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Dexter Filkins on the Fall of Afghanistan

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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The Talean Leadership in Doho

How different is the talaban now that it was 20 years ago when we were seeing executions and football stadiums andnd all kinds of brutality? I spent a lot of time with the current talean leadership in doho during the pieace talks. And there just isn't a lot of evidence that theyve that they've changed their stripes. To me, this is the greatest tragedy of all. You know, the united states failed in so many realms in that country and in so many of its objectives. But the one area that it really succeeded was, was in liberating women and in educating girls - which i think might be hopedful.

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