A table on the Taliban
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28/07/2010
SHIRAZ MAHER
There is an interesting table produced by the New Republic symposium on Afghanistan giving an overview of what has – and hasn’t – changed since the Taliban were in power.
It makes for interesting reading.
Via Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic.
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