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Episode: The geopolitics behind the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan | In Focus
Description: The return of the Taliban and the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan has raised a lot of new questions. We’ve discussed some of them in different InFocus podcasts over the past week. We’ve looked at why the Afghan army almost melted away, what the Taliban’s likely course of action is going to be, what are India’s options in Afghanistan now, especially the nature of the relationship with a Taliban-controlled regime.One of the things we haven’t covered so far is the geo-political ramifications of the American withdrawal. The exit of a superpower...