Is this a new Taliban?

23/08/2021 23 min

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Episode Synopsis

The Taliban insists it has changed. Afghanistan’s future hinges on whether that’s true.:Frenzied evacuations from Afghanistan continue as the U.S. scrambles to meet its Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw all troops. But it’s still unclear what the country will look like after that. Taliban leaders say they will refrain from retaliatory violence and respect women’s rights. Griff Witte, The Post’s former Kabul bureau chief, evaluates those promises.