Return of the Taliban
Yalda Hakim travelled to Afghanistan in the weeks before the country fell to the Taliban. What is at stake for the Afghans who are now in their first weeks under Taliban rule?
Yalda Hakim travelled to Afghanistan in the weeks before the country fell to the Taliban. In the country of her birth, Yalda talks extensively to a Taliban commander from the front line, as well as to the leadership in Doha. They claim they have changed and have regrets about their actions in the past, but who are the Taliban in 2021 and are they planning a return to the brutal regime of the 90s? And she meets with the then Vice President Amrullah Saleh who is adamant he would never surrender to the Taliban. Yalda asks what is at stake for the Afghans who are now in their first weeks under Taliban rule.
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