About Afghanistan

On Sunday, August 15th, the world woke up to the news that Afghanistan is once again under the control of the Taliban. The US and other allied nations have been withdrawing troops from Afghanistan since February 2020 and analysts had predicted that the Taliban would probably take over at some point. But the speed at which it happened shocked just about everyone.

In this episode of The Backstory, we’ll remind you why the United States got into Afghanistan in the first place and how they found out, like the rest of us, that the Taliban is very much still a force to be reckoned with.

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This episode was produced by Richard Anyebe, John Iwodi, Alexandra Gekpe, Dominic Tabakaji and Sam Tabakaji.

Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.

Special thanks to Rabia Hadejia and Mala Iwa Gbado Ikaleku.

Copyright (c) 2021 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.

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We used several sources for this episode including:

▶︎NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/09/world/middleeast/afghanistan-war-cost.html

▶︎Council on Foreign Relations

https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-war-afghanistan

▶︎Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban by Stephen Tanner

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EYEPMQ?pf_rd_r=M6CFCSA3AMQNAQBPAWQ9&pf_rd_p=8fe9b1d0-f378-4356-8bb8-cada7525eadd&pd_rd_r=de990ae8-c018-4427-a412-088948479fd7&pd_rd_w=l9uzE&pd_rd_wg=8nmXl&ref_=pd_gw_unk

▶︎Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics Book 36) by Thomas Barfield

https://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-Cultural-Political-Princeton-Politics-ebook/dp/B003ODIRLY/ref=sr_1_3?crid=34B4V9SHE1RD0&dchild=1&keywords=afghanistan&qid=1629307724&sprefix=afg%2Caps%2C409&sr=8-3

▶︎President Biden Delivers Remarks on Afghanistan

https://youtu.be/kIxyYU227mM

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