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Oct 2021
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Adela Raz, Afghanistan's Ambassador to t...

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Adela Raz, still officially Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States, though the Taliban disowns her and the Americans ignore her. In the face of a looming humanitarian catastrophe is it time for the outside world to come to terms with Afghanistan’s new rulers?

(Photo: Adela Raz appears via videolink on Hardtalk)

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