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7. The doctor

Living with the Taliban - the female doctor who celebrated the Taliban takeover in Kabul. Gynaecologist, former MP, Dr Roshanak Wardak says they've brought an end to years of war

Living with the Taliban - the female doctor who celebrated the Taliban takeover in Kabul. Gynaecologist, ex MP, former refugee, Dr Roshanak Wardak welcomes the end of years of war which she says the Taliban's return to power has brought. War is the worst thing, she tells Lyse Doucet. But there is one important issue where she says the Taliban can’t be trusted – their assurances over the education of girls. She warns that uneducated women have uneducated children and Afghanistan will have no future without education for everyone.

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Sat 16 Oct 2021 01:32GMT

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