Afghanistan Calling

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr Arian fled the war in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and travelled to London. He won a place at Cambridge University and studied medicine, qualifying as a doctor. Just two years from becoming a consultant in radiology, he chose to take a career break so he could help those back home. He has established a network of around 100 volunteer doctors and consultants in the West, who give free advice to hospitals in war zones, by text, What’s App, Skype and email.

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0:00.0	From the BBC World Service, welcome to the latest edition of the Documentary Podcast.
0:06.2	Every week we bring you a range of stories from our presenters and reporters across the
0:10.5	world.
0:11.5	Please do rate the documentary on your podcast app and leave a comment.
0:15.7	Let us know what you think.
0:17.7	Afghanistan, a country racked by seemingly interminable war, here there are always casualties.
0:33.8	In hospitals they fight their own daily battle against injury and disease, armed with the
0:39.4	most basic of facilities.
0:42.9	I'm John Simpson, the BBC World Affairs Editor, and I've been reporting from Afghanistan
0:47.9	for over 35 years.
0:50.9	You're listening to the BBC World Service.
0:55.6	On the outskirts of the capital, Kabul lies a refugee camp for around 1,000 Afghan families
1:03.0	displaced by war and poverty.
1:12.4	Today they have a visitor, a man who knows how it is to live in the most basic of conditions.
1:23.0	It's very sad to see this, it brings all my memories back.
1:28.6	His name is Waheed Arian, we'll be following his extraordinary story from an Afghan child
1:36.2	refugee to saving lives in war zones across the world and pushing the boundaries of medicine.
1:44.0	This is Afghanistan calling.
1:56.0	Born in Kabul 34 years ago, Waheed grew up knowing only war.
2:02.5	Soviet Afghan conflict was already in its fourth year.
2:06.7	By the time he was five, his family decided to escape to Pakistan, making him a child refugee.
2:14.4	They subsequently spent three years in a refugee camp near Peshawar.
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