Tag Archives: Ex-Afghan envoy blames Kabul’s ‘corrupt leadership’ for Taliban takeover

Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan’s first female ambassador to the United States who left her post in July, is clearly horrified by the Taliban takeover of her country. But she is not surprised. In an interview, Rahmani accused the former US-backed government in Kabul of a failure to lead the country and of widespread corruption that ultimately paved the way for the …

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