Buy British Army Officer whose deep understanding that he fought with the road for one was an important inspiration for this project. It is there war in the war to help them not to win a for them indulge me and use your imagination is a taking with me to a faraway place to imagine you were in a small village on the hillside at the foot of a valley in the hindu kush near Afghanistan Border with pakistan. You are standing in the open air courtyard of the afghan compound no running water. The only light comes from a fire in in the corner down the hill you see the river in the moonlight. You can make up the so let where the taliban comes freely. In a nearby valley the s. E. A. L. Team was overrun by the fighters leaving alone survivor. You know, they still control the high ground and can attack you any moment. Shivering you pull the shawl around your shoulders and a squat down to warm your hands. Wearing sandals looking up you with large eyes his name is ishmael in his father sits nearby a
Antiquarian book trade, were a tiny minority of increasingly the population of this country. Presents portions of author talks on afghanistan and the u. S. War. You will hear from a historian, journalist tjournalists who covr and medal of honor recipient dakota. You can watch all of these programs in its entirety on our website, booktv. Org. We start with the author of games without rules. In this clip, mr. Ansary gives an overview of the history and the conflict of external and internal the afghans experienced over the years. Im sure all of you are interested in whats going on afghanistainafghanistan right ns contesting for the president ial seat in the elections next year, what happens after the nato forces withdraw if they do. But as a historian we can get into all of that with questions and so on but what im interested in is how we got here and i feel how we got here is part of the question of where to go from here. In this book ive gone back to what i consider the origins of the A
By u. S. And nato troops, the taliban scattered around afghanistan, but they eventually regrouped in the now retaken large portions of the country. This is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this session at the carnegie endowment. The arrest this morning and im a study from the very beginning that this is the organization and ill say a few words about it. So what this session is about is the launching of his boat, the taliban revival violence and extremism on the pakistanafghanistan frontier. This is indeed a timely book appeared or indeed not so much a family book. I dont know because we arrive at the end of the cycle. This is the cycle of western intervention in afghanistan. This is not the end of the conflict. A musty flavor of propaganda, this is not like the most. So the end of 2001, a lot of people died in afghanistan and people from the region. All of that was made to eradicate. I know the focus these days in the country is
Cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to cspan. Org localcontent. In light of president obamas recent announce the regarding the future of u. S. Involvement in afghanistan, and the news of american soldier Bowe Bergdahl been released by the taliban, a booktv presents portions of af author talks on afghanistan and the u. S. War there. Wih you will hear from a historian o of afghanistan, journalists whor covered the war and medal of honor recipient dakota meyer. You can watch all of theseo programs in their entirety on our website booktv. Org. We start with historian tamim ansary, author of games without rules. In this clip mr. Ansary gives a brief overview of afghanistanso history and talks about the conflicts both external and ex internal that the afghans have experienced over the years. Ir im sure all of you order interest in whats going on in afghanistan right now who i contesting for the president ial seat in elections nextl year, t what happens after the nato forces with
Day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. 50 years after Martin Luther king, jr. s most famous speech, americans descend on the capitol to keep his dream alive. Californias wildfire raging out of controlled and moving further into Yosemite National park today, a fire so menacing, a state of alert has now been declared by governor jar brown for all San Francisco. The flames are tearing through acres of pristine woodlands. The fear is that millions of people in Northern California could lose their water and power. Yose yosemite is on the eastern side of the state, almost 180 miles from San Francisco but most of the bay areas water and power flow right through that area. For now, we are going to bring in tina walker. She is the Public Information officer for the Governors Office of emergency services. She joins us on the phone from lodi, california. Tina, thank you for joining us during what i