Afghanistan - a Retrospective (Myth20c - Ep220)

Landlocked and at the ancient crossroads of the Mongol, Persian, Alexandrian and British empires, Afghanistan has long held a history as a conduit for other peoples. In more recent history, the Soviet occupation from 1979 to 1989 was only succeeded very briefly by a local Taliban coalition to then be knocked out by the United States in 2001. With the American military finally leaving its 20 year occupation behind, the Afghani peoples of various Pushtun and other assorted tribes once again look to an uncertain future - with the firm knowledge that whoever tries to conquer them next will likely reaffirm the Afghanistan sobriquet of the ‘Graveyard of Empires’.

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with Adam Smith and Hank Oslo

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-- References --

- Rare Earth: Afghanistan Sits on $1 Trillion in Minerals, Live Science (2014) - https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/rare-earth-afghanistan-sits-1-trillion-minerals-n196861
- Quarrelsome start to US-China summit in Alaska, Malaysia Now (2021) - https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2021/03/19/quarrelsome-start-to-us-china-summit-in-alaska/
- The Bill for the Afghanistan War Is $2.26 Trillion, and Still Rising, Losey (2021) - https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/16/bill-afghanistan-war-226-trillion-and-still-rising.html
- A Generation of Afghan Professionals Flees Ahead of Taliban Advance, Trofimov (2021) - https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-generation-of-afghan-youth-afghanistan-american-troops-pullout-taliban-biden-11625667435
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - https://alemarahenglish.net/