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Hello, this is the Red Box podcast and I'm actually back after my two weeks of

gallivanting about leaving you in the very capable hands of Patrick McGuire. So I hope you

enjoyed everything that he had to bring you the last couple of weeks. Coming up on today's

episode then, this time last year, Afghanistan was on the brink. British troops and the American

troops pulling out as the country fell back into the hands of the Taliban after what 20-old

years. So what's it like there 12 months on? I've been speaking to Christina Lam, the award-winning

war correspondent who's incapable of reporting for the Sunday times to get a sense of whether or not

her fears for the country have been born out and what the future might hold, fascinating as

you with Christina coming up. Before that, as ever we kick off with our columnist panel, no

Libby Raichi today because Libby Pyrrhus is in for Mary at a foster bond time, it's a bit confusing.

So instead, we've got Raichi Raichi. Raich Silvesta joined by the new statesman's Rachel Cuniff.

Let's start with the politics of tax cuts, cost of living crisis, handouts and all of that.

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