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May 2022
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Karzai: Afghanistan "doomed" unless wome...

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In today's Amanpour, recorded live from Kabul, Christiane opens the show by interviewing former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. He tells her that his country is doomed if women are not part of its future. Then, UN special envoy to Afghanistan Deborah Lyons, who's had more meetings with the Taliban than any other western official, weighs in. 

Also in today's show: DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison, New Order's Stephen Morris and Bernie Sumner.

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