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i am live. a profound and for many painful changes over the last year. i am alive in the spiritual heartland of the taliban where there power still resides. we will have guests in kabul and the united welcome to this special programme the fall of kabul: one year on. 12 months ago the taliban took control of the the capital of afghanistan kabul. the western backed government collapsed and the world watched in disbelief. it came in the weeks leading up to the 15th of august the taliban advanced rapidly across the country, seizing province after province as afghanistan s military collapsed. their victory, the chaotic evacuation of afghans and foreigners the images of desperate afghans clinging to a us military plane taking off from kabul airport was a moment of reckoning for the west. in the next hour we ll look at what was promised by taliban leaders 12 months ago and the state of afghanistan now. first lets look back at these pictures from a year ago which shocke ....
Ago which shocked the world. many western backed afghan government leaders had already fled, while thousands of afghan citizens and foreigners fearing taliban rule scrambled to find room on flights out of the country. in the months after the taliban took power all aspects of life in the country started to slide towards collapse. there were food shortages, energy supply problems and with the approaching winter a looming i returned to afghanistan in late 2021 and saw for myself the impact especially on the youngest of victims childtren. when i visited paedeatric wards at a hospital in kabul there i saw badly malnourished children with their mothers who had little hope for the future. here s what i saw. ....