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Saturday, May 6, 2017
Inside Afghanistan; Ben Anderson Senior Producer and Correspondent, VICE on HBO
Author, No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle. The Taliban now control more territory than they have at any point since they were overthrown in 2001. Yet the war in Afghanistan barely gets mentioned today, even as civilian and security deaths continue to rise. VICE correspondent Ben Anderson returns to the conflict he's covered for 10 years, reuniting with several Afghans — an Army Major, a Policeman who dismantles IEDs and a family who were forced to fight to defend their home