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Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures after the La Libertad Avanza party won the midterm election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 26, 2025.

What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Milei sticks to his guns, Putin gets ready to test, Central Asia comes to Washington

Taliban 2.0: Afghanistan on the Brink (US AWOL)

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Taliban 2.0: Afghanistan on the Brink (US AWOL)

Few people know more about the Taliban than journalist and author Ahmed Rashid, who wrote the book on the group — literally. In the months after 9/11, his critically acclaimed 2000 study Taliban became a go-to reference as the US geared up to invade Afghanistan and knock the militant group from power. Now, twenty years later, with the US out of Afghanistan and the Taliban back in charge, Ian Bremmer sat down with Rashid to learn more about the Taliban today.