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

The Thinking Muslim

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The Afghanistan of the Past Four Decades

Ahmed Fiverr-Mijalal is an analyst specializing in Afghan political history. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of the Afghan Eye, an independent media platform offering English language analysis of Afghan affairs. Ahmed: When we watch the news, we see Afghanistan to be portrayed as a third world country with mud huts and children playing barefooted in the streets. "The Afghanistan that I know is one that picked honor and poverty over prosperity and enslavement," he says.

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