Afghanistan: What You Don’t Know

1 hour that will change your life on Afghanistan. My son joins me on a radio show. He was partr of Marine Coprps Intelligence in Afghanistan. Until recently, the name "Afghanistan" had an exotic ring to many, but not to US policy-makers. For a decade (1979-1989) they backed the Afghan war against the Soviet Union, contributing to the latter's collapse. The new world order had its start, one might say, in this desolate country, although it reached its heyday a short time later in the Gulf War.