It was a swift, brutal, and calculated campaign — just three months after starting their offensive against western-backed and trained security forces, the Taliban have seized control of Afghanistan. Beverley O’Connor leads this special edition of The World, speaking with a former refugee, a journalist who fled Afghanistan just before the Taliban stormed the capital, and a leading analyst on the wider security implications of this dizzying takeover.
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