Ending America’s longest war
Podcast |
Radio Times
Publisher |
WHYY
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Apr 15, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:49:30

We'll talk about President Biden's announcement to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan on September 11th. and what it means for Afghan stability, peace and human rights.

President Biden has announced that the U.S. will be withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, ending America’s longest war. Today on the show we’ll talk about what military presence in Afghanistan has, and hasn’t, accomplished, and what will be the result of withdraw from a military standpoint, and from the standpoint of Afghan peace and stability. Joining us is dc.org/ips-authors/phyllis-bennis/">PHYLLIS BENNIS, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, and WESLEY MORGAN, a foreign correspondent and author of The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley. And we’ll talk with NILOFAR SAKHI, a lecturer at George Washington University about how this decision could impact women’s rights in Afghanistan.

This episode currently has no reviews.

Submit Review
This episode could use a review!

This episode could use a review! Have anything to say about it? Share your thoughts using the button below.

Submit Review