ARCHIVE: Afghanistan-Behind The Rise of The Taliban & Al Qaeda (Ex-US State Dept Official)

FIRST AIRED: 25/11/2020On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to ex-State Department Official and Author of ‘Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs To Know’. He discusses the rise of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda out of the Mujahideen after a brutal conflict with the Soviet Union, how the communist government fell following the collapse of the Soviet Union to the Islamist forces, the role of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Richard Holbrooke and his role in the NATO intervention in Yugoslavia, the assassination of Osama Bin Laden under the Obama Administration and why it has not changed much on the ground, the Trump Administration’s agreement with the Taliban and why it has not yet guaranteed peace in Afghanistan despite a framework established for US withdrawal and much more!

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