Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent for the BBC explains how after more than 50 years of constant war and invasion, Afghanistan can be both "the graveyard of empires" and home to the most welcoming people on the planet.

The Canadian discusses our country's legacy in Afghanistan after our longest-ever conflict, the "polycrisis" the country currently faces in the form of fundamentalist Islamic rule, famine, and earthquakes, and answers whether Afghans still have hope for the future. She also responds to allegations of institutional bias at the BBC. Her new book is called The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A people's history of Afghanistan.

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