Podcasts about Khyber Pass

HEADLINE: Bagram Air Base Inaccessible as Saudi Arabia Seeks Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella for Regional Security Assurance GUEST NAME: Bill Roggio and Husain Haqqani SUMMARY: Bill Roggio and Husain Haqqani discuss President Trump's unlikely ambition to retake Bagram, analyzing the new Saudi-Pakistan nuclear umbrella pact as a strategic signal against perceived US unreliability. 2940 KHYBER PASS

A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/hindu-americans-political-vulnerability-violence-h1b-bias-13936122.htmlChandra Mouli Nagamalliah, a 50-year old motel manager in Dallas, Texas, was brutally hacked to death and beheaded by a Cuban criminal illegal alien, in front of his wife and son. The murderer kicked Chandra's head around in the parking lot, before picking it up and dropping it in a garbage bin. All this because of an argument about a washing machine.This extraordinary incident got no airplay in the US, partly because it coincided with the murder of a conservative broadcaster, Charlie Kirk. There have been other acts of extreme brutality in the US: Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, was stabbed to death by a psychotic killer in a train. In December, Debrina Kawam was burned alive in a New York subway.Violence is not unusual, but it hits home when a ‘model minority' Hindu is killed in such a dramatic manner. There was also the unexplained death of Suchir Balaji, a whistleblower who used to work for OpenAI, who may have been silenced. 633 Indian students have died abroad in 5 years, including 172 in Canada and 108 in the US, according to India Today.I worry about what all this means for the 2-3 million Hindu-Americans. I specifically speak of Hindu-Americans for good reason. Non-Hindus from India have other networks: Muslims and Christians join existing mosque and church groups; some Sikhs project Khalistani memes, falsely alleging religious discrimination in India, seek asylum, and shun Indian connections. Zohran Mamdani, a PIO, has strong Islamist support in his run for NYC Mayor.Second, anti-Hindu noise in the US has gone up substantially, especially the allegation that Hindus practise caste-based discrimination. There was the California Bill SB 403, sponsored by Afghan-American State Senator Aisha Wahab, which the Governor vetoed. Now there is a new Bill SB 509 that also targets Hindus, and which has also passed the California Senate and Assembly. It was co-authored by State Assembly Member Jasmeet Bains.Then there are the lawsuits. There was the infamous suit against Cisco Systems alleging caste bias by two Hindu ‘upper-caste' managers against a ‘lower-caste' employee. After years of acrimonious hearings, the Federal Court penalized the California Civil Rights Department for faulty prosecution; CRD withdrew the case against the two managers; the case against Cisco continues in arbitration. But this has led to copy-cat suits and a malign narrative against Hindus.Another major lawsuit was against the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Robbinsville, NJ, the largest Hindu temple in the Western Hemisphere, again with accusations of caste-based discrimination. After years of wrangling, and accusations that an immigration lawyer had coerced some complainants, the DOJ and the US Attorney's Office for New Jersey closed the criminal case on September 19th, finding no violations of federal law or worker exploitation. The civil case continues; the narrative against Hindus has been strengthenedThere are leftists with Hindu names aplenty who are actively campaigning against Hindus and supporting people like the academic Audrey Truschke, a known anti-Hindu activist. This is true even among some people in India: for instance, Annapurna Roy won Best Director at the Venice Film Festival, and dedicated her win to women and “the children of Gaza”, never mind the Hindu women, children and men being severely oppressed in Bangladesh right next door.There has been a massive spike in the anti-Hindu narrative online in the recent past; paradoxically because of their ‘model-minority' nature: they work hard, obey the law, pay taxes, and get ahead in life. Hindu-Americans likely have the highest per-capita income of any ethno-religious group in the US (Indian-Americans at large do). This leads to envy, especially as the economy struggles and you need scapegoats.That is reflected in attacks on the H1-B visa program, of which Indians are the biggest beneficiaries. There is the sudden imposition of a $100,000 “tax” on H1-B visas by President Trump. The net result of this is going to be an exodus to India and third countries, an echo of Idi Amin expelling Indians from Uganda.On the one hand, a good bit of America's competency in technology is supported by Indian engineers on H1-B visas (of course, there are Indian doctors and nurses and so on also on H1-B). On the other hand, US engineers don't have much bargaining power (compared to, say, US doctors), so they have been complaining about foreign-born engineers for decades.In addition to being part of the Trump Administration's pressure tactics on trade, the H1-B noise harks back to early 20th century anti-Hindu and anti-Indian prejudice, when racism and religious bigotry combined to oppress immigrants. A century later, same wine, different bottle. I wrote in January about the compelling cases of Bhagat Singh Thind and Vaishno Das Bagai. They were, like Chandra Nagamalliah, real human beings, not just some statistics. The murdered Charlie Kirk himself had explicitly called for reducing visas for “people from India”.But there is a bigger, more general problem: Hindus generally seek wealth, not political power, ie the old Guns vs. Butter debate. The problem is that if you don't have guns, the folks with the guns will take your butter. Hindus focused historically on wealth creation, and then were left flabbergasted when wave after wave of invaders came over the Khyber Pass or across the oceans, and just took the wealth.It is the same in the US now: Hindus seek material advancement, not political power. Even the Hindu elected representatives said very little about Chandra's tragic death. Vivek Ramaswamy, who had earlier emphasized his Hindu roots, was silent until prodded by online critics. Other prominent politicians were also quiet.But other immigrant groups have made substantial progress in capturing political power. As an example, the entire city council in Hamtramck, Michigan, is Muslim. In the UK, Pakistani-origin people are in positions of power. In Dearborn, Michigan, the Muslim mayor, on September 9th, told a Christian priest that he was an Islamophobe and effectively urged him to leave the city.Without political power, Hindus will be vulnerable. There will be sorry exoduses from various countries, and India should become the “nation of last resort” for PIOs. India should treat this as a version of the ‘1000 Talents' program that China used to attract its diaspora, and create ways to utilize their skills to support economic growth. That needs a lot of planning and can be a win for the country, however traumatic it is for individuals.Here is the AI-generated Malayalam version of this podcast, from notebookLM.google.com:1000 words, 20 Sept 2025, updated 23 Sept 2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Don't be shy, send me a message!Thomas Felix Creighton examines the Britishness of Timothy Dalton's first outing as Ian Fleming's creation, James Bond, 007.Part One: Brits in AfghanistanThomas touches on iconic imagery, such as the infamous painting, “The remnants of an army, Jellalabad [sic], January 13, 1842”, which is better known as just "Remnants of an Army". It was painted by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler in 1878, and shows Dr. William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad in January 1842. He was thought to be the only survivor of a massacre at The Khyber Pass. This is detailed in a book Thomas has recommended before, "The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia" by Peter Hopkirk, the chapter "Massacre in the Passes". For the sake of variety, Thomas reads from a book not previously covered in his episodes on the British Empire, namely, Jeremy Paxman's "Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British".If it wasn't clear in the episode (Thomas has been down with a cold and is still a tiny bit fuzzy), the 'British' were fighting in Afghanistan mainly to forestall any Russian influence there, as it was seen as the gateway to India. Not so different from James Bond's objectives in the movie, I suppose.Part Two: A Potpourri of Britishness Covering a shop with a dress code, British technology, Aston Martins, and country estates. Thomas can't resist referencing an American court case, Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc. Give me a harrier jump jet, or I'll sue...Part Three: Fleming. Ian Fleming.Again, seeking some measure of variety, Thomas reads two short sections from "The Life of Ian Fleming" by John Pearson, Fleming's friend and biographer. Two further biographies were consulted, especially the ones by Nicholas Shakespeare and Andrew Lycett, but Pearson's was better on this occasion. Thomas also refer to a collection of Fleming's writing recently released, named, "Talk of the Devil", possibly getting the title wrong. If he does get it wrong, he blames the cold.Hungry for more?Check out episodes 133 & 134, all about Gibraltar thanks to my friend Caine, who spent a weekend on The Rock purely to help out my podcast. Also, episode 189, an interview with the movie's director, John Glen.Visit the podcast website: https://albionneverdies.com/Message Thomas anytime on Instagram, @FlemingNeverDies, or e-mail: AlbionNeverDies@gmail.comCheck out Thomas' Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/britishcultureCheck out the Red Bubble shopSubscribe to the newsletter for update e-mails, random postcards, and stickers: https://youtube.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b3afdae99897eebbf8ca022c8&id=5165536616Support the show

PREVIEW: BIDEN: COLLEAGUE BILL ROGGIO RECALLS THAT POTUS BIDEN AIMED TO QUIT AFGHANISTAN ASAP. MORE LATER. 1880 KHYBER PASS

TALIBAN:  US ADJUSTING. BILL ROGGIO, FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI,  HUDSON INSTITUTE.  1920 FORT RAMRUD, KHYBER PASS

Preview: Colleague Bill Roggio of FDD reports on the long history of Tehran employing the Taliban to project and/or to support terror in the region and transnationally. More.. 1940 KHYBER PASS

Good evening: The show begins in the Khyber Pass, where Afghan refugees will be pushed out of Pakistan and back to the Taliban rule they fled after 2021. 1848 KHYBER PASS CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15: AFGHANISTAN: HOSTAGE RETURN; FOOD AID CUTOFF Guest: Bill Roggio, FDD 9:15-9:30: SYRIA: ARMED BY TURKEY Guest: Bill Roggio, FDD 9:30-9:45: DEMOCRATS: "TOXIC" SAYS NEWSOM Guest: Peter Berkowitz, Hoover 9:45-10:00: POTUS: NON TRANSPARENCY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Guest: @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15: UKRAINE: HANGING ON KURSK AND BELGOROD OBLASTS Guests: John Hardie, Bill Roggio (FDD) 10:15-10:30: RUSSIA: DEMANDING AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT IN KYIV Guests: John Hardie, Bill Roggio (FDD) 10:30-10:45: PRC READYING FOR 2027 Guests: Stephen Yates (Heritage), Gordon Chang (Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill) 10:45-11:00: POTUS: RECIPROCAL TARIFFS IMMINENT Guests: Alan Tonelson, Gordon Chang THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15: POTUS: DEPORTATIONS CONTINUE Guest: Joseph Humire, Secure Free Society 11:15-11:30: PANAMA: CHINA TWISTS ARMS Guest: Joseph Humire, Secure Free Society 11:30-11:45: TARIFFS: EXPENSIVE Guest: Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center 11:45-12:00: CANADA: NO EVIDENCE OF GRAVES OF CHILDREN Guest: Conrad Black, National Post FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15: KGB: SLEEPER AGENTS AND INFLUENCE SPOTTERS IN THE 70S (Part 1/2) Guest: Craig Unger, Author of "American Kompromat," "House of Trump, House of Putin," "Den of Spies" 12:15-12:30: KGB: SLEEPER AGENTS AND INFLUENCE SPOTTERS IN THE 70S (Part 2/2) Guest: Craig Unger 12:30-12:45: MEXICO: CARTEL HORRORS INVESTIGATED Guest: Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ 12:45-1:00 AM: HONEYBEES: GOOD NEWS Guest: Henry Miller MD (henrymillermd@gmail.com)

PREVIEW: Colleague Bill Roggio of FDD sums up the aim of the medieval Taliban government in Kabul. More later. 1867 KHYBER PASS.

Preview: Bill Roggio Reports on Biden Administration's Denial of Al Qaeda Camps in Afghanistan, While Trump Administration Has Yet to Acknowledge Their Existence. More Tonight. 1878 Khyber Pass

DID THE UKRAINE WAR AND OCTOBER 7 BEGIN IN KABUL?   7/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1890 KHYBER PASS

DID THE UKRAINE WAR AND OCTOBER 7 BEGIN IN KABUL?  5/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1895 KHYBER PASS 

DID THE UKRAINE WAR AND OCTOBER 7 BEGIN IN KABUL?  4 /8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1900 KHYBER PASS

DID THE UKRAINE WAR AND OCTOBER 7 BEGIN IN KABUL?  2/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1940 KHYBER PASS

PREVIEW: LAS VEGAS: NEW ORLEANS: Colleague Andrew McCarthy of NRO, veteran federal prosecutor of terror events, considers several common details shared by the attackers but no convincing links. More tonight. 1895 Khyber Pass

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PREVIEW: RUSSIA: Conversation with colleague Husain Haqqani of the Hudson Institute re the significance of the news that Russia is warming relations with Afghanistan -- and what's in it for Moscow? More later. 1848 Khyber Pass

AFTER TWO DEBATES, NO EXPLANATION:  2/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1940 KHYBER PASS

AFTER TWO DEBATES, NO EXPLANATION:  6/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. KHYBER PASS 1948

#StateThinking:  Afghanistan the Left Behind @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. 1920 Fort Jamrud, Khyber Pass

PREVIEW: AFGHANISTAN: LEFT BEHIND: With colleague Mary Kissel, Executive Vice President Stephens Incorporated, former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State, re the people left behind in Afghanistan during and after the American-led withdrawal in August 2021: What is to be done? More later. 1848 Khyber Pass

AFGHANISTAN: Unending despair. Bill Roggio, FDD. https://www.longwarjournal.org/ 1940 Khyber Pass

PREVIEW: AFGHANISTAN: BUSH, OBAMA, TRUMP, BIDEN: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of FDD re the question, Who lost Afghanistan? More tonight. 1867 Khyber Pass

PREVIEW: AFGHANISTAN: : Conversation with Mary Kissel regarding the VPOTUS Harris foreign policy with regard to the continuing threat of the Taliban and its allies and rivals, the jihadists. More tonight. 1848 KHYBER PASS

PREVIEW: GITMO: Colleague Bill Roggio, FDD, recounts the recidivism rate of Guantanamo illegal combatant detainees over the decades. More tonight. 1867 Khyber Pass

PREVIEW: LEBANON: AFGHANISTAN: Conversation with colleague Mary Kissel, formerly of State, re the fact that the UK FM has urged British citizens to depart from Lebanon for fear of war -- and how the US State Department conducts similar instances -- and what went wrong in Kabul, 2021. More later. 1920 Khyber Pass

PREVIEW: AFGHANISTAN: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio, FDD, re: his expectations of the new commission investigating the tragedy of the US in Afghanistan since 2001. More tonight. 1867 Khyber Pass

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Afghanistan... 1867 Khyber Pass CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #Afghanistan: The Taliban are spending on weapons. & What is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/07/generation-jihad-ep-190-partnering-with-terrorists-to-fight-terrorists.php 915-930 #PAKISTAN: Taliban Cutouts and Islamabad. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/07/generation-jihad-ep-190-partnering-with-terrorists-to-fight-terrorists.php 930-945 #PRC: Is the Factory floor in China coming home to Detroit? Charles Ortel of the On the Money with Charles Ortel podcast @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/how-trumps-return-may-impact-indian-chinese-stock-markets/articleshow/111831020.cms this is correct bfa 945-1000  #POTUS: Trump trade in Asia: Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://finance.yahoo.com/video/europe-could-suffer-most-us-164329843.html https://fortune.com/2024/07/20/trump-tariffs-60-percent-china-trade-war-economic-growth-impact-deflation/ SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #ISRAEL: Netanyahu to Washington & Wht is to be done. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 1015-1030 #GAZA: Deif is dead. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 1030-1045 1/2: #CAMPUS: Princeton group think & What is to be done? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution ."Campus Indoctrination's Costs Outweigh Unintended Benefits," RealClearPolitics, July 21, 2024https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/21/campus_indoctrinations_costs_outweigh_unintended_benefits__151304.html 1045-1100 2/2: #CAMPUS: Princeton group think & What is to be done? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution ."Campus Indoctrination's Costs Outweigh Unintended Benefits," RealClearPolitics, July 21, 2024https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/21/campus_indoctrinations_costs_outweigh_unintended_benefits__151304.html THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #POTUS: Perils of the lame-duck president. John Bolton, WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dangers-of-a-lame-duck-biden-withdraw-race-2024-election-foreign-policy-national-security-d8101017?page=1 1115-1130 #PRC: Third Plenum sames as the old Third Plenum: no way out.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.csis.org/blogs/third-plenum-hot-takes-skepticism-and-concern 1130-1145 #TAIWAN: Prepping for a possible Trump Second Term.  Cleo Paskal,FDD https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/what-could-a-trump-vance-china-policy-look-like#google_vignette1145-1200 #OCEANIÅ: PRC cash and corruption assault on the Northern Marianas as Tinian celebrates 80 years since the Battle of Tinian.  Cleo Paskal,FDD FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #NewWorldReport:  Milei promises justice for AMIA and Nisman. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentinas-milei-promises-justice-1994-bombing-jewish-community-2024-07-18/ 1215-1230 #NewWorldReport:  How will Maduro handle the election? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-election-organization-is-designed-confuse-voters-opposition-says-2024-07-19/ 1230-1245 #HOUTHIS: The IAF finally responds after nearly 10 months of attacks. Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/watch-idf-releases-footage-of-strike-on-houthi-controlled-hodeida-port-in-yemen/ar-BB1qmDTT 1245-100 am #RUSSIA: The Kremlin threatens to send anti-ship missiles to the Houthis & What is to be done? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-launches-effort-to-stop-russia-from-arming-houthis-with-antiship-missiles/ar-BB1qgthk G: The show begins in Afghanistan where the Taliban is buying weaponry...

PREVIEW: #TALIBAN: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of FDD re: the possibility of the Taliban acquiring missiles and drones for transnational attacks similar to the Houthis of Yemen. More tonight. 1878 Khyber Pass

#AFGHANISTAN: $2Trillion of gemstones and metals and marble in mines & what is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute https://ig.ft.com/afghan-mining/1940 KHYBER PASS

#ISIS: Vs Taliban & what is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute https://ig.ft.com/afghan-mining/ 1867 KHYBER PASS

PREVIEW: #KABUL: #2021: Conversation with James Hasson, co-author with Jerry Dunleavy of KABUL, re how the CIA made a deal with the Afghan militia to clear the Kabul airport with violence and brutality - in exchange for promises. More later. 1940 Khyber Pass

IS THIS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE DEBATE? 2/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1848 KHYBER PASS

IS THIS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE DEBATE? 3/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1887 KHYBER PASS

PREVIEW: #AL QAEDA: Conversation with Bill Roggio, FDD, asking who is the head of Al Qaeda, Abu Sayf al-Adl? Why why is he inviting jihadists to Afghanistan?  More detail tonight. 1895 Khyber Pass.

GOOD EVENING. The show begins along the Israel-Lebanon border with 215 rockets fired in anger by the Hezbollah army following the decapitation strike on a commander. To Moscow for the risk of bank runs. To Tajikistan, Texas, LA, Philadelphia, Penn Country. New York, to Iran and Al-Qaeda safe houses. To Brussels re: the Gray Zone. To Korea DMZ, to Tokyo and Taipei. To Ottawa and India. To Kings Point, NY - US Merchant Marine Academy. To Apollo 8 around the moon, December 1968, to Beta Pectoris. To Civics class, to Occitanie and Le Pen. 1878 Khyber Pass

2/2: #AlQaeda: #ISIS: FBI detains 8 Tajiks in LA, Philadelphia and New York & What is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/us/tajik-nationals-arrested-terror-ties-probe/index.html 1900 Khyber Pass

#AFGHANISTAN; Al Qaeda distributes a pamphlet inviting global jihadists to training camps in Afghanistan. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute.  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/06/al-qaeda-leader-calls-foreign-fighters-to-afghanistan.php 1872 KHYBER PASS

PREVIEW: #AFGHANISTAN: #ALQAEDA: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of FDD re the fact that Al Qaeda sends out a pamphlet inviting all jihadists to travel to Afghanistan for training for transnational attacks -- and the Taliban does not protest nor does CENTCOM comment. More details later tonight. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/06/al-qaeda-leader-calls-foreign-fighters-to-afghanistan.php 1920 Khyber Pass, Fort Jamrud

PREVIEW: TALIBAN: ALQAEDA: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio, FDD, re the questions, Is the Taliban stronger tody than before the Long War start after 9-11?  And does Al Qaeda's presence strengthen or weaken the Taliban rule?  More later. 1867 Khyber Pass

1/2: #AFGHANISTAN: Alleged cutthroat Police Chief of Kandahar and the US war aims. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-abdul-raziq.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb1848 Khyber Pass

2//2: #AFGHANISTAN: Alleged cutthroat Police Chief of Kandahar And the US war aims. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-abdul-raziq.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 1898 Khyber Pass

PR:EVIEW: #AFGHANISTAN: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of FDD re the failure of Washington over many years to face the fact that the Taliban and Al Qaeda work together, and that there are numerous Al Qaeda facilities that have long prospered before during and after the American presence.  More later. 1880 Khyber Pass

#IRAN: The neighborhood of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Kurdistan and the Mullahs. Bill Roggio, FDD https://pajhwok.com/2024/04/22/iran-afghanistan-confer-on-expanding-relations/ 1880 Khyber Pass

#StateThinking: Afghanistan NEO catastrophe. @MaryKissel, Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State, Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/exclusive-state-department-officials-t...  1900 Khyber Pass

PREVIEW: #KABUL: #STATE DEPARTMENT: Conversation with colleague Mary Kissel, foormer senior adviser to  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, re how the State Department prepares for evacuating people from trouble (NEO: Non-combatant Evacuation Operation)-- and what to make of the failures of the Afghanistan evacuation of August, 2021.  More details later tonight.  1895 Khyber Pass

PREVIEW: #AFGHANISTAN: Excerpt from a conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of FDD re the March testimony by retired generals Milley and McKenzie to Congress re the withdrawl from Kabul in August, 2021 -- and how the representatives did not press re the miltary of the decision making to abandon Bagram before the exit.  More of this later. 1867 Khyber Pass

ISIS-K CAMPS OUT IN AFGHANISTAN: 2/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End  – by Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented. 1867 KHYBER PASS

C https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented.   1848 KHYBER PASS

6/8:  /Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented.   Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1900 Khyber Pass

1206 - 1526 - After the Ghurids crossed the Khyber Pass, Islam fast became a major religion of the Indian subcontinent, adding to the cultural diversity of these lands, but would this change be short lived or permanent?