Sola Mahfouz is a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University Quantum Information Group. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her life in Afghanistan under the Taliban and her daring escape to the U.S. for a more fulfilling life.
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The dream the Taliban couldn’t kill
Sola Mahfouz is a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University Quantum Information Group. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her life in Afghanistan under the Taliban and her daring escape to the U.S. for a more fulfilling life.
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Why the Taliban sees girls’ education as a threat
Onaba Payab is a former advisor to the first lady of Afghanistan. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the U.S. and the international community can support women’s rights and education in Afghanistan today.
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What Happens To Afghan Women Now?
Meighan Stone, an adjunct senior fellow in the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to talk about the humanitarian fallout of the rapid collapse of the nation and how the U.S. might help aid the women and girls left behind.
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A Defense Of Post-9/11 Strategy
Former deputy director of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center and the FBI’s National Security Branch, Philip Mudd joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the U.S. security strategy in the age of terrorism.
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Meet The Women Who Fought The Taliban
Journalist Eileen Rivers — a veteran herself — introduces us to women who served on Female Engagement Teams.
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The Western Roots Of Extremism
Journalist Souad Mekhennet joins us to talk about what fuels Islamic extremists.
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Taking Down The Taliban
This hour, we’ll talk to former CIA station chief for Islamabad Robert Grenier about the challenges of fighting the Taliban.
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