
The Intelligence from The Economist
Leave in peace: Afghan-Taliban negotiations
Jun 24, 2020
Ben Farmer, a journalist specializing in Afghanistan for The Economist, teams up with Wendelin von Bredow, the European business and finance correspondent based in Berlin. They dive into the complexities of the Afghan-Taliban peace negotiations, highlighting the challenges of a U.S. withdrawal agreement and ongoing violence. The discussion also covers Wirecard's dramatic fall from grace amid a massive fraud scandal, and how national football victories can temporarily unify a nation, as seen in the Ivory Coast.
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