Battle for Afghanistan: Lessons from the First Anglo-Afghan War

[@brendaneduffy5946]

and 3 years after this was posted, we are still there

[@thomaskelly3474]

And 8 years after this was posted, we're gone. The old Afghan man from the 1:00 hour mark was correct.

[@brokenbulbs]

A most blind confidence, completely unwarranted, brought about the danger. And that embicility, unprecedented, completed the catastrophe.

[@BHASKARKRISHNATREYA]

LOL at the prediction that it was unlikely for Taliban to return to power!

[@sdlkfjhasiodf1477]

what is the word he is using at 27:11 :"declourt"???!!!

[@ashkisten3111]

Interesting material.... volume please. 🎙😐

[@BlueWizard09]

Afghans 4 Anglo Saxons 0

[@MuhammadYousaf-yf2pg]

Afghanistan's destiny is not effected by the neighbours but vice versa as the history of India is privy to that;

[@Amaaaaan1]

Can someone please tell him to come close to the mic and talk!

[@toobalkain]

Isn’t this guy’s body out of proportion with his head? As if he were a body builder and the head couldn’t keep up the pace of growth.

[@peshpraq5137]

That willy of mine should get closer to the mic we can not hear him properly.

[@davemacnicol8404]

George Costanza my man! I knew he was really a brit!

[@michaelsweeney4547]

Can't hear you.

[@ziawalizada3184]

coz he wants to hide the realty

[@ragnarososo]

Well looks like history repeats

[@Affandy2010]

Who is watching this 2024 😂😂 this history is inevitable

[@michaelsweeney4547]

Ah... microphone

[@adambartlett7955]

3:16 to skip intro

[@klmadan2071]

Speaker is talking for himself. We canon hear him clear.

[@jimgray4085]

The way he calls him "Willie"!

[@ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1]

1:16:00 That is what exactly happened!! Everybody was aware that it is bound to happen!!!

[@paulstone670]

Poems real ending: Like a soldier who's INSANE. Would have never went there if sane.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Just read his book- fascinating. A period of UK history that has been "conveniently" ignored

[@RicTic66]

Ignored? There are dozens of videos and scores of books on the subject.

[@matikhorasani3842]

Ignored in the sense that the conflicts role is downplayed and deemed irrelivent and portrayed as if the British simply weren´t interested in Afghanistan . All empires do this when they get their assess handed to them by the supposedly weaker foe.

[@thebeanymac]

Audio is tragic.

[@donny_doyle]

6:01 starts...

[@dbrannick9585]

23:58

[@MuhammadYousaf-yf2pg]

One and the foremost reason has been relying on the people like Shah Shuja and his direct descendant like Karzai and alike.

[@TheAfghan72]

Karzai is not a descendant of Shuja.

[@kelpticgoddessfibreartsstu9304]

Wow! how prophetic .... Kabul just fell to the Taliban and US is in disgrace....they left all their equipment and their people....yes China wants Afghanistans minerals so the show goes on.....this guy should be advising govt about Afghanistan

[@sdlkfjhasiodf1477]

1:03:18 has meme potential

[@jcbairmaster73]

You cannot nor ever will in against tribespeople,they have all the odds in their favour.

[@MuhammadYousaf-yf2pg]

Even if Chinese come, they have Gangez Khan's blood running through veins.

[@MuhammadYousaf-yf2pg]

and one thing UK is also responsible for the humiliation of US in Afghanistan for you fellows did not timely advised.

[@MDM0915]

Not very prophetic regarding the Taliban taking over again. Interesting to hear how convinced former CIA agent was regarding this. Obviously this is hindsight and it is great to listen to what very knowledgeable were thinking years in advance.

[@MuhammadYousaf-yf2pg]

Also this was not Afhgans who fought, but Taliban.... so Afghans did have little role to cause defeat because in every case they sided with the foreign invaders.

[@TheAfghan72]

Lol what? Taliban didn't exist in Soviet times, the Mujhadeen were all Afghans who were aided by America to fight the soviets. All Pakistan did was brainwash young Afghan refugees into doing Jihad in Afghanistan sometime during the brink of the Soviet defeat. All Pakistan did was fund extremist groups and these groups would later become the Taliban. We can thank your country for terrorism in Afghanistan. Oh and just remember who converted you to Islam you former British slave.

[@MuhammadYousaf-yf2pg]

... So for this the punishment for converting to Islam, let us basal pora kawal an ghuri da muslmanawalo?

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

@@TheAfghan72 begheratthob ma kawa wrora

[@tattat44]

As if the Taliban need to be coerced grow poppy.

[@Affandy2010]

Amrullah Saleh was dead wrong 😑

[@MuhammadYousaf-yf2pg]

That is wishfull thinking