Afghanistan: Have the Taliban Changed?
The Taliban in the Afghan Presidential Palace this Sunday, August 15, in Kabul.
Religious fundamentalists took the palace after President Ashraf Ghani fled.
AP - Zabi Karimi
By: Chantal Lorho Follow
2 min
20 years after being ousted from power by the Americans, the Taliban are once again masters of Afghanistan.
On August 15, 2021, the whole world followed in astonishment the entry of Islamist fighters into Kabul abandoned by the Afghan army.
A snub for the United States and NATO, whose troops were to withdraw from the country by the end of the month.
A lightning victory that caused a wave of panic to blow over the Afghan capital.
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As foreign embassies began to urgently evacuate their nationals, thousands of Afghans stormed the airport, invaded the tarmac, even clinging to the landing gear of planes with one idea in mind: leave at all costs ....
Has the Taliban changed since 2001?
What concessions are they prepared to make to gain international legitimacy?
Will they apply Islamic law less rigorously?
How can their return to power upset the regional scene?
Can Afghanistan once again become a sanctuary for international terrorism?
Guests:
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Romain Malejacq,
Professor of Political Science at the University of Radboud in the Netherlands, author of "
The delusion of State Building in Afghanistan
" at Cornell University Press
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Régis Le Sommier,
Grand reporter, author of a documentary filmed in July in Afghanistan “
In the heart of the Taliban”
.
A documentary
that will be broadcast on August 25, 2021 on Canal Plus
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Marc Hecker,
research director at IFRI and author, with Elie Tenenbaum of “
The Twenty Years War.
Jihadism and Counterterrorism in the 21st Century
”from Robert Laffont.
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