Afghanistan - Is the Taliban in Control?

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The talibon are quite strong. Ah, they've captured a bunch of yous equipment. There's a huge prestige boost. They have all this support from pokestan. Ah, so there're going to be a very strong force in afghanistan. And afghanistan will probably know more stability than it's known for many years.

The attack outside the Kabul airport on Thursday was perpetrated by an extremist group that doesn't think the Taliban is extreme enough.

This episode was produced by Will Reid and Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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