EP.853: The Woman Who Negotiated Women’s Rights with Afghanistan’s Taliban (Fawzia Koofi)

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Hammad Azhar. He discusses his country’s economic crisis, why Pakistan is turning to the IMF despite an arguable history of impoverishment for developing countries which turn to the IMF, balancing relations between China and the United States, alleged ties between Pakistan’s ISI and the Taliban, growing tensions with Modi’s government in India and more! Finally, we speak to the Vice President of Afghanistan’s National Assembly Fawzia Koofi about her experience helping negotiate women’s rights with the Taliban, why she chose to overcome personal difficulties with the Taliban, the imposition of the Burqa in Afghanistan by the Taliban, the recently-negotiated US-Taliban peace deal and more!