Tag: Ambassador
Business of all, care of none? Ahmad Wali Massoud, Former Afghan Ambassador to the United Kingdom
For decades, Afghanistan has been everybody’s business and no one’s responsibility. Other powers, big and small, pursued their own agendas there, with little regard for the country’s customs or aspirations. But now that the Taliban has upended the status quo, the question of Afghanistan’s trajectory and what it portends for the region as a whole is more pressing than ever. …
Pakistan’s UN ambassador and Jimmy Dore on the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan (E1045)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, Munir Akram. He discusses India blocking Pakistan from joining the discussion at the UN Security Council between countries in the region over the Afghanistan crisis, the speed of the collapse of the Afghan government, Pakistan’s operations with regional countries to reach a political settlement in Afghanistan, Russia’s initiatives in the Afghan peace proces …
Afghanistan on the brink: The Taliban advance as a defeated US withdraws
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Afghanistan’s former ambassador to China, Prof. Janan Mosazai. He discusses the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is almost complete, the risk of state collapse and all-out civil war between The Taliban and the Afghan government, the significance of the Tehran Inter-Afghan Summit …
