Weekends: The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan w/ Tariq Ali
Jacobin Radio
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Afghanistan - The Left Wing Party
The left wing party was divided into two factions. As often happens with factional disputes inside a party, they start fighting each other instead of the common enemy. And when the faction fight led to the death of the presidentrarcy, the russians moved in to try and stabilize the situation. I was very disturbed by this, and thought it wouldn't go well. If ganistan was not hugely advance country. The structures were tribal, and people were very religious. You know, whether you like it or not, that was a fact.
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