# Taliban spokesman faces post-9/11 questions

> CBS News presses a Taliban spokesman on Afghanistan’s rule, hardship and ties with the U.S. 25 years after 9/11.
- Title: Taliban spokesman faces post-9/11 questions · CBS News
- Summary: CBS News presses a Taliban spokesman on Afghanistan’s rule, hardship and ties with the U.S. 25 years after 9/11. The Taliban is trying to present control as…
- Keywords: taliban, abdul qahar balkhi, imtiaz tyab, cbs news, afghanistan, 9/11, women and girls, humanitarian crisis, u.s. military hardware, frozen assets, u.s.-afghanistan relations, two decades of war
- Source: CBS News — https://cbsnews.com/video/cbs-news-taliban-spokesperson-25-years-after-911
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: taliban, abdul qahar balkhi, imtiaz tyab, cbs news, afghanistan, 9/11, women and girls, humanitarian crisis, u.s. military hardware, frozen assets, u.s.-afghanistan relations, two decades of war
## A rare sit-down
CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab interviews Taliban spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi five years after the group retook power in Afghanistan.

> CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab sits down with Taliban spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi
## Peace claims tested
Balkhi is asked about the Taliban’s claim that it has brought peace and stability after decades of conflict.

> claims of peace and stability
## Hardship remains
The interview turns to Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, where daily life remains strained under Taliban rule.

> the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis
## Rights under pressure
Restrictions on women and girls are central to the conversation, a defining issue in how the Taliban is judged abroad.

> restrictions on women and girls
## U.S. disputes linger
Tyab also raises U.S. military hardware, frozen Afghan assets and what future relations between Washington and Kabul could look like.

> frozen assets, future U.S.-Afghanistan relations
## War’s long shadow
The discussion ends against the weight of two decades of war and the unanswered lessons left since 9/11.

> lessons from two decades of war
## Key takeaway

The Taliban is trying to present control as stability, while Afghanistan still faces severe hardship, curtailed rights and unresolved U.S. disputes.