Afghanistan with Tariq Ali

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Legendary socialist scholar Tariq Ali on the long history of Afghanistan: the 19th and early 20th-century wars against the British Empire; the communist coup, Soviet invasion, and US-backed mujahideen war; the rise of the Taliban; and the 2001 US-led NATO invasion through the recent US defeat and withdrawal. Plus, a lot about Pakistan. Pre-order Ali's forthcoming book The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold versobooks.com/books/3939-the-forty-year-war-in-afghanistan Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter

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0:00.0	This episode of the Dig, like every episode of the Dig,
0:03.8	is produced in partnership with Jacobin Magazine.
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1:17.8	Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
1:20.8	My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
1:25.8	The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan,
1:27.8	occasioned a tidal wave of US media attention to a country and people
1:31.8	about whom Americans have not thought about much for years,
1:35.8	but suddenly professed to passionately care about.
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