, a militant Islamist group that ran most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, swept to power without much resistance from the Afghan army and captured Kabul on August 15 2021. The debacle left Western governments humiliated and ordinary Afghans afraid. What responsibility do countries like Britain and the United States have for the current crisis? To discuss these issues our host the journalist and broadcaster Manveen Rana is joined by Shabnam Nasimi, Policy Advisor to the U.K Home Office, BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, and Paul Mason, the journalist, writer and film-maker.
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