Show Notes

In this week’s episode of Basically, Stefanie sits down with Dr. Tom Clonan, Security Analyst and Columnist with the Journal.ie to talk about the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan. Tom gives Stefanie some background on the situation within the country over the last 20 years, discusses what the reality has been like for the people there and the hardships that have been facing women, and why he believes that the image of a more tolerant Taliban is nothing more than clever PR tactic. To read up more about the situation you can follow Tom on Twitter @TomClonan or read his column on https://www.thejournal.ie/