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Taking a Stand

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Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand

Fergal Keane talks to individuals who through conviction or circumstance have been forced to take a stand for what they believe in

Taking a Stand: 26/01/2010

26/01/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Taking a Stand, 26/01/2010

Fergal Keane talks to Michael Semple whose ideas saw him expelled from Afghanistan.

Fergal Keane talks to Michael Semple whose ideas for drawing moderate Taliban back into society saw him expelled from Afghanistan.

Fergal Keane talks to Micheal Semple, a former EU official, who had spent most of career working to bring peace to Afghanistan. But in 2007, while working on a plan to integrate moderate Taliban back into society, he found himself expelled from the country on the orders of the president. He was accused of being a spy and a Taliban supporter.

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