Amanpour: Gaisu Yari, Orzala Nemat, Timothy Snyder, Jeff Orlowski & Tristan Harris

Amanpour

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🗓️ 13 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In an unexpected turn of events, talks between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Taliban, and the Afghan government will soon take place. Commission of Afghanistan’s Civil Service Commission, Gaisu Yari, and Director of the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Orzala Nemat, join Christiane Amanpour to asses how women’s rights might be affected. Timothy Snyder, author of “Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary,” discusses his near-death experience and America’s healthcare system. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Director Jeff Orlowski and Tristan Harris, President & Co-founder of Center for Humane Technology, about their new Netflix docu-drama, “The Social Dilemma.” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was a tragic day that killed almost 3,000 Americans and yet that figure is now dwarfed by more than 190,000 killed this year by COVID. It was a day that launched America and its
0:26.1	allies into Afghanistan where 9-11 was planned and plotted to take down Al-Qaeda
0:31.9	and the Taliban.
0:33.0	And now this year, the US is trying to end what became its longest war ever.
0:38.0	Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is spending this anniversary trying to nail down a peace deal between the Afghan government
0:45.6	and the Taliban. Even before 9-11, the Taliban was known for its harsh abusive treatment of Afghan
0:52.4	women, and it is the women who today its harsh abusive treatment of Afghan women.
0:53.5	And it is the women who today have the most to lose after 19 years of fighting and winning
0:59.5	many rights.
1:01.3	Joining me now are two Afghan women who refuse to go backwards.
1:05.4	From London Dr. Orsala Naimat, an Afghan activist and scholar and from Kabul, Ghesu
1:11.3	Yari.
1:12.3	She's a commissioner for Afghanistan Civil Service Commission.
1:15.2	Ladies, welcome both to the program and it's really important to talk to you because, as I say,
1:21.1	most of what people ever knew about Afghanistan was about women.
1:25.9	So tell me Ghesu from Kabul.
1:29.1	Tell me what was happening to you.
1:31.6	Do you remember this day 9-11, 19 years ago?
1:35.0	Where were you?
1:36.0	What was going on then?
1:37.0	Kristen, thank you very much for having me.
1:42.0	It is not sure if I totally remember what happened
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