Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban (2021)

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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How did a small group of Islamic students go from local vigilantes to one of the most infamous and enigmatic forces in the world? The Taliban is a name that has haunted the American imagination since 2001. The scenes of the group's brutality repeatedly played in the Western media, while true, perhaps obscure our ability to see the complex origins of the Taliban and how they impact the lives of Afghans. It's a shadow that reaches across the vast ancient Afghan homeland, the reputation of the modern state, and throughout global politics. At the end of the US war in Afghanistan we go back to the end of the Soviet Occupation and the start of the Afghan civil war to look at the rise of the Taliban.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Rund and Romteen.
0:02.4	This month we're super proud to bring you our Peabody Award-winning series of
0:06.5	Ranniston, the center of the world.
0:09.2	Released at the 20th anniversary of 9-11 right after the US with Drew Troops from
0:14.1	Afghanistan and the Taliban re-took control, this series puts Afghanistan and its
0:19.2	people at the center of a centuries old narrative.
0:22.8	We're so proud that this is the kind of work we get to bring you every week.
0:26.8	So listen, re-listen, tell a friend about us.
0:30.4	Today, episode two, Afghanistan, the rise of the Taliban.
0:50.7	The year is 2001.
0:53.2	Ahmed Shah Masood is in northern Afghanistan, commanding his soldiers.
1:06.4	Ahmed Shah Masood is a legend in Afghanistan.
1:10.4	He's the most important commander of the opposition to the ruling Taliban.
1:15.2	Known as the Lion of Panshire,
1:18.0	Masood was tall and thin with an angular face. His curly hair always poked out
1:24.0	from under his poccle, the iconic brown wool cap that he made famous.
1:29.3	He kind of looked like an Afghan Jagebarra.
1:33.1	It was a Sunday and for weeks prior, a pair of journalists had pushed hard to get
1:37.6	an interview with him.
1:39.7	They set up what they purported to be a television interview with him.
1:45.8	Today was the day of the interview. When the journalists showed up with their
1:49.6	camera gear, they got searched by a guard and then walked into the building
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