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Iran Is Trying to Figure Out the Taliban

Let's focus in on just one vector in the new power structure.

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Jonathan V. Last
Aug 30, 2021
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Afghan migrants rest while they wait for transport by smugglers after crossing the Iran-Turkish border on August 15, 2021 in Tatvan, on the western shores of Lake Van, eastern Turkey. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

1. The Past Is Never Dead.

Shay Khatiri has history lessons from the last time the Taliban took power in Afghanistan and you should…

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