What Lessons from the Failed Occupation of Afghanistan?

13/09/202317/12/2023

What Lessons from the Failed Occupation of Afghanistan?

First aired on Friday 13 September 2023 on AL Mayadeen network

Our show is hosted by George Galloway with experts in London and around the world over the internet links.

Note: This is the format we adopted following the Covid-19 pandemic. It is not clear when we might go back to the format with the audience present in the studio.

George Galloway:

Could the Americans and their allies have achieved anything in Afghanistan?

What are the main lessons to be learned from the failed occupation of Afghanistan?

What about the subsequent period of occupation, who takes the blame for that?

What’s the future for Afghanistan?

A production of Narcissi for Al Mayadeen TV

Watch the full debate on George Galloway’s page:

Almayadeen Arabic

Narcissi Production page

Almayadeen English

Contributors:

Dr Imranali Panjwani	Head of Diverse Legal Consulting, UK Senior Lecturer in Law, Anglia Ruskin University A lawyer and academic who has lived and worked in the UK, the Middle East, and Australia.
Akib Mahmood	Twice London Assembly election candidate Activist
Dr Syeda Annie Waqar	Academic and Consultant \| Artist Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster Focusing on Disarmament, Arms Race, NPT, non-proliferation
Jonathan Steele	Video link from From, London, England Journalist and Author, Former Chief foreign correspondent of The Guardian newspaper, and Author of several books on international affairs, His most recently published book is Ghosts of Afghanistan
Prof. Paul Moorcraft	Video links from Cardiff, Wales Former UK Ministry of Defence officer and Academic Director, Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis