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The Intelligence from The Economist

The terror of their ways: Kabul and global jihadism

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

The suicide-bombings that have killed scores of people signal how the Taliban will struggle to rule Afghanistan; meanwhile the rest of the world’s jihadist outfits are drawing lessons from the chaos. The swift reversal of an explicit-content ban by OnlyFans, a subscription platform, reveals a growing tension between pornography producers and payment processors. And the many merits of 3D-printed homes.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

0:09.0

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:17.5

The subscription platform only fans imposed a ban on sexually explicit content and then

0:23.3

suddenly walked it back. What's behind the flip-flop? A growing tension between firms

0:28.6

that deal in the pornographic and those that handle the payments.

0:33.2

And you can get just about anything 3D printed these days, even houses. It's not just a gimmick,

0:39.7

the layer by layer construction method saves time and money and promises to have far better

0:45.4

environmental credentials in the old fashioned way.

0:49.9

But first, the message from intelligence services was clear and specific. Expect an attack

1:06.3

at the Kabul airport by a branch of the Islamic State Terror Group. Thursday afternoon,

1:16.8

two suicide bombings, one at a gate outside the airport and a second at a hotel nearby,

1:24.3

ripped through crowds who'd thronged to the only real way out of Afghanistan.

1:28.9

The attack on the Abbey Gate was followed by a number of ISIS gunmen who opened fire

1:32.8

on civilians and military forces. We believe it is their desire to continue those attacks

1:37.4

and we expect those attacks to continue.

1:39.6

More than 90 people, mostly Afghan civilians, died in the explosions according to some reports.

1:46.0

Their team were American service members, the first to die in combat in the country

1:50.6

in a year and a half.

1:52.0

These American service members who gave their lives to overuse word but is totally appropriate

1:58.8

they were heroes. Heroes who've been engaged in a dangerous selfless mission to save the

2:06.8

lives of others.

2:08.7

Meanwhile, that mission continues, but time to evacuate foreigners and fleeing Afghans

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