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John Simpson ''The real problem is that the rank & file seem to be completely unreconstructed''

It's just over one month since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. John Simpson has been o...

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17.04 22 Sep 2021


John Simpson ''The real problem is that the rank & file seem to be completely unreconstructed''


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17.04 22 Sep 2021


It's just over one month since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan.

John Simpson has been on the Afghan border with Pakistan for the last couple of weeks, as he tries to find what is next for the now Taliban-run Afghanistan.

The US left the country on August 30th.

Presently in Pakistan,  the World Affairs Editor for the BBC, John Simpson, joined Kieran on the Hard Shoulder...

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