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​Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh attend an official welcoming ceremony in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Sept. 3, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Putin visits Mongolia, France hears horror case, Deadly Kabul blast, Half a million for a rager, Japan tries to kick back, Guyana makes record blow bust

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra attends a press conference at the Pheu Thai party headquarters after the royal endorsement ceremony. Paetongtarn Shinawatra become the 31th Prime Minister and the second female Prime Minister of Thailand after her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra.
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Hard Numbers: New PM in Bangkok, New elections in Kashmir, New copper in Afghanistan, New kidnappings in Nigeria, New fines for X in Brazil

Jihadists, liberators, or administrators of Afghanistan? The Taliban respond.
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Jihadists, liberators, or administrators of Afghanistan? The Taliban respond.

Where does the regime stand on the anniversary of its return to power and the US withdrawal? We interviewed the Taliban's international spokesman.

What We're Watching: Erdogan's diplomacy, carnage at Kabul mosque, US-Taiwan trade talks
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What We're Watching: Erdogan's diplomacy, carnage at Kabul mosque, US-Taiwan trade talks

Who run's the Taliban?
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The Graphic Truth: Who runs the Taliban?

We list the leading who’s who of the Taliban regime.

Members of the Taliban delegation, including its head Abdul Salam Hanafi, Afghan acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and representative of the Taliban political office Anas Haqqani, attend a media briefing following international talks on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2021.
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Do the Taliban even need US recognition?

This week, the Kremlin hosted a summit with the Taliban that was attended by China, India and Pakistan, as well as all five Central Asian Republics. But does it matter? In 2021 does a Taliban-led government even need American recognition to function and thrive?

Former Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady discusses Afghanistan's perilous future
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Former Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady discusses Afghanistan's perilous future

Ian Bremmer speaks to exiled Afghan Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady on his own harrowing escape and the perils that await the very much aid-dependent country's economy now under Taliban control.

Calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan was a crisis of Biden’s own making
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Calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan was a crisis of Biden’s own making

Joe Biden has been looking for a way out of Afghanistan for decades, and regardless of how ugly things get, he's not turning back. After Trump reached a deal with the Taliban in 2020 to end the war, Biden decided to stick with the arrangement, overruling his own generals. Ian Bremmer explains that while he agrees with Biden's decision to get out, he did not foresee the incompetence of the execution.

Enter China, exit policeman: How the world has changed since 9/11
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Enter China, exit policeman: How the world has changed since 9/11

The world has changed dramatically since the terrorist attacks on New York And Washington on September 11, 2001. Geopolitically, the past two decades have been transformative, and these developments have impacted how many observers reflect on the post-9/11 era. Here are three examples of big geopolitical shifts over the past two decades.

Story of an escape from Afghanistan; "I wasn't supposed to be on that plane” - Ahmady
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Story of an escape from Afghanistan; "I wasn't supposed to be on that plane” - Ahmady

When Ajmal Ahmady saw the Taliban were about to take over Afghanistan, he knew it was time to get out — fast. The former central bank chief was lucky enough to board a flight, unlike so many of his fellow Afghans desperate to flee. "I was not supposed to be on that plane," Ahmady tells Ian Bremmer about his harrowing escape on this episode of GZERO World.