4. The negotiator

The woman face to face with the Taliban - peacemaker, women’s rights advocate and negotiator, Fatima Gailani is the nearest Afghanistan has to aristocracy. Now in her late 60s, she was the female face of Afghan resistance to the Soviet occupation of the 1980s, the Mujahideen. She returned to Afghanistan after 24 years in exile following the US-led invasion of 2001. And in 2020 she became one of four female peace negotiators to sit down with the Taliban. She tells Lyse Doucet, talking is the only way and she and all Afghans deserve peace.

You can listen to 4. The negotiator online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

4. The negotiator is an episode from A Wish for Afghanistan by BBC.

This episode is 26:49 long.

This episode was published on Sep 22, 2021.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from A Wish for Afghanistan when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.