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Business Matters: Joe Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory

Economic challenges facing Afghanistan after US withdrawal

01/09/2021 GMT

Joe Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Joe Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory

Staying longer was not an option, Mr Biden said in an address to the nation

President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan - a move which led to Taliban militants returning to power. Also in the programme, Dan Cooper of tech site Engadget explains the significance of a new South Korean law requiring app stores such as those of Google and Apple to allow alternative payment methods. US climate envoy John Kerry flies to China for high-level talks ahead of COP26.The BBC's Rahul Tandon explores an increase in underaged girls in India being married off, which is linked to the pandemic and school closures. And Variety entertainment reporter Gene Maudaus explains why Tom Cruise and his Mission Impossible producers, are taking on the insurance industry. 

All through the show we'll be joined by Samson Ellis, Bloomberg's Taipei bureau chief, and Ann Dwyer, editor of Crain’s Chicago Business.


(Image: Women shop in Kabul market, Credit: Hoshang Hashimi/Getty)

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