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Progress and Social Change in Afghanistan
Middle East Focus
English - November 16, 2017 17:00 - 19 minutes - 26.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsNews Government middleeast foreignpolicy internationalnews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The war in Afghanistan has dragged on for 16 years, appearing to many Americans to have no end in sight or positive outcome. However, as Defense Secretary James Mattis recently testified, “Violence and progress in Afghanistan continue to coexist.” What is that progress, and what does it mean for Afghans themselves? Saad Mohseni, chairman and CEO of Moby Media Group, and Ahmad Majidyar, director of MEI’s IranObserved project, join host Paul Salem to discuss the positive changes taking place in the country.