Not Cleared: Episode 6 – The Collapse of Afghanistan
Today’s guests are Tommy Waller, Director of Infrastructure Security and Kyle Shideler, Director of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security at the Center.
We Discuss:
- Tommy’s first-hand experience serving in Afghanistan
- An ideological background of the Taliban
- Effects of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
- A history of U.S. negotiations with the Taliban
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Links:
- Soviet depopulation strategy and toy-like landmines designed to attract children
- Origin of the Taliban
- 2020 Human Rights Watch report on education, social restrictions and justice in Taliban-held regions of Afghanistan
- Overview of Shariah law
- State Department report from 2001 about Taliban’s treatment of women
- 2010 Obama administration’s shift to negotiating with the Taliban
- Rules of engagement – changed in 2017
- Casualties of the war
- Afghan veteran’s letter to Dan Bongino
- Help for Veterans
- Mighty Oaks Foundation – peer to peer programs and help with PTSD
- Afghanistan evacuation nightmare should be a wake-up call
- The Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan: A win for Russia, China and Iran?
- What happens in Afghanistan doesn’t stay in Afghanistan
- It was (Vice-President) Joe Biden who lost Afghanistan
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Not Cleared is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher, and many more platforms.
New episode every Thursday!
To contact the show, email [email protected] to submit questions and feedback.
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