Your Shortcut to... the Taliban

Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 7 p.m.

This week the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Given the conditions in the country when they last ruled, there are huge concerns about what a Taliban-led Afghanistan will be like for the people who live there - and beyond. In this Squiz Shortcut, we talk through who the Taliban are and what they stand for, what life under the Taliban was like in the 1990s, how they have been able to regain control, and what Afghanistan might expect under the Taliban once again. Squiz recommends: Squiz Shortcut - Afghanistan The New York Times' The Daily podcast - 'The Fall of Afghanistan'   See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.