Saying Goodbye to Afghanistan

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Afghanistan. U.S. troops have been leaving for years, fast, then slowly, then fast again. There is some kind of peace deal between the United States and the Taliban, but it doesn’t involve peace. The Afghan government isn’t even a party to it.

Russia—which lost its own war in Afghanistan a generation ago--may have been paying the Taliban to kill U.S. troops.

Soon, though, Afghanistan will ostensibly be on its own again. What’s next, aside from more war, of course.

To help us understand all of this, we have Kathy Gannon. She is a veteran reporter with the Associated Press based in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She witnessed the Taliban’s victory in 1996, the U.S. invasion in 2001, and has won numerous awards for her work. She is the author of I is for Infidel: From Holy War to Holy Terror in Afghanistan.

Recorded 7/21/20
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0:17.0	international community has been billions of dollars. It's almost 20 years.
0:20.0	The international community has been billions of dollars.
0:21.0	It's almost 20 years, the poverty rate in Afghanistan in areas under
0:26.4	government control has gone from 32% of the population to 55% of the population.
0:34.3	You're listening to war College, a weekly podcast that brings you the stories from behind the front
0:48.0	lines.
0:49.0	Here are your hosts. Hello and welcome'm Matthew Gault.
1:05.0	I'm Jason Fields and I'm Matthew Gault.
1:09.0	Afghanistan.
1:11.0	U.S. troops have been leaving for years, fast, then slowly, then fast again.
1:16.2	There is some kind of peace deal between the United States and the Taliban, but it
1:20.6	doesn't involve peace. The Afghan government isn't even party to it.
1:25.0	Russia, which lost its own war in Afghanistan a generation ago,
1:30.0	may have been paying the Taliban to kill US troops.
1:34.0	Soon though, Afghanistan will ostensibly be on its own again.
1:39.0	What's next, aside from our war, course? To help us understand all of this, we have Kathy Gannon.
1:47.0	She's a veteran reporter with the Associated Press, based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
1:52.0	She witnessed the Taliban's victory in 1996 and the US
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