How the 20-year war changed Afghanistan | FT Film

An Afghan photojournalist, former politician, young musician, Nato interpreter, female filmmaker, and a student whose mother was assassinated, reveal the impact of war... as US troops pull out and the Taliban gains ground 

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China and Russia poised to step into the Afghanistan gap

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