Professor Abbas: The expectation was that the relatively moderate elements or pragmatic elements, would have an upper hand. He says it was former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani who disrupted the whole plan. Professor Abbas blames hardliners in Taliban as well as those who were supposed to fight and take a stand against them.
When the Taliban took power, it promised a place for women in its new Afghanistan. Now, hardliners are embracing policies that do the opposite.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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