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Video : Karmaloop TV Breaks Down Afghan History, INCREDIBLY WELL

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, Iran, Iraq, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War, citizenship, pakistan on 10 December 2009 tagged 1979, Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Al Qaeda, Arab, Bamyan, Barack Hussein Obama, Buddha, CIA, Cold War, Hafizullah Amin, Hamid Karzai, Hazara, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISI, Islamist, Jimmy Carter, Kabul, Karmaloop, Karmaloop TV, Lion of Panjshir, Mohammad Najibullah, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Mujhaideen, Mullah Omar, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, Pashtun, Saudia Arabia, Soviet Union, Tajik, taliban, Troop Surge, United Front, Vietnam, West Point with Comments

Amazing, detailed, informative breakdown of the history of Afghanistan. Oh yea, also the host is hot.
“Our lack of attention again allowed the bearded boys from the Dark Ages to re-assert control and give us a real run for our money. Which they’re still doing today.”

Beautiful Disaster : 8 Years After the Great Afghan Hope [and Hype]

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, ali on 1 December 2009 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Hussein Obama, Beautiful Disaster, Christiane Amanpour, Civilian Surge, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Golden Age, Mohammed Zahir Shah, taliban, Troop Surge, West Point with Comments

In an interview with Christiane Amanpour, former Afghan Presidential candidate, Dr. Ashraf Ghani recalled images of the Afghan people welcoming the U.S. and NATO soldiers with flowers, hopeful of a change that they were sure would finally come to their nation.
Now just over 8 years later, a new American President has to publicly assure the [...]

Transcript of Christiane Amanpour’s Interview With Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Runoff

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, Twitter, War, citizenship, fame on 20 October 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Afghan election, Afghanistan, change, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, Democracy Now, Department of Defense, Department of State, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, ECC, Election, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, General Scott Gration, Golden Age, Hague, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Insurgency, insurgent, John Kerry, Kabul, Kai Eide, Mohammed Zahir Shah, NATO, Pashtun, Peter Galbraith, Presidential Election, Richard Holbrooke, runoff, runoff election, Special Envoy, Sudan, taliban, Twitter, U.S. Institute of Peace, UN, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, UNSC, Video, Vote Fraud, Voter Fraud, Washington, Zahir Shah with Comments

In absence of the video of this interview, I located the transcript from last night’s interview between CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.
Perhaps I am looking too much into it, but notice how much Dr. Abdullah referred to ‘change’ in his statements about his vision for Afghanistan. I don’t think it is necessarily plotted [...]