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Radio 4,15 Mar 2012,45 mins

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The Taliban says it no longer wants to talk to the Americans - what hope is left for our mission in Afghanistan? A year after the start of the Syrian uprising, is the Assad government gaining the upper hand? And Salafist choir that bans musical instruments. With Robin Lustig.

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