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Taliban advances: What now for Afghanistan?

04/07/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Taliban advances: What now for Afghanistan?

Intense fighting between Taliban and Afghan government forces continue across the country

Intense fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces continue across the country.

As NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan and Taliban advance towards Kabul, we'll ask a former Afghan Deputy Minister of Defence what will become of the country?

Former European Council president Donald Tusk returns to front line politics in Poland as leader of the opposition

Also, the life and times of the Indian musician, Ravi Shankar

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Colleen Graffy, former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and law professor at Pepperdine University's Caruso Law School in the US; and Nigar Goksel, Turkey project director for the International Crisis Group - an independent conflict prevention organisation. 

(Image: Afghan scrap dealers buy items discarded by the US forces outside Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Credit: EPA)

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