A peace talk designed for war. A poison playground. A departure. A tragedy.

What happens in Afghanistan impacts the world.

Powerful. Passionate. Angry.

Afghani leader SHUKRIA BARAKZAI lays bare the killing fields. Why the Taliban is gaining ground. The price women are paying. Why Afghan forces are losing. And why there is a terrible sense of American betrayal.

She also pierces through the geo-politics. Scorns Pakistan. And calls out the rest of the great global game.

This is a woman’s unforgiving eye on a hyper male world.