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Taliban is 'more like the mafia than a government'
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September 5, 2021
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7:21Now PlayingTom Tugendhat says he does not believe the Taliban has changed since its brutal rule in the 1990s, and says that any talks with them will not be meaningful.
Describing it as a "mob-based" group, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee said it is "more like the mafia than a government" and should be treated as such.
"They're still as brutal and vicious as they were," he told Trevor Phillips On Sunday.
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