The Taleban - The National Liberation Movement

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To what extent was the taliban able to take on the role of a national liberation movement? Liberation in this instance is difficult word to use, but they there are very much elements of it. I mean, if you look at their gorilla operation, how they operated, it's classic gorilla warfare. So by default, if you like, the taleban turned out to be the national movement which turfed out the united states and nat from their country. And for this they'll be remembered.

Legendary socialist scholar Tariq Ali on the long history of Afghanistan: the 19th and early 20th-century wars against the British Empire; the communist coup, Soviet invasion, and US-backed mujahideen war; the rise of the Taliban; and the 2001 US-led NATO invasion through the recent US defeat and withdrawal. Plus, a lot about Pakistan. Pre-order Ali's forthcoming book The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold versobooks.com/books/3939-the-forty-year-war-in-afghanistan Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter