Bonus Ep 6: Afghanistan in the Middle Ages
Added 2021-08-26 13:34:31 +0000 UTCThanks so much for subscribing! We decided to do an episode on Afghanistan, the Timurid Empire, and the Graveyard of Empires after receiving a question about it given all the recent upheaval going on in Afghanistan. So check it out!
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Got ro rake issue with one point. Mujahideen did not become the Taliban. The Mujahideen fought a civil war after Soviet withdrawal and then the Taliban (backed by Pakistan) arose. Military leadership during the civil war (and after, kinda) was analogous in many ways to late medieval and early Renaissance (sorry Eleanor!) Europe with armies arranged around their leader rather than any geographical marker. The US didn't so much invade Afghanistan so much as intervene in a civil war by picking a side. The Taliban takeover recently was less an insurgency against an occupation and more the Taliban saying "our foreign backers are sticking with us, your's aren't". Rant over! Had to say something because my driver in Kabul was an ex-Mujahid who had fought the Soviets. He would be mortally offended by being compared to a Talib!
2021-08-30 07:27:25 +0000 UTCThat was so good! Thank you💜💜xxx
Jane Pickering
2021-08-29 19:00:20 +0000 UTC
