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Simpson in Afghanistan

The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson reports from Afghanistan, still at war eight years after the American-led intervention in 2001, and looks at how things have gone wrong.

The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson has been travelling to Afghanistan for nearly 30 years. He has seen Soviet occupation, Soviet withdrawal, civil war, Taliban takeover and Taliban defeat. Now, he reports from a country still at war eight years after the American-led intervention in 2001, and asks how things went wrong.

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30 minutes

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Thu 10 Sep 200921:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Thu 10 Sep 200909:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 10 Sep 200921:30
    BBC Radio 4