Nicola Gordon-Smith

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‘It is the responsibility of the international community to make sure that Afghans .. are connected through adequate access to the internet.’ Taliban flags are flown above in a town in a remote region of Afghanistan, in February 2023. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

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Western officials like me watched in despair two years ago on this day when the Taliban dramatically seized back control of Afghanistan, 20 years after the US-led invasion, toppling their regime in Kabul.

The Afghan people, especially women and girls, faced the new and grim reality of their lives dictated by ideologues and the deprivation of hard won freedoms during the two decades of west-backed fragile democracy. Documentaries detailing those dramatic days of the August 2021 fall of Kabul to the Taliban will soon be playing on our screens, bringing those shocking events back to the front of our minds.

I will find those images hard to watch.…  Seguir leyendo »