#42 - The Afghanistan Withdrawal: A Reckoning with Consequences
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This episode examines the consequences of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact on the country and its people.
Was withdrawing from Afghanistan the right call? Episode 42 confronts one of the most consequential foreign policy decisions in modern history—examining the arguments for and against the 2021 U.S. withdrawal, the Taliban's swift takeover, the devastating humanitarian crisis including gender apartheid and economic collapse, the 5.4 million returned refugees, the resilience of underground schools run by Afghan women, and what the international community owes to the Afghan people after twenty years of intervention and two trillion dollars spent. #afghanistan #afghanistanwithdrawal #taliban #womensrights #humanrights #genderapartheid #undergroundschools #refugees #humanitariancrisis #usforeignpolicy #nationbuilding #waronterror #afghanwomen #civilsociety #moralobligation #geopolitics #diplomacyanddiscourse #episode42
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