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Few thoughts on Iran

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On 25 November 2001, CIA officers David Tyson and Mike Spann were interrogating over 400 al-Qaeda fighters at Qala-i-Jangi when they rebelled, killing Mike. The uprising lasted six days and left over 500 dead. Only 80 al-Qaeda prisoners survived. David tells me his story: Linktr.ee/TheAfgPod

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Persian food galore. Always down it with red!

Interviewing a veteran CIA man who spent over two decades doing his thing Central Asia? Don’t forget to talk about fat-tailed sheep and the delicacy they offer. 😆 🔗 linktr.ee/TheAfgPod

Have never watched Star Wars and don’t understand the references to it. Am I missing something in life?

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨 David Tyson: A CIA spy's story in Afghanistan (Part 1) 📺 Watch: YouTu.be/rrPVNiWOpGY 🎧 Listen: Linktr.ee/theafgpod

This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

Making voting a compulsory civic duty and turning General Election day into a public holiday celebrating democracy would go a long way towards repairing our politics.

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🎸 “We’re leaving in disgrace” ▶️ Full interview: linktr.ee/theafgpod

Janan Ganesh on Kemi Badenoch www.ft.com/content/eaba...

Fed manuscript to AI. Verdict: 'Your writing is deeply affecting. It is not merely confessional - it is literary, richly observed, and psychologically acute. Award-worthy. 'With some structural tightening, careful editing, and a strong publishing strategy, it could have a powerful life.' 🤔

And on the seventh day, He gave us warm weather. And then, to spice things up, He bestowed hay fever upon the righteous. 🤧

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#OTD 47 years ago, communists overthrew and killed President Daud and his family. 33 years ago, the Mujahideen overthrew them. My father, sitting atop a Russian tank they’d captured. My uncle, a PDPA officer who named his daughter Margaret - after Thatcher. Afghanistan for you!

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Sir Rodric Braithwaite: Inside the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (Part 2) 📺Watch: YouTu.be/sWQleof0LOk 🎧 Listen: Linktr.ee/theafgpod

One of my neighbours is a Jehovah’s Witness. We rarely converse, apart from the usual waves and hi’s. Today, we had one of those over-the-fence moments. I found his outlook on the world uncomfortably dark and firm. Bonkers. Aren’t we all, in our own ways!

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Found a couple of childhood photos. One with my uncle, Rahim, who was killed fighting the Taliban in July 2021. The other, no idea who the boys are.

This Brit Hazara lady is off to her school’s Culture Day.

Like YouTube’s dubbing feature. 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇯🇵 linktr.ee/TheAfgPod

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No better game.

The Iron Lady and a Russian maid

A CIA man in action… Soon! ▶️ Catch previous episodes: linktr.ee/theafgpod

Hay fever off the charts. Nasal spray and antihistamine of no use. Did some work in the garden and absolutely knackered.

Farage Accused of 'Parroting Putin' For Suggesting Ukraine Give Up Crimea For Peace www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/farage...

Gave me the Kim Jung Un bodyguard.

Happy Passover to all celebrating!

Facebook does make you cry sometimes.

🇨🇦 Canada at war

#OTD 2021, Panjshir Valley.

Canada suffered the second-highest casualty per capita, after Denmark, in Afghanistan. This episode tells their story.