The UN in Afghanistan, Twenty Years Since the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, Black Sea Grain Initiative, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The UN Security Council decides whether to renew the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan; on its twentieth anniversary, Americans and Iraqis take stock of the U.S. invasion of Iraq; and the future of the Ukraine-Russia Black Sea Grain Initiative, a vital food export agreement, is decided. Mentioned on the Podcast Max Boot, “What the Neocons Got Wrong,” Foreign Affairs Peter Feaver, Christopher Gelpi, and Jason Reifler, “The Strange Case of Iraq Syndrome,” Foreign Affairs Sebastian Mallaby, “What the Silicon Valley Bank Bailout Teaches Us,” Washington Post For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/un-afghanistan-twenty-years-us-invasion-iraq-black-sea-grain-initiative-and-more

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0:00.0	In the coming week, the mandate for the UN mission in Afghanistan is up for renewal.
0:07.0	It's the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the fate of the Black Sea Grain Initiative hangs in the balance.
0:13.0	It's March 16, 2023 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:25.5	And I'm Carly Ann Robbins.
0:27.4	Well, Carla, let's start with Afghanistan.
0:29.6	Now, the UN has been involved in Afghanistan for decades, often as a lifeline.
0:34.9	And certainly, that has been a case over the ebb and flow of the Taliban's
0:39.2	sway in Afghanistan. The current mission, the UN mission, UN assistance mission in Afghanistan
0:44.3	got underway after the U.S. had ousted the Taliban at the end of 2001, so early 2002.
0:51.2	It's providing political and humanitarian support for the Afghan government and people.
0:55.5	That government is now Taliban-led again. So what sort of help can the UN provide Afghanistan
1:00.7	a disjuncture? So, you know, it's interesting, Bob, I don't know if it's compassion fatigue
1:05.4	or bandwidth overload with Ukraine, but it's remarkable how much this country's attention
1:10.1	has moved on from
1:10.9	Afghanistan. And there's been a debate over the renewal of the UN mission in Afghanistan, and it's a
1:16.3	reminder of how much Afghans, especially women and girls, need international help and how no one
1:21.9	seems to have to have figured out how to get the Taliban a ratchet back their really repressive
1:26.3	policies. And since the Americans left and the Taliban a ratchet back their really repressive policies.
1:32.1	And since the Americans left and the Taliban returned to power, girls have been barred from schools above the primary level.
1:35.1	Women's rights to work and travel outside their home have been severely restricted.
1:39.1	They've even been banned from using parks and gyms and bathhouses.
1:42.9	And in late December, the Taliban barred women
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