Jonathan Lee: What is Afghanistan? (Part 1) The Hippies (E46)

Jonathan Lee: What is Afghanistan? (Part 1) The Hippies (E46)

Dr Jonathan L. Lee is a social and cultural historian and a leading authority on the history of Afghanistan. He lived in Afghanistan and travelled widely across the country for many years.


He is the author of The Journals of Edward Stirling in Persia and Afghanistan, 1828-1829, The Ancient Supremacy: Bukhara, Afghanistan and the Battle for Balkh, 1731-1901, Amazing Wonders of Afghanistan, and Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present.


In this first part of the interview, he tells us how he found Afghanistan when he first arrived, what attracted the hippies, where many died, and then takes us through the events and circumstances that led to the foundation of Afghanistan in the 18th century.



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