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Speak about this last time. Lost song. And this is season 4 episode 2, bleaters and dealers.

In this episode we'll explore the prelude

to the war in Afghanistan.

From the ancient empires to British colonialism right up to the eve of the Soviet

invasion in 1979. We'll see how decades of Soviet assistance and American

Pakistani and Saudi sabotage led to a communist revolution

and the rise of the so-called Mujahide.

As the Afghan Revolution goes to pot in the late 1970s, an anti-communist alliance will descend on the

country. An axis made up of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United States.

What comes next is a 40 years war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is still the buffer between big nations involved in the Indian subcontinent as it was a century ago.

But the nations are more powerful today and the issues more dangerous.

Quote, when the British first began their military moves against Afghanistan.

The British resident in Baluchistan said to the Khan of Kalat,

the British army has entered Kabul without firing a bullet. And the Worldly Wise Khan, instead of answering, began to stare at the sky.

The British resident made another attempt.

You make no answer.

You seem lost in thought.

The old Khan replied,

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