This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. forces. What is life in Afghanistan like right now, and where does the country go from here?
In this episode, Monica Hunter-Hart brings back a previous guest -- a woman secretly running a network of schools for girls -- to discuss the state of girls' education in Afghanistan. Then, Jack Stone Truitt interviews retired U.S. diplomat Annie Pforzheimer on what the international community can practically do to help Afghanistan. This episode of Asia Stream is hosted by Jack Stone Truitt and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart.
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Related to this episode:
Afghan women still facing difficulties, one year on, by Momoko Kidera
Taliban 2.0, one year on: Afghanistan withers under iron-fist rule, by Zia Ur Rehman