Mapping Faultlines: Understanding the Taliban’s surge

In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, Newsclick’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the rapid advance of the Taliban which has now captured a majority of provincial capitals

August 15, 2021 by Newsclick

In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, Newsclick’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the rapid advance of the Taliban which has now captured a majority of provincial capitals. He talks about the increasing vulnerability of the Ashraf Ghani-led government and the role of regional powers.