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Return of the Taliban, Episode 2
In the second part of this two-part series Yalda Hakim travels to the country of her birth, Afghanistan, where she gets unprecedented access to the Taliban.
In the second part of this two-part series Yalda Hakim travels to the country of her birth, Afghanistan, where she gets unprecedented access to the Taliban. She meets with a frontline commander from Helmand Province as well as the Taliban leadership in Doha, learning about their plans for ruling the country after the Americans leave. They claim they have changed and want to work with the Government, but who are the Taliban in 2021 and are they planning a return to the brutal regime of the 90s?
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