{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/6a2ad76690aa100df90a5f28?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Taliban 2.0: Inside Afghanistan’s new hardline regime","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/1fe26e0e1f4fa0eb85148093b145a9b5.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The overnight Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 shocked the world. But who is behind the hardline regime running the country? After 20 years of insurgency against the US-backed government in Kabul, how have they changed since they were last in power? Doomsday Watch host Arthur Snell is joined by <strong>Hassan Abbas</strong>, author of <a href=\"https://yalebooks.co.uk/page/detail/the-return-of-the-taliban/?k=9780300267884\">The Return of the Taliban Afghanistan after the Americans Left</a>, to explore the factions vying for power and which international countries have their eyes on Afghanistan. </p><p><br></p><ul>\n<li><em>“The US were spending billions of dollars on a state-building project.”</em></li>\n<li><em>“The Taliban are not one ‘thing’ but many different factions.”</em></li>\n<li><em>“The Pakistani military has influence over the Old Guard in Afghanistan.”</em></li>\n</ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast\"><strong><em>www.patreon.com/bunkercast</em></strong></a><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Written and presented by Arthur Snell. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. <strong>THE BUNKER</strong> is a Podmasters Production.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bunker_pod/\"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong> |</strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/bunker_pod\"><strong> Twitter</strong></a></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices\">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>","author_name":"Podmasters"}