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Afghanistan: aid agencies are staying

Afghanistan: aid agencies are staying

FromInside Geneva


Afghanistan: aid agencies are staying

FromInside Geneva

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The troops have left Afghanistan but aid agencies say they’re staying. How will that work, with the Taliban back in control?Join host Imogen Foulkes and regular analyst Daniel Warner who are joined by Marie Lequin of Geneva Call, an NGO that works to protect civilians caught up in armed conflicts, Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, and Irwin Loy, Asia Editor of The New Humanitarian, a non-profit newsroom that reports from conflict and crisis-hit areas. "The Taliban has had a game plan, they know how aid agencies operate, they know that they need a certain level of aid to continue," says Loy. Listen in to hear more. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review.
Released:
Aug 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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A podcast from SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual international public service media company from Switzerland, where Imogen Foulkes puts big questions facing the world to the experts working to tackle them in Switzerland’s international city.