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L’article <a href="https://www.euwatch.be/podcast/the-trailblazer-hosna-jalil-on-being-a-woman-in-afghan-politics/">The Trailblazer: Hosna Jalil on being a woman in Afghan politics</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://www.euwatch.be">EU Watch</a>.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Taliban came back into power after the fall of Kabul in August 2021, twenty years after a U.S.-led intervention ousted the group from power. Hosna Jalil was born in 
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	<title>Don&#8217;t negotiate with the Islamic regime in Iran, pleads Iranian human rights activist Arash Hampay</title>
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	<title>Don&#8217;t negotiate with the Islamic regime in Iran, pleads Iranian human rights activist Arash Hampay</title>
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L’article <a href="https://www.euwatch.be/podcast/dont-negotiate-with-the-islamic-regime-in-iran-pleads-iranian-human-rights-activist-arash-hampay/">Don’t negotiate with the Islamic regime in Iran, pleads Iranian human rights activist Arash Hampay</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://www.euwatch.be">EU Watch</a>.]]></description>
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	<title>EU-Turkey relations after Erdogan&#8217;s re-election &#8211; Dimitar Bechev</title>
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L’article <a href="https://www.euwatch.be/podcast/eu-turkey-relations-after-erdogans-re-election-dimitar-bechev/">EU-Turkey relations after Erdogan’s re-election – Dimitar Bechev</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://www.euwatch.be">EU Watch</a>.]]></description>
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