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Shaharzad Akbar: How should the world respond to Afghanistan's crisis?

Stephen Sackur speaks to exiled Afghan human rights campaigner Shaharzad Akbar. Given the scale of poverty and repression in Afghanistan, what is the right international response?

Stephen Sackur speaks to exiled Afghan human rights campaigner Shaharzad Akbar. She is focused on the fight to end what she calls the Taliban’s gender apartheid. Given the scale of poverty and repression in Afghanistan, what is the right international response?

(Photo: Shaharzad Akbar in the Hardtalk Studio)

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