Afghanistan Today: Majed El Shafie in Conversation with Waliullah Rahmani
Click the map above to read and see the BBC’s in-depth work: “Mapping the advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan"
OFWI’s Majed El Shafie met Waliullah Rahmani (Khabarnama News Agency) in Afghanistan years ago during an OFWI mission.
Afghanistan is back in the news with American troops pulling out of Afghanistan nearly 20 years after 9/11. The Taliban are responding with a counter-campaign to claim territory throughout the country.
They recently reconnected, with Majed in Toronto and Waliullah in Kabul, over Zoom to explore the situation on the ground in Afghanistan today:
What is happening in Afghanistan today?
What are the impacts on the ground of the US withdrawal?
What will women and other religious minorities have to cope with as the Taliban begin to control more areas?
How is the democracy movement within Afghanistan faring?
What actions can Western governments and NGOs take to build on the past 20 years of support for the region?