Welcome to the restless politics with me, Rory Stewart and me, Alistair Campbell.

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Now let's get on with today's podcast.

We're going to cover all sorts of stuff, elections in Kenya, Kyrgyz Starmer, finally laying

a mark down on the cost of living and the horrendous stabbing of Salman Rushdie, who I know

pretty well.

But Rory, I think we should start with one year on from the return of the Taliban to

power in Afghanistan.

Now, a lot has happened since then, but I just wondered, you know, you know, Afghanistan

very, very well.

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