Radio War Nerd EP 291 — Afghanistan Collapse, with Anatol Lieven

Guest: Anatol Lieven, author Recorded: August 11, 2021 We talk to author Anatol Lieven, who first reported on Afghanistan back in the late 1980s, about the the shocking speed of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, and the collapse of US-backed Afghanistan regime. At 58:40 - the Nerd & Ames discuss the latest from the Tigray-Ethiopia conflict, and the books they're reading. Read Anatol Lieven's books, including Climate Change & The Nation State, Pakistan: A Hard Country, and Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power. Check out his latest article on Afghanistan, "An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State". Follow Anatol on Twitter. Other books cited: "The Taliban At War" by Antonio Giustozzi "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia" by Ahmed Rashid "Kobane Calling" by Zerocalcare "Empire of the Sun" by JG Ballard "City of the Chasch" by Jack Vance * Total time: 1:32:59 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here