The Interview - Abdul Salam Zaeef
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Abdul Salam Zaeef is the former Taliban spokesman who was their Ambassador to Pakistan. He was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay and he now lives under government protection in Kabul.
Lyse Doucet talks to a man who was once one of the Taliban's most prominent public figures. Abdul Salam Zaeef was the Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan at the time of the attacks of 11 September 2001. Back then he gave daily press conferences to the world.
He was then later taken to the American detention centre at Guantanamo Bay for about four years and now he's living in Kabul under Afghan government protection.
So what does he think of the Taliban today? Find out as he talks to Lyse Doucet in The Interview.
- Broadcast on BBC World Service, 4:32AM Mon, 14 Jun 2010
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC World Service, 10:32AM Sat, 12 Jun 2010
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- Duration 28 minutes
