ctrp348 An Afghanistan Round Table
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:00 — 34.6MB) | Embed On one summer night in Kabul, 6 friends of various backgrounds sit on a roof under the stars when the city is at its quietest, to discuss…
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ctrp347 Arriving in Kabul
Podcast: Download (Duration: 26:38 — 15.4MB) | Embed Arriving in Kabul is like arriving in no other country I have ever been to before. The beautiful beige mountains surrounding this city in ruins, with military…
On Afghanistan Goals
Recent guest Rory Stewart said some extremely interesting things on the Bill Moyers Journal. Speaking about the military goals in Afghanistan and how much of a failure, or more importantly, unachievable these goals have proven…
To Save Itself
Australia’s ABC Radio National (Background Briefing) recently featured one of those speeches that I consider a huge must-listen no matter who you are. The topic: The US’s place in the world, empire, the occupation of…
John Walker Lindh, The Story
It is a name that many people have already forgotten, but when the US invaded Afghanistan after 9/11, his capture made headlines around the world. “American Taliban” they called him, and everywhere you looked there…