Sima Samar: Telling my story (E20)
Renowned for her decades of humanitarian work, providing health and education services to millions in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Sima Samar discusses her extraordinary life journey in this interview. S...
17 Feb 20241h
Craig Whitlock: America and the lies of the Afghan War (E19)
Craig Whitlock is an investigative journalist at The Washington Post and the author of 'The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War'. The book, which offers a comprehensive examination of the ...
10 Feb 20241h 11min
Mir Tamim Ansary: I will never see Afghanistan again (E18)
Mir Tamim Ansary is an Afghan-American author who left Afghanistan in the early 1960s. He has written many books, including "West of Kabul, East of New York", "Games Without Rules", "Destiny Disrupted...
3 Feb 20241h 5min
Larisa Brown: The Gardener of Lashkar Gah (E17)
Larisa Brown is a British journalist and author. She is currently the defence editor at The Times newspaper. In this interview, she talks about her book, The Gardener of Lashkar Gah, which tells the e...
27 Jan 202437min
Tobias Ellwood: We should engage with the Taliban in Kabul (E16)
Tobias Ellwood is a Conservative member of the British Parliament and a former chair of the House of Commons' Defence Select Committee. In July 2023, he visited Afghanistan, following which he called ...
20 Jan 202446min
Heather Barr: How dare we give up on Afghan women and girls (E15)
Heather Barr is associate director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. She worked in Afghanistan for over a decade for the UN and Human Rights Watch. In this interview she reflects o...
13 Jan 202459min
Wendy Chamberlain MP: There are concerns Afghanistan is growing the next generation of terrorists (E14)
Wendy Chamberlain MP is a Liberal Democrat member of the British parliament. She is the co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Afghan Women and Girls and has been a strong voice for the cau...
6 Jan 202425min
Johnny Mercer: Afghanistan is deeply intoxicating (E13)
Johnny Mercer is former British MP and Minister for Veterans' Affairs. He served three tours in Afghanistan as an army officer. In this interview, he talks about his time in Afghanistan, his views on ...
21 Dec 202337min
