Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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In your opening comment, you mentioned that the Taliban comprised almost exclusively ethnic Pashtun with some hardline Sunni forces. To what extent have you experienced or heard of outside influence from places like Chechnya and Saudi Arabia or other forces that may in effect be pulling the strings?