FRONTLINE Presses Taliban Officials About Conditions in Afghanistan | America and the Taliban

two days after their Victory the Taliban held their first press conference they promised they would not allow militant groups like Al Qaeda to operate from Afghanistan Chief government spokesman zabiola mujahid also made new promises to the women of Afghanistan um why should the United States trust you foreign [Music] over the last 18 months I have come to Afghanistan to meet and interview numerous Taliban officials many have never spoken before this is the story of how they won the warehouse foreign this is also the story of how America's defeat became inevitable a story rooted in two decades of mistakes miscalculations and hubris proms have been festering for 20 years my concern is that people won't look at what were the real underlying issues that allowed it to collapse so spectacularly I traveled the length of the country what I saw was people struggling to shake off Decades of conflict War widows begged in the middle of traffic often with their children on their laps yes this is our malnutrition Department childhood malnutrition clinics were packed this is a 180-bit pediatric board but today there were 243 patients jobs were scarce most people we speak to on the streets don't have jobs the health care is weak you have social problems with women not agreeing with Taliban restrictions how do you answer all this is

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Length: 3min 4sec (184 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 04 2023