In this Peabody Award-winning episode, Throughline shifts the perspective on Afghanistan, looking not at a country devastated by war and famine but at a place and a people at the center of the world. A country where countless civilizations have intersected, weaving a colorful tapestry of foods, languages, ethnicities and visions of what Afghanistan was and could be.This is Part 1 of the Throughline series on Afghanistan. The series continues with Part 2 and Part 3.