AZIZULLAH AZIZ | How I Evaded the Taliban and Escaped Afghanistan (Ep. 416)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we welcome Azizullah Aziz to the show. He is an Afghanistan native of Afghanistan that served the US for 15 years as a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) combat Interpreter, facilitator, and cultural advisor. He served side-by-side with Chad Robichaux on all eight of his JSOC deployments in Afghanistan. He’s the Aziz that is the main subject of the new book Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban. In this interview, we go over what it was like for him growing up in Afghanistan, how learning English helped him build his country and eventually save his life, what he thought about the United States when our military invaded his country after the 9/11 attacks, the close calls he had with the Taliban as he was trying to escape the country following the Biden Administration’s withdrawal, if he ever thinks he’ll be able to see his home country again, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Undaunted Life, a man's podcast. I'm your host Kyle Thompson. Let's get into it.
0:24.8	All right, guys, today we've got a very special guest on the podcast. His name is Azizullah Aziz.
0:29.0	So he is a native of Afghanistan. He served the United States for 15 years as a JSOC. That's a joint
0:34.3	special operations command combat interpreter facilitator and cultural advisor. And he served side-by-side
0:39.6	with Chad Robesho on his eight JSOC deployments in Afghanistan. Guys, we just talked to Chad Robesho
0:45.6	earlier this week to talk about everything that's gone on with Aziz. Obviously, the crazy situation
0:50.9	that happened in Afghanistan. And then, you know, obviously, if you read the book and even go
0:54.2	to that interview that we did earlier this week, Chad credits Aziz was saving his life on multiple
0:58.9	occasions. And the book he actually lucidates three of those. And he's the Aziz that's the main
1:03.2	subject matter of the new book, saving Aziz, how the mission to help one became a calling to rescue
1:09.1	thousands from the Taliban. So I just want to read this quick thing from the dedication section of
1:13.6	the book here because I think it's, you know, applicable to what we're going to be talking about
1:17.2	today. To the brave Afghan allies who fought courageously alongside us for 20 years,
1:21.2	we will never forget the sacrifices you all made for the free Afghanistan and are for a free
1:26.4	Afghanistan and for security around the world. Your sacrifices and dedicated service have earned
1:31.5	each of you the right for an opportunity to live free in America. And I'm sorry, our government has
1:35.8	failed you through a broken system. We will never forget you. And so obviously, there's a whole
1:41.6	lot of things that go into even just that one quick statement. But with a guy like Aziz,
1:45.3	in this interview, we talk about what was it like growing up in Afghanistan? And for any of you
1:48.7	guys out there that are struggling with being thankful, right, thankful for the stuff you have for
1:52.9	where you live, make sure you pay really close attention to the first five or 10 minutes of our
1:57.6	interview today because he goes into a lot of detail about what it was like growing up in
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