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From Our Own Correspondent: Uncomfortable Truths

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14/11/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Uncomfortable Truths

Stories of tension and courage - from Syria, Afghanistan, Bahrain and Kosovo

The multiethnic force 'cobbled together' to fight IS in Syria; what young Afghans really want; why politics seem frozen in Bahrain; the industrial past of a tumbledown Kosovo town

Tales of communal tension - and individual courage - from around the world. In this edition:

Quentin Sommerville meets the multi-ethnic force "cobbled together" to fight so-called Islamic State in northeastern Syria;
Shaimaa Khalil asks young Afghans how they see their future - whether in Kabul or far away in Europe;
Frank Gardner causes a sharp intake of breath at a debate on politics in Bahrain by asking the unspeakable;
and Elizabeth Gowing minds her step on the streets of Kosovo, and journeys to the crumbling post-industrial town which once made manhole covers for all Yugoslavia.

Presented by Pascale Harter. 

Photo: Troops from the mixed Syrian Democratic Forces prepare to fire mortars on ISIL positions on the frontline on November 11, 2015 near Hasaka, in the autonomous region of Rojava, Syria. (John Moore/Getty Images)

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