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Now on Bbc News, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The taliban now have The afghanistan They fought forfor two decades, a country rid of american and nato troops, Theirs to bend to Their will. Or maybe its not as simple as that. Can The taliban afford to forego international aid and economic assistance . Do They need to build alliances both inside and outside The country . Well, my guest is omar zakhilwal, former afghan Finance Minister and recent interlocutor with The taliban. Does The future belong to The pragmatists or The zealots in afghanistan . Omar zakhilwal in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure. You made a remarkable decision just a couple of weeks ago as thousands and thousands of afghans were trying to flee The country as The taliban fighters swept into kabul. You decided to head back from safety in The united states. Why did you do that . Well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. There were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, people even
Do They need to build alliances both inside and outside The country . Well, my guest is omar zakhilwal, former afghan Finance Minister and recent interlocutor with The taliban. Does The future belong to The pragmatists or The zealots in afghanistan . Omar zakhilwal in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure. You made a remarkable decision just a couple of weeks ago as thousands and thousands of afghans were trying to flee The country as The taliban fighters swept into kabul. You decided to head back from safety in The united states. Why did you do that . Well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. There were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, people even hanging to The planes to just escape. And ijust Couldnt Bear to see that, i needed to return. First of all, be with our people, calm Them down, but secondly, wanted to engage with The taliban. They needed to assure The people that They should not be feared, The future should not look as bleak as people think, and that T
Now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. The taliban now have the afghanistan they fought forfor two decades, a country rid of american and nato troops, theirs to bend to their will. Or maybe it s not as simple as that. Can the taliban afford to forego international aid and economic assistance? do they need to build alliances both inside and outside the country? well, my guest is 0mar zakhilwal, former afghan finance minister and recent interlocutor with the taliban. Does the future belong to the pragmatists or the zealots in afghanistan? 0mar zakhilwal in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure. You made a remarkable decision just a couple of weeks ago as thousands and thousands of afghans were trying to flee the country as the taliban fighters swept into kabul. You decided to head back from safety in the united states. Why did you do that? well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. There were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, peop
Alliances both inside and outside the country? well, my guest is omar zakhilwal, former afghan finance minister and recent interlocutor with the taliban. Does the future belong to the pragmatists or the zealots in afghanistan? omar zakhilwal in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure. You made a remarkable decision just a couple of weeks ago as thousands and thousands of afghans were trying to flee the country as the taliban fighters swept into kabul. You decided to head back from safety in the united states. Why did you do that? well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. There were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, people even hanging to the planes to just escape. And ijust couldn t bear to see that, i needed to return. First of all, be with our people, calm them down, but secondly, wanted to engage with the taliban. They needed to assure the people that they should not be feared, the future should not look as bleak as people think, and that the taliban, no doubt, ha