Asfandyar Mir on the Taliban Harboring al-Qaida Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

August 10, 2022 00:08:03
Asfandyar Mir on the Taliban Harboring al-Qaida Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
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Asfandyar Mir on the Taliban Harboring al-Qaida Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Aug 10 2022 | 00:08:03

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Show Notes

The 2020 Doha Agreement was meant to force the Taliban to "think twice" before harboring terror groups. But Ayman al-Zawahiri's killing in Kabul shows the deal was "just a piece of paper for the Taliban. They had no qualms about once again hosting the main leader of al-Qaida," says USIP's Asfandyar Mir.

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