Taliban co-founder to set up government
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul for talks to establish a new government
Mullah Baradar鈥檚 arrives in Kabul after consultations in the southern city of Kandahar. There鈥檚 a promise of 鈥渋nclusive鈥 rule. But there鈥檚 never been any suggestion this is any more than an invitation to join an Islamic system dominated by the Taliban.
Also in the programme: People in Afghanistan are scared as banks remain shut for the seventh day and chaos continue in Kabul airport with people trying to flee; and President Joe Biden has again defended the US pull-out, we get a reaction from a former Commander of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan.
(Photo: Mullah Baradar Akhund, a senior official of the Taliban, during a video statement released on August 16, 2021. Credit: Reuters.)
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