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Child in a Million
Extraordinary Children
Extraordinary People
Interesting Documentaries
Multiple Sclerosis
RICL
Stranger than Fiction
Origins of Us
Orbit
Frozen Planet
The combatants, observers and commentators on the Afghan conflicts of the last few hundred years.
Akbar AhmedRangers Fan |
Alexander BurnesBritish Spy |
William DalrympleHistorian |
Dost MohammadKing of Afghanistan |
Shah ShujaBritish Candidate |
Rodric BraithwaiteHistorian |
Tatiana ZagarodnikovaHistorian |
Tom BarfieldAnthropoligist |
Omar SharifiAcademic |
General ElphinstoneAfghanistan Commander
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Lady SaleKabul Wife
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Jane RobinsonLibrarian
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Sir Louis CavagnariBritish Envoy
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Prince Ali SerajAfghan Royal
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Abbie AryanLondon Afghan
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General RobertsArmy Commander
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Abdur RahmanAfghan King
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AmanullahAfghan King
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Richard RaynsfordRolls Royce Owner
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Valeri IvanovEconomics Advisor
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Nur Mohammad TarakiAfghan President
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Hamidullah TarziCabinet Minister
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Hafizullah AminAfghan President
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Jimmy CarterUS President
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Rory StewartPresenter
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General Ruslan AushevSoviet Commander
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Chuck CoganCIA Manager
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General Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqPakistan Military
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Joanne HerringTexan Socialite
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Charlie WilsonTexan Congressman
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General MuslimMujahideen Leader
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Vladimir VyatkinPfotographer
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Tom TwettenCIA
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Osama Bin LadenAl Qaeda
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Mullah RocketiTaliban Commander
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Afghanistan – one of the most isolated, barren landscapes on Earth. It’s difficult to believe that any empire would want to invade it, and yet it’s become the unlikely target, and obsession of some of the worlds greatest empires and superpowers.
Starting with the British invasions of the 19th century, how has this history forged the Afghanistan today? And what is it about this place and the paranoia and aggression of empires that has created repeated tragedy?
