Taking you “Inside the Taliban”

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The World, in conjunction with GlobalPost and The PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, team up to give you an amazing glimpse into the past, present and future of the Taliban. Veteran reporter Charles Sennott journeys to Pakistan and Afghanistan to document the rise, the fall, and the rebirth of the movement. Click on the player above to hear or download our four-part series “Inside the Taliban.” (Photo: Seamus Murphy/VII for GlobalPost) Also, be sure to check out GlobalPost’s “Life, Death and the Taliban,” and The PBS NewsHour’s “Profiles of the Taliban.“

A call for Catholic unity in China

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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on Pope Benedict’s call for Catholic unity in China. Chinese Catholics have long faced a division between a state-controlled church and an underground church more loyal to the Vatican.

Inside the Taliban

In the final part of our series on the Taliban, Charles Sennott sat down with former Taliban leaders, clerics and US counter-insurgency experts to try to discover the minds of the Taliban and whether the US military is making any progress in understanding them. >>>Listen to Part IV (Photo by Seamus Murphy/VII)

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‘Camp Atheist’

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Spanish Catholic Church crisis

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Secret talks with the Taliban

Reporter Charles Sennott, just back from Afghanistan, briefs anchor Marco Werman on back-channel talks between Afghan government officials and moderate Taliban leaders. Listen