Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Laurie Taylor hears about the lives of Afghan migrants in Britain today. Also, what role did corruption play in the return of the Taliban?
Afghanistan: The lives of Afghans in Britain today and the role of corruption in the return of the Taliban. Laurie Taylor talks to Nichola Khan, Reader in Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Brighton, about her monumental study of Afghan migrants in Sussex, England, at a time when we are seeing a fresh wave of migration from their home country. Also, Sarah Chayes, former Senior Associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explores the role of political corruption in the renewed ascendency of the Taliban.
Producer: Jayne Egerton
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Guests and Further Reading
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan after the Taliban (Penguin Press)
Everybody Knows: Corruption in America (Hurst Publishers)
Nichola Khan, Reader in Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Brighton
Arc of the Journeyman: Afghan Migrants in England by Nichola Khan (Minnesota University Press)
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- Wed 6 Oct 202116:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 11 Oct 202100:15BBC Radio 4
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