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Aug 2021
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The deal that set the stage for a Taliba...

THE TIMES
About this episode

Every Monday this August, we're looking back at some of the stories from the past year that have stuck with us.

With the Taliban now in control of Afghanistan, we return to the agreement between the US and the Taliban last February that sowed the seeds for what followed. Today we revisit a prescient May 2020 conversation with Times foreign correspondent Anthony Loyd, and our August 2020 interview with Afghanistan's recently deposed president.

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Guests: 

- Anthony Loyd, foreign correspondent, The Times. 

- Ashraf Ghani, former president of Afghanistan, 2014-2021.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Channel 4 News, BBC, CNN.


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