It has been two years since the Taliban retook Afghanistan after twenty years of foreign military and security presence. Some thought that the group had softened its hardline fundamentalist approach, and that this was a sort of 'Taliban 2.0'. That wishful thinking has quickly been shown to be daft. Afghanistan under these religious zealots is again a terrorist haven. Borealis is joined by Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project to discuss these issues.
It has been two years since the Taliban retook Afghanistan after twenty years of foreign military and security presence. Some thought that the group had softened its hardline fundamentalist approach, and that this was a sort of 'Taliban 2.0'. That wishful thinking has quickly been shown to be daft. Afghanistan under these religious zealots is again a terrorist haven. Borealis is joined by Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project to discuss these issues.