Afghanistan: 9/11 to Evacuation, Everything You Didn’t Know
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By Gerry Nutini
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The situation in Afghanistan is a chaotic one, and while the evacuation from Kabul has been at the forefront, conversations about where to place blame have also prevailed. It is easy with Afghanistan to only focus on this singular moment, but this has been a 20-year war across 4 presidencies. This episode starts with 9/11 and looks at each phase of the conflict and all the players — The US, the Taliban, Bin Laden, the Afghan Government, and the roles each US President played in their terms.
There’s very likely information in this episode you didn’t know. My hope is to highlight the complexity of this situation and how even though the events we see today are no one’s fault, they are also everyone’s fault.
Show Notes
Afghanistan
Politifact — Posts correct about Trump administration’s role in releasing key Taliban leader
New York Times — Biden to Address Taliban and Afghanistan Crisis: Live Updates
New York Times — Protests Spread to Kabul as Taliban Struggle to Govern
Wiki — Declaration of war by the United States — Wikipedia
Wiki — Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 — Wikipedia
FactCheck — Timeline of US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
WAPO — Analysis | Trump officials scramble for distance from his Taliban deal
AP — Was Biden handcuffed by Trump’s Taliban deal in Doha?
AP — Mullah’s rise charts Taliban’s long road back to power
The Guardian — Taliban’s Abdul Ghani Baradar is undisputed victor of a 20-year war
Politifact — Posts correct about Trump administration’s role in releasing key Taliban leader
Full Speech: President Biden Addresses Nation On Afghanistan
Pentagon’s top officials hold news conference on Afghanistan
WATCH: Pentagon holds news conference on Afghanistan
Wiki — Ashraf Ghani — Wikipedia
NYT — How the Taliban Conquered Afghanistan
NYT — The New York Times Taliban Capture Zaranj, an Afghanistan Provincial Capital, in a Symbolic Victory
NYT — 4 Takeaways From the US Deal With the Taliban
NYT — The New York Times Why the Afghan Military Collapsed So Quickly
NYT — The Taliban Close In on Afghan Cities, Pushing the Country to the Brink
NYT — Ex-President of Afghanistan Makes a Hasty Escape
NYT — Miscue after miscue, US exit plan unravels | World News
WAPO — The Washington Post Trump’s deal with the Taliban, explained
COVID
NYT — Covid-19, Booster Shots and Delta Variant: Live Updates
NYT — Covid News: Three U.S. Senators Test Positive for Virus
NYT — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/health/coronavirus-johnson-vaccine-booster.html NYT — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/opinion/long-covid-treatment.html
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