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Afghanistan: Afghan migrants in Britain. Also, the return of the Taliban.

Afghanistan:  Laurie Taylor hears about the lives of Afghan migrants in Britain today. Also, what role did corruption play  in the return of the Taliban?

Afghanistan: The lives of Afghans in Britain today and the role of corruption in the return of the Taliban. Laurie Taylor talks to Nichola Khan, Reader in Anthropology and Psychology at the University of  Brighton, about her monumental study of Afghan migrants in Sussex, England, at a time when we are seeing a  fresh wave of migration from their home country. Also, Sarah Chayes, former Senior Associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explores the  role of political corruption in the renewed ascendency of the Taliban. 

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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