The Inside Story of Hamid Karzai’s Rise to Power | Don Parnell (Part 2)
As Hamid Karzai emerged as Afghanistan’s new interim leader, the Taliban’s first regime was collapsing. But behind the scenes, the final days of Taliban rule in their Pashtun heartland, were shaped as...
27 Juli 30min
The Inside Story of Hamid Karzai’s Rise to Power | Don Parnell (Part 1)
On 14 November 2001, a small CIA team and U.S. Special Forces secretly inserted Hamid Karzai into southern Afghanistan. Less than a month later, Karzai would become Afghanistan’s interim leader.In Par...
10 Juli 30min
From Kabul to Bamiyan - Afghanistan’s War, Ruin and Resilience | Jenny Matthews
In this episode, renowned British photographer Jenny Matthews reflects on nearly four decades of documenting Afghanistan, from the final years of the Soviet occupation to the return of the Taliban.She...
7 Juni 45min
How the CIA Defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan | Milton Bearden (Part 3)
In this third and final part of a remarkable conversation, Milton Bearden reflects on the aftermath of the anti-Soviet jihad, the collapse of Afghanistan into civil war, and the decisions that helped ...
23 Maj 26min
How the CIA Defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan | Milton Bearden (Part 2)
In this second part of a remarkable conversation, Milton Bearden reflects on what came after the Soviet withdrawal and the decisions that helped shape Afghanistan’s next, far more chaotic chapter.He e...
26 Apr 26min
How the CIA Defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan | Milton Bearden (Part 1)
Milton Bearden was the CIA officer tasked by Director William Casey in 1986 with using $1 billion and Stinger missiles to help drive Soviet forces out of Afghanistan, one of the most consequential cov...
3 Apr 33min
Inside The Secret CIA Mission that Toppled the Taliban - Justin Sapp (Part 3)
Former U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) and Team Alpha member Justin Sapp recounts his role in the clandestine CIA mission that landed behind Taliban lines immediately after 9/11. He describes w...
8 Mars 40min
