in our interview, imran khan clearly didn t want to seem to be too close to the taliban, but he was careful not to be too critical of them either, over the question of the rights of afghan women, for instance. the women are very strong. i feel, give them time. they will assert their rights. how much time? years? a year, two years, three years. three years? but at the moment, john, it s just too early to say anything, because it has barely been a month. after 20 years of civil war, they have come back into power. the taliban the word just means islamic students originally owed their existence as a movement to religious schools in pakistan like this one, the zuberia in peshawar, where they were recruited and radicalised. the main teacher, sheikh
the women are very strong. i feel, give them time. they will assert their rights. how much time? years? a year, two years, three years. three years? but at the moment, john, it s just too early to say anything, because it has barely been a month. after 20 years of civil war, they have come back into power. the taliban the word just means islamic students originally owed their existence as a movement to religious schools in pakistan like this one, the zuberia in peshawar, where they were recruited and radicalised. the main teacher, sheikh rahimullah, even helped the taliban to distribute the weapons they captured from american soldiers. the previous taliban government didn t understand the system, he says.
they have come back into power. the taliban the word just means islamic students originally owed their existence as a movement to religious schools in pakistan like this one, the zuberia in peshawar, where they were recruited and radicalised. the main teacher, sheikh rahimullah, even helped the taliban to distribute the weapons they captured from american soldiers. the previous taliban government didn t understand the system, he says. this time, they do understand politics and international relations. they re not as harsh now as they were before. the new taliban leaders in afghanistan are certainly trying to give the outside world the impression that they ve changed. imran khan hopes they have. it s very encouraging. they have said they will have an inclusive government. they have said that women can
i feel, give them time. they will assert their rights. how much time? years? a year, two years, three years. three years? but at the moment, john, it s just too early to say anything, because it has barely been a month. after 20 years of civil war, they have come back into power. the taliban the word just means islamic students originally owed their existence as a movement to religious schools in pakistan like this one, the zuberia in peshawar, where they were recruited and radicalised. the main teacher, sheikh rahimullah, even helped the taliban to distribute the weapons they captured from american soldiers. the previous taliban government didn t understand the system, he says. this time, they do understand politics and international relations.
a year, two years, three years. three years? but at the moment, john, it s just too early to say anything. because it has barely been a month. after 20 years of civil war, they have come back into power. the taliban the word just means islamic students originally owed their existence as a movement to religious schools in pakistan like this one, the zuberia in peshawar, where they were recruited and radicalised. the main teacher, sheikh rahimullah, even helped the taliban to distribute the weapons they captured from american soldiers. the previous taliban government did not understand the system, he says. this time they do understand politics and international relations. they are not as harsh now as they were before. the new taliban leaders in afghanistan are certainly trying to give the outside world