Meet the New Taliban, Same as the Old Taliban
Meet the New Taliban, Same as the Old Taliban  
Podcast: The Truth of the Matter
Published On: Wed Sep 08 2021
Description: CSIS’s Dr. Seth Jones joins the podcast to discuss the Taliban announcement that this week they named Sirajuddin Haqqani —the Taliban’s deputy leader and close ally of al Qaeda—to be its first minister of interior. Haqqani, a U.S.-designated terrorist with close ties to the group responsible for 9/11 is now the Afghan equivalent of director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.