David Loyn: Engagement has failed, the West should support alternatives to the Taliban (E12)
David Loyn is a renowned British journalist and author who specialises in Afghanistan, with decades of experience in the country and the region as a BBC correspondent. He worked as an advisor to Ashra...
14 Dec 20231h 4min
Charlie Herbert: Persecution of the Hazaras is the untold story of Afghanistan (E11)
Major General Charlie Herbert served multiple tours in Afghanistan and led British forces in Helmand province. He also served in other capacities, working with Afghan government ministries and leaders...
7 Dec 20231h 2min
Stephan Jensen: I cried in an Oslo cafe when Kabul fell to the Taliban (E10)
Stephan Jensen is a former Norwegian army officer who served in Afghanistan's northern provinces of Faryab and Balkh (Mazar-i-Sharif). Currently, he is working on a book detailing the history of the W...
30 Nov 20231h 2min
Habiba Sarabi: How I made history (E9)
Dr Habiba Sarabi is the former Minister of Women's Affairs in Afghanistan and was the first woman to hold a governorship in the country, serving as the governor of Bamiyan Province. She was also a par...
23 Nov 20231h 10min
Jason Criss Howk: Time is running out for Afghanistan (E8)
Jason Criss Howk has spent 21 years focused on Afghanistan in defence, diplomacy, academic, humanitarian, and intelligence roles. He is the director of Global Friends of Afghanistan, a frequently publ...
18 Nov 202354min
Mohsin Dawar: Pashtuns who support the Taliban are harming Afghanistan (E6)
Mohsin Dawar is a Pakistani politician who leads the political party called the National Democratic Movement. He previously served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to ...
11 Nov 202351min
Fawzia Koofi: My bags are still packed (E6)
Fawzia Koofi has been a prominent figure in Afghanistan's politics and a women's rights activist. She served a member and the first female Deputy Speaker of parliament before the Taliban's recapture o...
4 Nov 20231h
Refugees in Indonesia: Betrayed and forgotten (E5)
Hussain Shah Rezai fled Afghanistan when he was a teenager almost ten years ago. He is one of over ten thousand refugees from Afghanistan stuck in appalling and inhumane conditions in Indonesia. In th...
27 Okt 202355min
