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EPISODE · Dec 9, 2021 · 29 MIN

Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?

from The Briefing Room · host BBC Radio 4

From insurgency to government - the challenges for the Taliban and the West.Four months ago the Taliban stunned the world - maybe even themselves - when they entered Kabul and took power in Afghanistan. Since then they have had to move from 20 years of fighting to setting up a central government. That has not proven easy. In the meantime the people of Afghanistan are suffering food shortages and an economic crisis. So what is going on and what might happen next?Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room:Secunder Kermani, BBC Pakistan & Afghanistan correspondentDr. Mike Martin, visiting fellow in the War Studies department, King's College London.Laurel Miller, director of the International Crisis Group’s Asia programme.Ahmed Rashid, journalist and author.Ashley Jackson, co-director of the Centre for the Study of Armed Groups at the global affairs think tank ODI.Producers: John Murphy, Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight Studio Manager: Graham Puddifoot Editor: Richard VadonImage: Boy in Balkh camp, Afghanistan 13th November 2021. Credit: Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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