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Die Rückkehr aus dem Auslandseinsatz in Afghanistan und der Wechsel von der Bundeswehr in die zivile Welt war für mich ein Bruch. Zur Brücke wurden – erst Jahre später – das Schreiben, der Austausch mit anderen Veteranen und schließlich „Helm ab“. In dieser Vorfolge der neuen Staffel blicke ich auf meinen Weg und die Entwicklung der deutschen Veteranenkultur: vom Afghanistan-Einsatz und dem schwierigen Ankommen in der zivilen Welt über „Sandseele“, Wunstorf und Kabul 2021 bis zur Entstehung des Veteranencasts und zur Aufarbeitung des Karfreitagsgefechts. „Helm ab“ geht künftig als Solo-Podcast weiter, die Fragen aber bleiben: Wie geht man mit Dienst und Einsatz um? Wie mit Erinnerung und einer neuen Veteranenkultur in Deutschland? Wie lebt man mit militärischer Prägung in einer zivilen Welt? Beteilige dich gern dazu in den Kommentaren. MEHR VON WOLF GREGISHomepage: wolf-gregis.deInstagram: instagram.com/wolf_gregisFacebook: facebook.com/Autor.Wolf.GregisLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wolf-gregis Neue Folgen von „Helm ab – Der Veteranencast“ gibt es jeden Donnerstag.Niemand sonst wird kommen. Es liegt an uns.
Send us Fan MailWhat takes a woman from a law career in Australia to Somalia, Afghanistan and then…Fiji? On our Inside Geneva podcast, host Imogen Foulkes talks to UN Women's Alison Davidian about being in Kabul when the Taliban returned and about the effects of climate change and rising sea levels on women's livelihoods. They also discuss why men and boys should never feel threatened by gender equality.Listen to the full episode now. Get in touch!Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/Host: Imogen FoulkesProduction assitant: Claire-Marie GermainDistribution: Sara PasinoMarketing: Xin Zhang
Four years after Kabul fell, hundreds of Afghans who worked for the Australian Defence Force, diplomats and NGOs are still waiting on promised visas, while facing lethal risk. Waleed Aly and Hamish Macdonald speak to security consultant Dr Tony Murney and Azadi-e Zan's Susan Hutchinson, both of whom have spent years trying to get Australia's locally engaged employees to safety, about the human cost of a promise made by several successive governments and, they argue, broken by all of them.Plus, how Canada is leading the world in sponsoring refugees, and how Australia's current political climate is making it harder than ever to bring Australian allies homeGUEST: Dr Tony Murney, security consultant & Susan Hutchinson, executive director of women's rights organisation Azadi-e ZanGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:• Iran's president says Tehran will not bend to Washington, even as U.S. and Iranian officials resume talks for the first time since June and new American sanctions put growing pressure on Iran's aviation sector and economy. • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asks President Trump for a winter weapons package as Washington presses for a limited ceasefire focused on Russian and Ukrainian energy infrastructure. • Tensions escalate along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, where Pakistani officials accuse Afghan Taliban forces of shelling border posts and launching drones into Pakistani territory—claims Kabul denies. • In today's Back of the Brief, President Trump wants a drone port incorporated into the new White House ballroom, even though the Secret Service already operates one nearby. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com.Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief.YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybriefBubs Natural: Live Better Longer with BUBS Naturals. For A limited time get 20% Off your entire order with code PDB at https://Bubsnaturals.comHexClad: Find your forever cookware @hexclad and get 10% off at https://hexclad.com/PDB#hexcladpartner Tax Relief Advocates: End your tax nightmare today by visiting us online at https://TRA.com or call 800-583-6515
AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports Pakistan has struck targets in Afghanistan after accusing Kabul of shelling border posts.
Per allenarsi in Afghanistan doveva vestirsi da maschio e nascondere il volto. Oggi Fariba Hashimi conquista l'argento ai Giochi asiatici e sogna di pedalare per le strade di Kabul, insieme ad altre donne.Apriamo con lei: con una medaglia e una libertà che nessuna donna dovrebbe essere costretta a conquistarsi di nascosto.Poi, dai corridoi dell'Onu alle vite sospese nelle guerre: i contatti fra Stati Uniti e Iran, l'Ucraina, l'incontro Trump–Xi. Gaza e Cisgiordania, gli scontri in Yemen, le crisi in Sudan, Sud Sudan ed Etiopia.A Malta, l'appello contro l'assoluzione di Yorgen Fenech nel caso Daphne Caruana Galizia. In Nepal, i bambini che cercano di tornare a scuola dopo le alluvioni.Il notiziario internazionale di Radio Bullets, a cura di Barbara Schiavulli. Per capire cosa succede e che cosa significa per chi lo vive.
The Secret Reading Club of Kabul on Elina Hirvosen ja Shakiba Adilin dokumentti, joka on herätellyt kansainvälisillä festivaaleilla ja näytöksissä muistamaan, miten Taleban on jälleen ajanut naiset neljän seinän sisälle ja burkhien alle. Dokumentti kuuntelee neljää nuorta naista, jotka lukevat salaa Anne Frankin -päiväkirjaa. Kun Taliban palasi valtaan vuonna 2021, takana oli kaksikymmentä vuotta Yhdysvaltojen ja sen liittolaisten sotilaallista läsnäoloa ja yrityksiä rakentaa Afganistaniin demokraattista yhteiskuntaa. Hanke päättyi joukkojen poistuttua Afganistanista täyteen mahalaskuun ja hirmuhallinnon palaamiseen. Afganistanin kriisien juuret ulottuvat kuitenkin vuosikymmenten sotien, suurvaltapolitiikan ja maan sisäisten valtakamppailujen historiaan. Miten The Secret Reading Club of Kabul kuvattiin ja millaisia riskejä siinä esiintyvät naiset ottivat? Mitä Afganistanin viime vuosikymmenet kertovat mahdollisuuksista muuttaa yhteiskuntaa ulkopuolelta? Voiko dokumenttielokuva ja kulttuuri pitää Afganistanin naisten tilanteen maailman tietoisuudessa? Keskustelemassa ovat dokumentin ohjaaja Elina Hirvonen, Ulkopoliittisen instituutin Olli Ruohomäki, väitöskirjatutkija Ilona Kuusi sekä Afganistanissa syntynyt, Suomessa asuva dokumentaristi Arezo Ariapoor. Ville Talola toimittaa.
As the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet has witnessed and reported on some of the most consequential events of our time. She has reported from Iran and Afghanistan since 1988, played a leading role in the BBC's coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings reporting from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria, and has covered major wars as well as efforts to make peace in the Middle East since 1994. In 2022 she covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine live from Kyiv as Putin's tanks crossed the border. And most recently having reported on the ground in Iran in February 2026, Doucet has been a hugely insightful voice explaining the consequences of the U.S-Israeli led war on the country and what it means for the world. Doucet is renowned for her compassionate, human-centred reporting often in times of war and suffering. In September 2026, she came to the Intelligence Squared stage to share her reflections and insights from the frontlines. Doucet also discussed the themes and approach of her Women's Prize-winning book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, a vivid history of Afghanistan as seen from the iconic Inter-Continental Hotel. Drawing on years of interviews with its staff and guests, the book traces the country's tumultuous history – from the Soviet withdrawal and civil war to the US invasion and the return of the Taliban – through the prism of this landmark hotel and the lives of the staff who kept it running during war and peace. --- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Pakistani fighter jets have struck sites in eastern Afghanistan, targeting militant hideouts - Islamabad saying 28 were killed, while authorities in Kabul say at least three have died.
"Escape from Kabul: The Afghan Women Judges Who Fled the Taliban and Those They Left Behind" by Karen Bartlett
Vi ser på situasjonen til kvinner i Afghanistan 5 år etter Taliban tok over makten i Kabul. Hvilke begrensinger er de mest ekstreme? I studio: Kaja Nilsen, Naomi Øiungen og Ingeborg Vogt Teknikk: Anne Kristin Sundahl
TODAY Digital Executive Editor, Arianna Davis Santana is sharing what's new and trending online. Also, we're hearing from Oscar-nominated actor Ethan Hawke, best known for his roles in the "Dead Poet's Society," "Boyhood," and "Blue Moon," is starring in a new film "The Weight." Plus, People Deputy Beauty Editor, Jackie Fields stops by to share the best in makeup, hair, and skincare as a part of this year's annual People Beauty Awards. And, NBC News, Editorial President Rebecca Blumenstein and Journalist Diana Kapp, tell their touching story about helping a group of Afghan women escape Kabul and find refuge in Houston, Texas. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Emilio Rigatti, Amedeo Lovisolo"A Kabul per una luce accesa"ediciclo editorewww.ediciclo.itC'è un momento, nella vita, in cui la paura di restare fermi ad aspettare pesa più della paura di partire. È da questo bivio che nasce "A Kabul per una luce accesa", il nuovo libro scritto a quattro mani da Emilio Rigatti e Amedeo Lovisoni per Ediciclo Editore.Tutto comincia con una proposta che arriva, come scrive Rigatti, "come un meteorite": attraversare 25.000 chilometri, dal Friuli fino all'Afghanistan, a bordo di una Willys del 1953 ricostruita pezzo per pezzo dallo stesso Lovisoni, affiancata da due moto Yamaha. Ad accettarla è un uomo di settant'anni che porta con sé una diagnosi di tumore metastatico e la lucidità di chi ha smesso di cercare buone ragioni per rimanere a casa ad aspettare notizie migliori.Il viaggio attraversa Balcani, Turchia, Iran, Afghanistan e Asia Centrale in un centinaio di giorni: caldo che scioglie l'asfalto, meraviglie architettoniche, una fucilazione sfiorata, talebani che accolgono i viaggiatori con più cortesia del previsto, guasti meccanici a ripetizione e l'inventiva necessaria per rimettersi in marcia ogni volta. A Herat il gruppo incontra Somaya Moniry, la prima donna afghana autorizzata a lavorare come guida turistica; a Kabul tre giovani donne chiedono aiuto ai viaggiatori solo per poter entrare in un giardino pubblico. Piccoli episodi che raccontano la condizione femminile afghana più di tanti reportage.Non è un libro sull'eroismo del viaggiare, né un instant book sull'Afghanistan. È il diario di un'amicizia e di una scommessa: continuare a guardare il mondo con curiosità anche quando il tempo sembra stringersi. Rigatti scrive con l'ironia asciutta che i suoi lettori conoscono da vent'anni di libri di viaggio lento; Lovisoni porta la competenza tecnica e la passione per una Via della Seta fatta di siti dimenticati e itinerari fuori mappa. Un libro di viaggio che è anche una riflessione su cosa significhi, a una certa età e in certe condizioni, scegliere ancora la strada invece del divano.Emilio Rigatti è insegnante in pensione, scrittore e cicloviaggiatore. Ha pubblicato con Ediciclo numerosi titoli dedicati al viaggio lento, tra cui "La strada per Istanbul" (Premio Albatros 2002), "Minima Pedalia", "Se la scuola avesse le ruote", "Dalmazia Dalmazia" e "Ichnusa". Negli ultimi anni ha affiancato alla bicicletta la passione per il kayak, che definisce "una bicicletta galleggiante".Amedeo Lovisoni è divulgatore storico e viaggiatore specializzato in Asia Centrale e Medio Oriente. Ha percorso migliaia di chilometri alla ricerca di siti archeologici dimenticati lungo la Via della Seta, raccontati anche nel progetto Instagram "Offroad History". In questo libro è il capitano della spedizione e l'artefice della ricostruzione della Willys del 1953.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/
Content warning: this episode describes torture, civilian deaths and the 2021 Kabul airport attack.Bin Laden is dead, al-Qaeda is shattered, and there was never another 9/11 — so who won?What does a war cost once you count the hospitals that closed and the food that never arrived?And what does it mean that the United States signed an agreement with the people it went to war to destroy?Twenty-five years on, Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan add up the bill — and find that bin Laden had written the strategy down in advance.February 2020: the United States signs a deal with the Taliban in Doha. The government of Afghanistan is not in the room. Eighteen months later the Afghan state collapses in a matter of days, Kabul airport fills with people willing to cling to the undercarriage of a departing aircraft, and America's longest war ends almost exactly twenty years after it began. Then comes the audit. Brown University puts the direct death toll at more than 940,000, and the total — once you count the collapsed health systems, economies and food supplies — at somewhere near 4.7 million. The attack that started it cost around half a million dollars. The response cost eight trillion. Bin Laden had a phrase for that: he called it bleeding America. The final part of three.Join Legacy Plus for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more.legacy.supportingcast.fm[0:00] The uncomfortable question: how much of what he wanted did bin Laden actually get?[4:25] Doha, February 2020: the deal, and the government that wasn't invited to sign it[6:39] Not a gradual collapse — provincial capitals fall in a matter of days[11:53] The audit: $8 trillion, 940,000 killed directly, and 3.6 million more[14:56] "Bleeding America" — bin Laden wrote the plan down and said it out loud[19:29] Afghan women, and the argument nobody makes any more[30:23] What the rest of the world was doing while America looked the other way[36:09] The question neither of them wants to answer: whose fault is Afghanistan now?Stay connected with Legacy:Instagram: @originallegacypodcastTikTok: @legacy_productionsExplore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.comJoin Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more.legacy.supportingcast.fmStay connected with Legacy:Instagram: @originallegacypodcastTikTok: @legacy_productionsExplore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mea Culpa speaks with lauded author and Afghanistan combat correspondent Ben John Anderson. Learn the truth behind the lies about America's longest war.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Zahra Nader joins Dr. Sandie Morgan to discuss why, for nearly every five women killed in Afghanistan by their own families, only one man is ever arrested, and how a newsroom of journalists writing under pseudonyms is building the record no one else is keeping.Chapters(00:00) - Why Afghanistan Is the Battleground for Women's Rights (02:07) - Founding a Newsroom in Exile (08:23) - How Zan Times Protects Its Journalists (11:59) - Child Marriage and the Laws That Enable It (19:22) - The Collapse of Maternity Care (24:53) - Afghanistan as a Global Bellwether (29:20) - Femicide, Impunity, and the Zan Times Fellowship (31:35) - What Listeners Can Do About Zahra NaderZahra Nader is the founder and editor-in-chief of Zan Times, a women-led newsroom in exile reporting on human rights violations in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. She began her journalism career in Kabul in 2011, and in 2016 joined the New York Times bureau there, becoming the first Afghan woman to work with mainstream Western media inside the country. She moved to Canada in 2017 for graduate study and was still a doctoral student in gender and women's studies at York University when the Taliban retook Afghanistan in August 2021. She founded Zan Times in August 2022 with $30,000 she had saved to build a home in Kabul, and now runs it from Edmonton alongside a network of journalists who report from inside Afghanistan under pseudonyms. She briefed the UN Security Council in October 2022, and was a 2024–2025 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, where she studied sustainable funding models for exiled newsrooms.Key Points• Five years of Afghan women losing basic rights with no international consequence lowers the floor for what can be denied to women anywhere. International law has not prevented it, and that is the precedent that travels.• A newsroom reporting under an authoritarian regime protects people by compartmenting them. Zan Times journalists inside Afghanistan publish under pseudonyms, connect only to an editor, and do not know each other, so one arrest cannot expose the rest.• The Taliban's Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses removes any minimum marriage age. A father or grandfather can give a child into marriage without her consent, at any age.• School was the brake on early marriage, and it is gone. Parents used to defer marriage until a daughter finished school; with girls out of classrooms, Zan Times found families selling one-year-olds and two-year-olds for future marriage to settle debts.• The penalties encode the asymmetry. A man who beats his wife to visible injury, a broken bone, serves 15 days if she can prove it in court. A woman who goes to her parents and refuses to return, along with her parents, serves 3 months. Sandie converts it on air: 90 days against 15.• The 2025 US funding cut closed 445 clinics and hospitals and cut more than 3 million people off from healthcare. Rural women lost the mobile teams that were their only access to a midwife or a blood pressure check.• Restrictions push women out of healthcare even where they are still permitted to work. A Kandahar midwife supporting three children and a paralyzed father paid half her salary to a distant relative to pose as her brother, then stopped going in when the Taliban started asking for ID.• The countermeasure is documentation. Zan Times' femicide investigation across 10 provinces found roughly one arrest for every five women killed by a family member, with deaths certified as suicide despite visible signs of abuse. Subscribing to the newsletter at zantimes.com is the step the episode asks for.Resources• Zan Times• 'When she turns eight they will take her': rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage• 'I don't know how to save my daughter from her husband': the brutal reality of the Taliban's new marriage law• Inside the deadly collapse of maternity care in Afghanistan• 'Her face was beaten in': how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed• Statement by Zahra Nader at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security)
Zahra Joya grew up under the first Taliban regime, when girls were banned from school. For years she dressed as a boy to access the basic rights denied to her. She became a journalist in Kabul, and founded a news organisation reporting on the lives of Afghan women. In 2021, when the Taliban took over power once again, she was forced to flee the country. In this episode of the podcast, Zahra discusses her experience of growing up under Taliban rule, the US-led war, their withdrawl in 2021, and the world's decision to look away in the wake of the Taliban's return to power. Zahra reflects on exile, the women still reporting from inside Afghanistan, and why she believes women's rights are everyone's responsibility. Join us live! How To Academy hosts world-renowned artists, thinkers, and leaders live on stage across the UK and USA. Find out who's appearing near you at howtoacademy.com. Become a Member: How To Plus members receive £15 off every live event ticket, free access to biweekly livestreams, and an exclusive members-only podcast. Find out more at howtoacademy.com/htasubscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes the colourful and outspoken Bobby Legend, a man whose extraordinary travels gave him a firsthand look at Afghanistan during the turbulent 1970s. Long before Afghanistan became synonymous in the Western world with the Taliban, terrorism and decades of warfare, Legend travelled there during an era when adventurous Western travellers, students and members of the counterculture journeyed through the country along what became known as the Hippie Trail. Bobby would ultimately spend approximately four years in Afghanistan, witnessing a society dramatically different from the one the world would later come to know. According to Bobby's account, Afghanistan at the time could be both welcoming and extraordinarily dangerous. He describes becoming acquainted with members of Afghan society at levels rarely accessible to foreign travellers—including a friendship he says developed with the son of Afghanistan's reigning king. His experiences exposed him to the country's tribal traditions, political tensions and rapidly changing social landscape. Bobby says he could see signs that revolutionary change was coming and that the Afghanistan he had experienced was beginning to disappear. Bobby's adventure eventually became considerably more serious. He recounts nearly being killed while attempting to leave Afghanistan, an experience that gave him a very personal perspective on the dangers developing within the region. Years later, as Afghanistan became associated with the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and international terrorism, Bobby reflected upon how profoundly the country had changed since his years there. His story offers listeners the recollections of a traveller who experienced Afghanistan before decades of invasion, revolution, civil war and extremist rule transformed the country. Join Rob McConnell and Bobby Legend on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a conversation filled with travel, danger, politics, culture, history and some truly remarkable personal stories. How much did the Afghanistan of the 1970s foreshadow the conflicts that followed? What was it really like for a young Westerner travelling through one of the world's most fascinating and complicated regions? And just how much of the Bobby Legend legend should Rob believe? With an episode appropriately titled A Man Who Is a Legend in His Own Mind, you can expect this one to be anything but ordinary. Bobby Legend also appears in The 'X' Zone guest archive under the topic “The Age of Aquarius.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media
1842 KABULMilitary Warnings Unheeded Before Kabul EvacuationJerry Dunleavy and James Hasson, authors of Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End, Part One: Diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad negotiates the 2020 Doha agreement with the Taliban, marginalizing the Afghan national government. Although military leaders strongly urge retaining Bagram Airfield as a defensible hub for evacuation, President Biden enforces a strict 600-troop limit, forcing Bagram's abandonment. Administration officials repeatedly promote an inflated figure of 300,000 Afghan security forces, disregarding widespread corruption and non-existent "ghost units." Consequently, closing Bagram releases thousands of Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIS-K prisoners. Delays by the State Department in declaring a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) trigger catastrophic chaos at Hamid Karzai International Airport as Kabul falls. (1)
Lyse Doucet, the BBC's chief international correspondent, meets Afghanistan's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi as the Taliban seeks greater international recognition. The Taliban returned to power five years ago but Russia is still the only country to have formally recognised their rule. Afghanistan is pushing for stronger diplomatic relations, but their treatment of women and girls remains one of the biggest obstacles. We ask the foreign minister why Afghan women and girls are facing growing restrictions on education, work and public life. “The conduct with women shouldn't be looked at through the glasses of western culture and tradition. Afghan values should be considered... You can wander around Afghanistan, in Kabul in the cities, see the way women work, do business or go to elementary schools or to Madrassas, the situation isn't the way it can be interpreted,” he says.Afghanistan also needs more aid and investment in the midst of a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis. Are the Taliban prepared to do more to achieve full international recognition?(Image: Amir Khan Muttaqi. Credit: Reuters)Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with the UN secretary General Antonio Guterres, the former Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet and the film director Christopher Nolan. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Lyse Doucet Producer: Farhana Haider
When Lyse Doucet was a child growing up in a small town in eastern Canada, she borrowed a library book called How to Become a Journalist. It clearly made an impact. She is now the BBC's chief international correspondent and has reported from some of the world's most challenging countries, including Afghanistan and Iran, for more than 40 years.This year she won the Women's Prize for non-fiction for her first book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan, in which she explores the country's recent history through the story of Kabul's landmark Inter-Continental Hotel.Lyse's choices include music by Elgar, Sibelius, Bach and Einaudi.
Twenty-five years after the September 11th attacks, Christiane looks back at the day that changed America and reshaped the world. Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns reflects on the global solidarity that followed 9/11 and the wars and upheaval that came next. Then, as Israel faces growing international isolation over Gaza and the occupied West Bank, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joins Christiane. In Yemen, CNN's Nic Robertson gets rare access to an island at the heart of a battle with Iran-backed Houthis that could further threaten global oil supplies. Plus, as warnings grow about the risks posed by artificial intelligence and the enormous data centers powering it, Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson tells Christiane why communities are pushing back. And from the Amanpour archives: in the extraordinary weeks after 9/11, Christiane reports from Kabul, where she and her team uncovered documents offering a glimpse inside the terror networks America had gone to war to defeat. Air date: September 12, 2026 Guests: Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel Justin Pearson, Tennessee State Representative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Send us Fan MailThe scariest threats aren't always new, they're the old ones that quietly rebuild while we look away. We talk through claims that Afghanistan is seeing a Taliban resurgence alongside Al Qaeda, with training camps returning “bigger and stronger,” including sites tied to past attacks. That backdrop sets up a blunt question: if ideology doesn't change and doctrine demands sacrifice, what should we expect next, and how should ordinary people think about risk without spiraling into fear?We also dig into the Kabul evacuation and why vetting matters when the stakes are life and death. The conversation highlights reported concerns about biometrics, watch lists, fingerprints, and detention records not being fully used during the rush, plus the broader problem of trying to screen people when information is incomplete. It's not framed as a partisan fight. It's a reality check about national security, border security, and the uncomfortable truth that terrorism doesn't need a thousand openings, it only needs one.From there, we pivot to the heart of the message: spiritual readiness. We're still paying bills, feeding families, and trying to stay afloat, but we don't get to opt out of prayer, discernment, and a steady mind. We talk about weakness as the doorway to real strength, the Holy Spirit as the source of endurance, and the call to be wise as serpents and gentle as doves.We close with a clear stand on biblical truth, a commitment to love our neighbors across differences, and a reminder that the harvest is full of people who are confused and searching. If this conversation challenges you, share it with a friend, subscribe, and leave a review, then tell us: what helps you stay alert without losing peace?Support the show
In the week of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Secretary of the Army walked into the White House, told the president the force is breaking, and quit. Days earlier his boss had fired the Chief of Staff, disbanded the Army's only drone battalion, and cashiered Chris Donahue — the last man out of Kabul. Bryan Clark, Justin McIntosh, and Tony Stark join Jordan for a hosts-only edition marking a quarter-century of the Global War on Terror. We discuss… Twenty-five years on the treadmill — how Rumsfeld's transformation agenda collided with GWOT budgets to produce LCS, FCS, and the F-35, and why a rotational, casualty-averse force forgot how to accept risk Driscoll walks — the OSD meddling behind the exit, why Congress won't confirm anyone Hegseth nominates, and a Pentagon run by acting officials through 2029 The meritocracy of meritocracies — what firing Donahue tells every field-grade officer weighing the exit, the auto-promoted NCO corps nobody talks about, and why the Ranger tab discourse is real Budget Steve takes the fall — Feinberg blamed for a munitions shortage created by fighting Iran with the stealthiest, priciest weapons in the inventory, plus NIH biodefense money quietly rerouted to the Pentagon Lying to Putin with AI — ISW's report on Russian commanders faking battlefield progress, and what generative deception does to OSINT and soldiers' feeds The Houthis have Claude Code — Anthropic's threat report, Yemeni drone guidance software, and DeepSeek routing PLA subcontractors' queries to Claude through a transfer station Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the week of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Secretary of the Army walked into the White House, told the president the force is breaking, and quit. Days earlier his boss had fired the Chief of Staff, disbanded the Army's only drone battalion, and cashiered Chris Donahue — the last man out of Kabul. Bryan Clark, Justin McIntosh, and Tony Stark join Jordan for a hosts-only edition marking a quarter-century of the Global War on Terror. We discuss… Twenty-five years on the treadmill — how Rumsfeld's transformation agenda collided with GWOT budgets to produce LCS, FCS, and the F-35, and why a rotational, casualty-averse force forgot how to accept risk Driscoll walks — the OSD meddling behind the exit, why Congress won't confirm anyone Hegseth nominates, and a Pentagon run by acting officials through 2029 The meritocracy of meritocracies — what firing Donahue tells every field-grade officer weighing the exit, the auto-promoted NCO corps nobody talks about, and why the Ranger tab discourse is real Budget Steve takes the fall — Feinberg blamed for a munitions shortage created by fighting Iran with the stealthiest, priciest weapons in the inventory, plus NIH biodefense money quietly rerouted to the Pentagon Lying to Putin with AI — ISW's report on Russian commanders faking battlefield progress, and what generative deception does to OSINT and soldiers' feeds The Houthis have Claude Code — Anthropic's threat report, Yemeni drone guidance software, and DeepSeek routing PLA subcontractors' queries to Claude through a transfer station Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 jaar later zijn veel momenten en aspecten van de aanslagen op het hart van Amerika en de gebeurtenissen eromheen nog altijd weinig bekend of al bijna vergeten. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger nemen je mee naar Sarasota, bunkers in Washington, een vergeten aquarel, een megafoon, Prinsjesdag kort na de aanslagen, een speech in Berlijn, de discussie over artikel 5 van het NAVO-verdrag en de krijgslustige stammen en grotten van Afghanistan. *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door donaties van luisteraars, die we daarvoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Deze aflevering bevat een advertentie van NordVPN. Profiteer nu van de exclusieve NordVPN-deal. Probeer NordVPN zonder risico met de 30 dagen geld-terug-garantie! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Stuur een mailtje en wij nemen contact met je op. *** De ochtend van 11 september stond helemaal in het teken van onderwijsbeleid en de leesvaardigheid van jonge kinderen. First lady Laura Bush zou voor het eerst optreden in de Senaat en haar man zou in Florida een klas bezoeken. Die plannen werden ruw verstoord. Hun vlijmscherpe herinneringen schetsen een beeld van paniek, verwarring en chaos. President George W. Bush besefte, met het leesboek The Pet Goat in zijn handen, dat zijn presidentschap totaal anders zou verlopen dan hij als onderwijsvernieuwende gouverneur van Texas had gedroomd. Na de vernietigende aanslagen op de Twin Towers in New York en het Pentagon, en het neerstorten van een vliegtuig in een weiland in Pennsylvania, keerde het oude leven niet terug. Premier Wim Kok vreesde een Derde Wereldoorlog. Prinsjesdag was anders dan anders. De jonge Russische president Vladimir Poetin rook zijn kans en sprak in de Bondsdag in Berlijn opmerkelijke woorden. De uitdagende ondertoon daarvan herkennen we zoveel jaren later veel scherper. De NAVO-lidstaten verklaarden zich solidair met Amerika, maar achter de schermen ging het heel wat cynischer toe dan nu weleens wordt voorgespiegeld. Bush bezocht de rokende puinhopen van de Twin Towers en vond spontaan de woorden die de harten raakten. De megafoon die hij toen gebruikte, is nu een eenvoudig maar uniek object in zijn presidentiële bibliotheek in Dallas. Daar bevindt zich ook een verfomfaaid persoonlijk geschenk dat Laura Bush in alle paniek in de Senaat was kwijtgeraakt. En het insigne van een politieman, door diens moeder aan de president geschonken. Al snel kwam bij de vraag ‘maar wat nu?’ een onherbergzaam land van woestijnen en bergketens in beeld. Jaap Jansen sprak in die dagen in Washington met gelauwerde strategen die onder Bush’ voorgangers aan het nationale veiligheidsbeleid hadden gewerkt. Hun scherpe blik blijkt nu profetisch. Al-Qaida en zijn leider Osama bin Laden zouden zich in Afghanistan bevinden, een land waarvan de Amerikanen niet veel wisten. Op 7 oktober viel een brede coalitie het land aan, met Canada toen nog als vriend. Dankzij pragmatische allianties met lokale vechtersbazen werd binnen enkele weken een militaire triomf behaald. De Taliban-heersers en Bin Laden sloegen op de vlucht. Bush’ populariteit bereikte astronomische hoogten. Kabul was in Amerikaanse handen, maar Bin Laden was nergens te bekennen. In december leek hij ingesloten in de grotten van Tora Bora. Nu weten we dat een ondoorzichtig spel vanuit buurland Pakistan — bondgenoot van Amerika en China — hem in staat stelde te ontkomen. Hij bleef buiten bereik totdat Obama’s mensen hem te pakken kregen. Zoals vaker bij zulke operaties leidde het onverwachte succes van ‘regime change’ tot ‘mission creep’: een steeds verder uitdijende missie, met geopolitieke perikelen tot gevolg. Rusland zag Amerika graag verzinken in de bergstreken waar het zelf ten onder was gegaan. China was juist gealarmeerd. Toen Bush zijn aandacht verlegde naar de Golf en Irak, was de opluchting in Beijing groot. Geen wereldmacht profiteerde zo van deze ontwikkeling als China. 25 jaar later is het beeld tragisch. De Taliban zijn terug, wreder dan ooit. Donald Trump zocht een dea’ met hen. In de Golf is opnieuw strijd. China breidt zijn invloed verder uit. MAGA heeft Bush’ partij van binnenuit opgerold. George W. Bush ging door diepe dalen, maar staat nu in hoog aanzien als symbool van jaren van samenwerking en respect. De gehavende aquarel van Laura, een cadeau van senator Edward Kennedy, staat symbool voor veel meer dan die gruwelijke ochtend alleen. *** Verder luisteren 556 - 2026 wordt opnieuw een historisch jaar 494 - Trumps aanval op de geschiedenis en de geest van Amerika 281 - Amerika reisgids voor politieke junkies 138 - In het voetspoor van Amerikaanse presidenten in Nederland 133 - Amerikaanse presidenten: boeken die je volgens PG moet lezen! 94 - Grote speeches in tijden van crisis (deel 1): George W Bush, 14 september 2001 151 - Terug naar Uruzgan *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:21:24 – Deel 2 01:02:56 – Deel 3 01:35:36 – EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Twenty-five years after September 11, America still remembers the lives lost—but has it learned the right lessons from everything that followed?Rick Robinson reflects on the attacks, the people whose names must not be forgotten, and the transformation of American life through the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, airport security, surveillance, and two decades of war. He examines the human and financial cost of Afghanistan and Iraq, the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul, and the uncomfortable question that must precede every military commitment: What does winning actually look like?That question becomes urgent again as conflict with Iran escalates. Rick considers attacks on shipping, the Strait of Hormuz, energy prices, proxy forces, regional alliances, nuclear ambitions, and the danger of entering another open-ended conflict without a clearly defined objective or exit.The program concludes with the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, jurors' accounts of the deliberations, reasonable doubt, criminal responsibility, and the difficult distance between moral judgment and the legal standard required for conviction.Memory matters. Justice matters. But neither can substitute for clear objectives, honest accountability, and the courage to recognize when a mission has lost its way.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/america-off-the-rails--986237/support.
Headlines for September 10, 2026; 25 Years Later: Afghan New Yorker Masuda Sultan Remembers 9/11 & 19 Relatives Killed in U.S. Bombing; Report from Kabul: NRC Head Jan Egeland on Global Aid Cuts, Poverty & Taliban Repression of Women; “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump”: Spencer Ackerman; 4.7 Million Dead, $8 Trillion: Counting the Devastating Human & Economic Costs of the Post‑9/11 Wars
Headlines for September 10, 2026; 25 Years Later: Afghan New Yorker Masuda Sultan Remembers 9/11 & 19 Relatives Killed in U.S. Bombing; Report from Kabul: NRC Head Jan Egeland on Global Aid Cuts, Poverty & Taliban Repression of Women; “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump”: Spencer Ackerman; 4.7 Million Dead, $8 Trillion: Counting the Devastating Human & Economic Costs of the Post‑9/11 Wars
The boys break down the recent reports of the Taliban occupation of Kabul- decked out in American weapons and armor. Plus: the 9/11 mastermind's confession will be thrown out of court.. Join the 99% App!! https://www.theantiheroapp.com/signin Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/TheAntiheroBroadcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Check out our sponsors!! Venjenz (promo code "ANTIHERO" for 15% off!) https://venjenz.com/ Counter Culture Inc. (promo code "ANTIHERO" for 15% off!) https://countercultureincthreads.com Goon Tape (promo code antihero15 for 15% off!!) https://goontape.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
He spent 13 years as a Marine combat engineer officer — building a base camp for over 5,000 Afghan refugees during the Kabul withdrawal and running the Marine Corps's biggest live-fire range, training 50,000 Marines a year. Then he got out, found an abandoned 500-acre shooting range that had been shut down for 5 years, and bought it — sight unseen. In this episode of Business Makers Network, hosts Charlton Haupt and Gabriel Rench talk with Parker Tomassi, founder of Legacy Ranch Shooting Range (https://lrshooting.com) & Legacy Arms Gun Store (https://www.legacy-arms.com) in Edgewood, New Mexico, about:
He spent 13 years as a Marine combat engineer officer — building a base camp for over 5,000 Afghan refugees during the Kabul withdrawal and running the Marine Corps's biggest live-fire range, training 50,000 Marines a year. Then he got out, found an abandoned 500-acre shooting range that had been shut down for 5 years, and bought it — sight unseen. In this episode of Business Makers Network, hosts Charlton Haupt and Gabriel Rench talk with Parker Tomassi, founder of Legacy Ranch Shooting Range (https://lrshooting.com) & Legacy Arms Gun Store (https://www.legacy-arms.com) in Edgewood, New Mexico, about:
Andy White joined the British Army in 1993 and served three tours in Iraq with the 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry.Seeking a new challenge, Andy then transferred to the Australian Defence Force. After successfully completing selection for the Special Air Service Regiment, and following the reinforcement cycle in 2009, Andy was posted to 1 SAS Squadron, where he spent the majority of his Australian military career. During his first deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 Andy was awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Service. He returned to Afghanistan in 2011 and 2013 as a K9 handler and patrol second-in-command, before deploying to Kabul in late 2013 and into 2014 alongside an Australian 'other government agency' on his fourth and final Afghanistan deployment.From 2014 onwards, Andy instructed prospective SAS operators on selection and the reinforcement cycle, specialising in close quarter battle and tactical training. He also led intelligence operations across Asia, Southeast Asia, the South West Pacific and throughout the Middle East.In 2021, Andrew deployed to Kurdistan in northern Iraq as a Task Element Commander, working alongside British and American Special Operations Forces conducting counter-ISIS operations.After twenty-nine years of military service and more than fifteen operational tours of duty, Andrew retired from the Australian Defence Force in 2022 as a Freefall Troop Sergeant.As well as writing, Andy consultants in the training and counter-terrorism fields. He lives in Western Australia with his wife Tracy and is the father of six children.Andy's socials: @onceapilgrimAndy's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outside-Wire-Andy-White/dp/1761473875Listen to Andy's book on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65Ga5zUCwTQjv8PKBD2rEtSupport the show
On August 26, an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghans at Abbey Gate, one of the entrances to Kabul airport.Four days after that, the last U.S. service member left Afghanistan. Then, on Sept. 7, 2021, the Taliban declared the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. These anniversaries have not sparked much media interest. One notable exception: A new documentary film from Wall Street Journal Opinion: “The Path to Zero: The Withdrawal FromAfghanistan,” looks at President Biden's April 14, 2021 order to draw American troop levels down to zero, and traces what followed. The film's producer and director, Michael Pack, talks with host Cliff May about what happened back then and the lessons we should have learned by now. Documentary Links:https://www.wsj.com/video/series/opinion-docs/wsj-opinion-the-path-to-zero/2EB4BA30-CF99-462F-BB52-222870D4F002https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwzv_B9x-k
On August 26, an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghans at Abbey Gate, one of the entrances to Kabul airport.Four days after that, the last U.S. service member left Afghanistan. Then, on Sept. 7, 2021, the Taliban declared the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. These anniversaries have not sparked much media interest. One notable exception: A new documentary film from Wall Street Journal Opinion: “The Path to Zero: The Withdrawal FromAfghanistan,” looks at President Biden's April 14, 2021 order to draw American troop levels down to zero, and traces what followed. The film's producer and director, Michael Pack, talks with host Cliff May about what happened back then and the lessons we should have learned by now. Documentary Links:https://www.wsj.com/video/series/opinion-docs/wsj-opinion-the-path-to-zero/2EB4BA30-CF99-462F-BB52-222870D4F002https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwzv_B9x-k
It's been nearly five years since the Taliban banned education for girls older than 12 in Afghanistan. Every day seems to bring a new law limiting them, but Afghan women are pushing back. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen and videographer Eric O'Connor visited a secret underground school in Kabul and sat down with the women risking their lives to protest the oppressive rules. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
In this episode of The Jason Jones Show, Jason sits down with Zainab Baqiri to discuss the Vulnerable People Project's work in Afghanistan and the women and girls still fighting for a future beyond Taliban rule. Recorded on August 26, 2026, the fifth anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing in Kabul, Jason and Zainab reflect on the chaos surrounding the fall of Afghanistan, the evacuation efforts they were involved in, and the attack that killed 13 American service members and approximately 170 Afghans. They share their personal experiences from that period and discuss the importance of remembering the Afghan allies who were left behind and the promises made to them. Jason and Zainab also discuss Flight2Future, a VPP program helping talented young Afghan women who have earned scholarships and university admissions reach countries where they can safely continue their education. The program helps cover travel and relocation costs, including the additional expense created by Taliban restrictions that often require a male family member to accompany a woman traveling outside the country. Zainab shares her own journey as a refugee now living in Germany, where she was able to pursue her master's degree with the support of a Catholic scholarship program. She reflects on how access to education, community, and opportunity helped her begin rebuilding her life. VPP is currently working to help seven young women facing urgent university deadlines through Flight2Future. To support Flight2Future and the Vulnerable People Project's humanitarian work, donate at vulnerablepeople.com.
On October 7, 2001, a US Air Force B-2 Spirit crossed into Afghan airspace as part of the opening campaign of Operation Enduring Freedom. Nearly twenty years later, a C-17 Globemaster carrying the final American soldiers lifted off from Kabul as the Taliban returned to power. Between those two very different aircraft lies the story of America's longest war. What began with a remarkably successful military campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaeda evolved into a two-decade multinational effort encompassing counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, nation-building, and the creation of Afghan security forces. On this episode, Dr. Lance “Boil” Lewis, a retired Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet pilot and historian, helps examine how—and why—that transformation occurred. Tracing the conflict from Afghanistan's geography and history, through the opening air campaign and the long years that followed, to the final chaotic weeks of August 2021, the evacuation of more than 120,000 people, and the people and equipment left behind, it becomes evident that no single decision or individual explains the outcome. Instead, this is the story of two decades of consequential decisions—and the enduring difference between winning battles and achieving national objectives. Music by Slater Aiello. Please support the show at: Fighter Pilot Podcast | Creating air combat-related content. | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nahid Karimi and Mahdi Rahimi join Dylan Welch, founder of Welch International, to share their firsthand perspectives on life in Afghanistan, the Taliban's return to power and the realities facing young Afghans today.Nahid recounts growing up in Kabul, representing Afghanistan as a gymnast and using music to advocate for peace and women's rights before the Taliban takeover changed everything. After fleeing to Pakistan with her family, she eventually received a scholarship to study in the United States, where she now advocates for Afghan girls and their right to an education.This powerful conversation explores displacement, life as a refugee, the loss of fundamental freedoms and the resilience of a generation determined to build a better future for Afghanistan.Content warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide and other sensitive subjects.Support the show
¿Fue la caída de Kabul un evento inesperado o el desenlace inevitable de veinte años de errores estratégicos? En este episodio, analizamos junto a Amador Guallar las causas geopolíticas, la corrupción sistémica y el colapso de las estructuras de poder que permitieron el rápido retorno de los talibanes al control de Afganistán. Repasamos el papel de los actores internacionales, los pactos locales y la desilusión de una población que vio cómo la democracia prometida se desvanecía ante sus ojos en cuestión de días. ◼️ Edición Limitada Versus Vol.1 https://go.ivoox.com/sq/3153351 ◼️ ❓ ¿Se me escucha? Festival de Podcast de Albacete https://www.semeescucha.es/ ⭐ ¿Qué es la Edición Especial de Verano? Se trata de reediciones revisadas de episodios relevantes de nuestro arsenal, para que no pases el verano sin tu ración de Historia Bélica. Estamos en: WhatsApp https://bit.ly/CasusBelliWhatsApp X/Twitter https://twitter.com/CasusBelliPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast Instagram estamos https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast Telegram Canal https://t.me/casusbellipodcast Telegram Grupo de Chat https://t.me/casusbellipod YouTube https://bit.ly/casusbelliyoutube TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@casusbelli10 https://casusbelli.top Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/casusbellipod La música que aparece en este episodio está cubiertas por licencias privadas de Epidemic Sound, Jamendo, SUNO o SGAE SGAERRDDD/4/1074/1012, o están compuestos por Dani CarAn bajo Licencia Creative Commons Atribución – No Comercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es ⚙️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es Las opiniones expresadas en este programa de pódcast, son de exclusiva responsabilidad de quienes las trasmiten. Que cada palo aguante su vela. ✉️¿Quieres contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
Marc Weitz had never owned a motorcycle, wasn't much for a plan and had three sources pointing toward two different routes. Then he rented a bike in Kabul and set out across Afghanistan toward the Minaret of Jam. Which route would he trust—and how would he know whether he was still on a road at all?
[This is one of the finalists in the 2026 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I'll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you've read them all, I'll ask you to vote for a favorite, so remember which ones you liked] A couple of decades ago in Kabul, a fellow aid worker on his third beer came up with a vivid simile for what American money was doing to the Afghan organizations implementing USAID projects. "It's like gluing a rabbit mouth-first to a fire hose. You blast its guts right out of its ass…but as long as the water keeps running, it looks like you've taught the rabbit to dance." Oxford politics professor Masooda Bano uses less lurid language, but Breakdown in Pakistan addresses the same basic phenomenon: how Western aid donors and INGOs unintentionally eviscerate so many of the local institutions they try to "capacity-build." The problem goes beyond the obvious mismatch of huge funds with small-scale organizations. Even low-to-moderate external funding can leave an organization hollowed out, bereft of local participants and the power it once had to motivate change on the ground. Anyone who cares about the global effectiveness of rich-country altruism needs to grasp the dynamic Bano analyzes. From the Western perspective, many of us want to put charitable money into a mechanism that delivers certain measurable outcomes (lives saved, morbidity reduced, income increased above poverty levels, etc.) as efficiently and reliably as possible. So we do our well-intentioned best to shape local institutions into a delivery vehicle for our projects. Readers of James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State will recall how mid-eighteenth-century German "scientific foresters" treated forests similarly, as a mechanism to reliably yield the highest volume of lumber. They planted spruce in vast uniform grids, ordered for easy counting and harvesting, while stripping out other non-timber species. The resulting monoculture plantations seemed ideal for both commercial exploitation and experimentation; it's much easier to control variables when you've removed as much natural variability as possible. Within a few decades, the downsides became evident. The first generation of trees grew strong, sucking up the accumulated benefits of the previous forest's soil ecology; later generations were stunted, as the lack of biodiversity left the soils nutrient-poor. Plantations packed with trees of the same species and same height were far more vulnerable to pathogens, pests, and extreme weather. Large-scale forest die-offs, Waldsterben, eventually forced foresters to drastically modify their approach. That metaphor fits Bano's story even better than my friend's gutted rabbit. Over the last four decades, we've been systematically replacing diverse old-growth institutions with more legible NGO plantations worldwide. While we've been enjoying our increased ability to control outcomes and test hypotheses, the rot has been spreading, the impoverished ecology stunting more and more of the forest. And now the wind through those uniform, hollowed-out aisles has built into a storm. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/breakdown-in-pakistan
We start off this episdoe with a possible reason why Trumps White House Press Secretary really left her position, before we talk about Trump screwing over American beef farmers and his CIA director taking a secret trip to Moscow. We also discuss the Canadian premiere of Ontario who feels offended by Trump, military contrats worth almost $1 billion, and the Secret Service scandal thats unfolding right now. We also honor three Marines for being awarded for their action in Kabul and the alleged mastermind of 9/11 getting his day in court. Tim Curry passed away, Space X is building a launch site in Louisiana, a Houston attorney has been arrested for beasiality! To join in on the conversation next week, come to patreon.com/CajunKnightBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cult-of-conspiracy--5700337/support.
In our third of three episodes honoring the lives impacted by the US departure from Afghanistan in 2021, we repost one of our most moving episodes. Consular officer Alan Eaton helped scores of Afghans at risk evacuate from Kabul, working from inside the Abbey Gate at the airport at exactly the moment when our friend Toobah was on the other side of the gate, trying to get through. As Alan explains, "This is Jews in Germany, 1940: These people have to get out." Some did get out, some didn't. Alan shares these human moments.
- Five years after the Abbey Gate bombing, the Afghanistan withdrawal returns to the spotlight as the deaths of 13 U.S. service members fuel renewed criticism of the Biden administration's handling of Kabul. - Immigration enforcement dominates as ABC's interview with Alex Pretti's family sparks a larger argument over ICE, sanctuary policies and how the media covers victims of immigration-related crime. - Darlene Graham wins a six-year U.S. Senate term in South Carolina, triggering questions over experience, nepotism and whether Trump's endorsement ultimately decides the race. - The Lindsay Clancy trial moves closer to a verdict as forensic psychiatric testimony challenges the defense's account of psychosis and focuses on her planning and actions before the killings. - Dolly Parton is remembered for her music, philanthropy and remarkably controversy-free public life, including decades of charitable giving and her literacy program for children. Today's podcast is sponsored by : PARAMOUNT PLUS - Don't Miss “Lioness” - all episodes NOW STREAMING on Paramount Plus You can now WATCH and chat with The Gerry Callahan Show LIVE on Newsmax's social media channels (Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, Rumble) Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Listen Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at http://NewsmaxPlus.com Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : http://nws.mx/shop Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media: • Facebook: http://nws.mx/FB • X/Twitter: http://nws.mx/twitter • Instagram: http://nws.mx/IG • YouTube: https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV • Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV • TRUTH Social: https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX • GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/newsmax • Threads: http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX • Telegram: http://t.me/newsmax • BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com • Parler: http://app.parler.com/newsmax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
-Rob gives socialism a brutally unfavorable Yelp review, touring its history from the Soviet Union and Venezuela to Sweden, which he notes dramatically rolled back government control, taxes and benefits after its own socialist experiment ran into trouble. -NEWSMAX HOTLINE — Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer of Project Sentinel joins Rob to mark five years since the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, arguing that abandoning Bagram and evacuating through Kabul handed the Taliban a massive strategic advantage and helped produce an avoidable catastrophe. Today's podcast is sponsored by : GHOSTBED - I used to think a mattress was just furniture, until I got my GhostBed! GhostBed is offering my audience their lowest prices of the season, plus an extra 10% off. Go to http://GhostBed.com/CARSON and use promo code CARSON RELIEF FACTOR - You don't need to live with aches & pains! Reduce muscle & joint inflammation and live a pain-free life by visiting http://ReliefFactor.com To call in and speak with Rob Carson live on the show, dial 1-800-922-6680 between the hours of 12 Noon and 3:00 pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday… Musical parodies provided by Jim Gossett (http://patreon.com/JimGossettComedy) You can now WATCH and chat with The Rob Carson Show LIVE on Newsmax's social media channels (Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, Rumble) Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Podcasts Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at http://NewsmaxPlus.com Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : http://nws.mx/shop Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media: -Facebook: http://nws.mx/FB -X/Twitter: http://nws.mx/twitter -Instagram: http://nws.mx/IG -YouTube: https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV -Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV -TRUTH Social: https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX -GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/newsmax -Threads: http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX -Telegram: http://t.me/newsmax -BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com -Parler: http://app.parler.com/newsmax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260821.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). New York Times (8/15/26) This week on CounterSpin: The US news media marked the anniversary of August 2021's nominal withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. A New York Times story explained that Taliban flags were “flying high along the streets of Kabul,” but that the deeper truth is that “the Taliban are holding Afghan society in a chokehold that spares no one.” But, the paper alleges, “The Taliban know the world wants a stable Afghanistan—one that isn't a source of refugees, drugs or terrorism.” I don't have enough breath to describe the hypocritical fantasizing in that sort of statement. But CounterSpin has hosted numerous reporters, researchers and activists over the course of the decades of devastating US intervention in Afghanistan—which did not, in fact, suddenly and righteously begin in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. We'll hear some of those conversations this week. And I will say, there has been some attention rightfully paid to the abandonment of Afghans who, at great danger to themselves, helped US troops, and who are now treated as yet more brown hordes seeking to sneak into the US. But those historical, human rights–based conversations are being overwhelmed by storylines like that from the Times, that talks about Afghanistan's “fragile peace” being “already at risk,” every bit as though the United States hasn't played a monumental role in making that peace impossible. And while we're reimagining history, please recall Dan Rather, on David Letterman on September 17, 2001, describing his definition of his job as journalist: “George Bush is the president, he makes the decisions, and, you know, as just one American, if he wants me to line up, just tell me where.” We're going to hear from Phyllis Bennis from the Institute for Policy Studies; from Matthew Hoh, senior fellow with the Center for International Policy; and Sonali Kolhatkar, host/producer of Rising Up With Sonali, and author—most recently—of Breaking ICE: Community Defense Against State Terror and MAGA Fascism. And there is much more about Afghanistan on FAIR.org. Phyllis Bennis: https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260821Bennis.mp3 Matthew Hoh: https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260821Hoh.mp3 Sonali Kolhatkar: https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260821Kolhatkar.mp3
The Taliban is celebrating 5 years since they seized-back control of Afghanistan - with parades and events that women are banned from joining. The BBC's Lyse Doucet joins us live from Kabul with an assessment of life under the Taliban, and why so many women fear for their safety with the extremists back in charge.Also in the programme: We'll have the latest on the Indonesian earthquake; we'll discuss what impact Ukrainian attacks are having on Russian civilians; and we'll hear from the musician still playing jazz at 100.(Photo shows members of the Taliban attending a rally to mark five years in power in Kabul, Afghanistan on 15 August 2026. Credit: Mohammad Yunus Yawar/Reuters)
The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have been celebrating the fifth anniversary of their return to power in Kabul. But they continue to face allegations of severe repression of women and girls, who are now virtually excluded from all public life. The BBC's Lyse Doucet has an assessment of life under the Taliban and she talks to two former BBC Afghan journalists who managed to escape rule under the Taliban.Also in the programme: Israel has defended its deadly strikes across southern Lebanon, saying they were in retaliation for a Hezbollah attack on its occupying forces. We find out why the Lebanese president has cast doubts on Israel's sincerity in peace negotiations. And we hear from the soul backing trio, the Womack sisters who've finally released their self-titled debut album this week. (Photo: Members of the Taliban participate in a rally to mark five years in power, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2026. Credit: Reuters/Sayed Hassi.)
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