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The risks of reporting the new Taliban regime

How dangerous is it for the BBC to report from Afghanistan with journalists targeted? Plus it had 1,000 entries from listeners, we hear about an International Podcast competition.

How dangerous is it for the BBC to report from Afghanistan with the Taliban targeting journalists? We ask the controller of World Service English, Mary Hockaday, what happens next for its teams on the ground. Plus, we hear about the BBC World Service's first International Podcast competition, which had over 1,000 entries from listeners. Namulanta Kombo from Kenya wowed the judges with her entry To My Daughter.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon

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Mon 6 Sep 2021 02:50GMT
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    BBC World Service except East Asia & South Asia

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