Tom Tugendhat: The pain and costs of our defeat in Afghanistan (E69)
Tom Tugendhat is a British Member of Parliament and former Security Minister who served multiple tours in Afghanistan in various civilian and military capacities.In this exclusive interview, Tom speak...
10 Jan 1h 2min
Charlie Gammell: How I fell in love with Herat (E68)
Charlie Gammell is a former British diplomat, author and historian who has worked extensively in Afghanistan and Iran. Speaking fluent Farsi and Pashto, with Herati and Khosti accents, Charlie reflect...
20 Des 202547min
James Cowan: From Helmand to HALO - a British Commander’s Remarkable Afghanistan Story (E67)
James Cowan has seen Afghanistan at its most intense: the frozen, “medieval” Kabul he first stepped into after the Taliban’s fall in 2001, the brutal peak of the NATO campaign in Helmand, and the coun...
29 Nov 202546min
Al Carns: Afghanistan captures your soul (E66)
In this profoundly personal and powerful interview, the UK's Minister for the Armed Forces, Al Carns MP, tells his story of Afghanistan from the eyes of a soldier who fought there. Al recounts his fir...
1 Nov 202545min
Fred Smith: Songs, diplomacy and falling in love with Uruzgan (E65)
Fred Smith is an Australian diplomat, author, singer and songwriter who served alongside Australian forces in Uruzgan, as well as in Kabul. He didn’t just take his diplomatic skills to the country, bu...
14 Okt 202557min
Zalmay Khalilzad: My life, my story, my mission (From Bonn to Doha Talks) - Part 2 (E64)
Born to a mid-level government official and an illiterate mother in Afghanistan’s northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Zalmay Khalilzad has a remarkable and, in many ways, inspiring story. As a teenager, ...
27 Sep 202557min
Zalmay Khalilzad: My life, my story, my mission (From Kabul to the White House) - Part 1 (E63)
Born to a mid-level government official and an illiterate mother in Afghanistan’s northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Zalmay Khalilzad has a remarkable and, in many ways, inspiring story. As a teenager, ...
18 Sep 202555min
Alexander Matheou: Afghanistan's humanitarian emergency (E62)
Alexander Matheou, Regional Director for Asia Pacific of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC). In this interview he unpacks the scale of Afghanistan’s humanitarian eme...
25 Aug 202550min
