How a U.S. Marine and an Afghan interpreter forged a bond of friendship in Afghanistan

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Zac Zaki and Tom Schueman join Meghna Chakrabarti to talk about the friendship they forged in Afghanistan, and what it took to get Zaki out of Kabul.

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0:18.8	This is on point.
0:24.5	I'm Megna Chakrabardi.
0:26.3	One year ago today,
0:28.3	Kabul fell to the Taliban.
0:30.9	It marked the chaotic end to 20 years of war
0:34.0	and American occupation of Afghanistan.
0:36.8	The longest war the United States has ever fought.
0:40.9	Zainula Zaki, he goes by Zak for short.
0:44.2	He and Tom Schuman formed a lasting friendship
0:47.4	over 16 months of the deadliest fighting of that entire war.
0:53.0	Zak was an Afghan interpreter for the US military.
0:56.6	Tom, a platoon commander with the third battalion,
0:59.6	Fifth Marines.
1:01.0	Together, they've just published a new book.
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