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Afghan insurgent-turned-bureaucrat 'hopeful for the future' / 36A6473
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Abdul Wali Shaheen wanted to "die a martyr's death" in the Taliban ranks, but after their return to power in Afghanistan in 2021, he swapped his rocket launcher for a computer at the Department of Information and Culture in Ghazni province.
AFP spoke to the insurgent-turned-bureaucrat as part of a special report across the country ahead of the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul on August 15. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES