The world's focus on afghanistan has long faded, i asked him if the afghan people felt forgotten. Ali kept coming back to this idea when we spoke, and it kind of surprised me. He wasn't totally outraged by talibon rule; he wasn't calling for a new regime. The taliban government, to him, was the most violable one at this time. Ramp is a corporate card and financial softwar suite designed to help you save time and money.
The US froze billions in Afghanistan’s central bank reserves when the Taliban took control. Now it’s wrestling with how to trust the Taliban with the Afghan people’s money.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin with help from Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Victoria Dominguez and Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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