i think the speed as i mean that there's just a heavy that there's a a big chunk of this is just a kind of shockye. The emotions, i suppose, are particularly raw, because i was just there right at the end of this process and saw some of these people. And lett gos, without saying that, my feelings are trivial and irrelevant compared to a what afghons are going through.
Twenty years after the Twin Towers were brought down, FT Weekend podcast host Lilah Raptopoulos explores where 9/11 sits in our memories. The FT’s New York correspondent Joshua Chaffin introduces us to billionaire developer Larry Silverstein, who bought the World Trade Center in July of 2001 and had to rebuild on the site of a tragedy. How do spaces change in meaning over time? The FT’s former Kabul correspondent Jon Boone introduces us to the “New Afghanistan” generation, what they were promised, and what was lost. Plus: we hear from a woman who fled the Taliban and is now waiting in limbo in Albania, suddenly a refugee.
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Links from the episode:
Josh Chaffin on Larry Silverstein: https://www.ft.com/content/f38a5067-58d1-491f-902f-568abcdd8a84#comments-anchor
Jon Boone on The Last Days of the New Afghanistan: https://www.ft.com/content/4a276093-cf85-4da7-9093-6af6443bb53a
Sound design and mixing is by Breen Turner, with original music by Metaphor Music.
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