Travelling in Afghanistan - Abhijit Iyer-Mitra on Urban Chatterati

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra talks about his travels in Afghanistan in 2019.
For more content: patreon.com/AbhinavPrakash?ut...

[@rptraveller77]

Moroccons love Bollywood. Felt like royalty in Egypt and Morocco. Everyone wanted to take pictures.

[@nehagc]

Yeh Mitra to James bond nikla ...respect 🙏

[@nehagc]

Bus yeh dangerous comparision mat karo bhai ...afganistan taliban to India and hindu 🙏🙏🙏

[@jayakrishnanm7838]

Haha

[@vickyzampalwad1775]

Takla james bond😂😂

[@dbv1234]

Chutya hain , dimag se paidal

[@kaptantomar9928]

@khalid ibn al-walid Building libraries is still better than beheading people.

[@SwapneelGhodekar]

Abhijits life journey is so fascinating! He is making the most of it. What I love about him is his ability to get first hand ground experience! Travelling is the best learning course on the planet!

[@badkarma1425]

he is a privileged man. Parents were in Indian foreign Service so he has been traveling since childhood.

[@prasunsingh7746]

@@badkarma1425 who funds him??

[@badkarma1425]

@@prasunsingh7746 he is a research fellow at ORF. Plus these rich ppl have lot of cash saved and they invest from where they get lot of return on which they live

[@prasunsingh7746]

@@badkarma1425 quite interesting

[@Brian-yy9uv]

Very big fan of Abhijeet Iyer mitra, highly intellectual.

[@gauravjain24]

Abhijit should act in Tiger Zinda Hai, daring hai bande mein.

[@DebasishSundarRay]

Abhijit sir ko woh sab ghatia fantasy movie mei kam karne ki jaroorat nehi, he is doing far better decission down to earth. 👍, These kind of guys keeps us united.

[@gauravjain24]

@Ayaan Aryan sarcasm tha chutiye

[@gauravjain24]

@Ֆօնթձմ ва ηε гј εε Yes, indeed its a great analysis by Abhijit. Its an eye opener for whosoever have any wrong perceptions about Afghanistan. Also, I really liked how he explained India's to be strategy there and have Afghanistan on its side.

[@aarushrathore1276]

Title must be takla zinda hai

[@gauravjain24]

@@aarushrathore1276 Lol..haha

[@gathamore]

AIM has broken it down quite simply for us: don't put boots on the ground, keep doing the socio/ infrastructure projects that benefits the locals in general without interfering in their political play. All in all providing them money and arms without direct interference is a win win for all!

[@BHARATH-CHANDRAN]

We should occupy Taliban controlled Afghanistan using salami slize tech.🤷‍♂️

[@BHARATH-CHANDRAN]

@martin lucas then you tell me s God idea 🤔🤔🤔

[@usc4405]

👍👍👌👊👊👊😎 That thumbnail pic is sooooo superrrr👍👌

[@SuperTraderChintu]

🤣

[@tejaswaroop528]

I connected with the Egypt and Amitabh Bachchan statement. Nowadays I am trying to make some friends on Omegle. A lot of Egyptians get connected and out of 3 Egyptian conversations 2 of them mentioned Amitabh Bachchan and were excited about me knowing him. Lovely people.

[@siddhantasinghsomvansheey]

Abhinav ji, your channel is gold and abhijeet gives it the glitter. What a initiative you have taken. So much respect 🙏

[@urbanchatterati]

🙏

[@VinDe1216]

When I first landed in USA. My taxi driver was an Afro-American & he started singing Bollywood songs & he also asked me why you people won’t eat beef. And he knew a lot about India. He was a big fan of SRK & Mr. Bachchan. Brighter side of Bollywood.

[@jasha9sandhu]

" Being in power isn't necessarily being powerful " 👌👌

[@ranitadas4856]

I have read a Bengali book, travel log of 1927 by Mujtaba Ali " দেশে বিদেশে" seem that afgan society remains just same as it was in 1920 's, same fraction same love for India in general 🙏

[@ketakinikini]

Sayyad Mujteba Ali was Indian Ambassador in Afghanistan where he was stationed for quite a long period of time. He was in Germany too and spoke fluent German.

[@jimandeka705]

Kot ghar aponar....

[@ranitadas4856]

@@ketakinikini Ali wasn't the Indian ambassador, it was sir Francis because India was under British rule, but Ali was appointed as teacher there🙏

[@prakashtiwari8003]

I didn't know Abdullah Abdullah lives in Delhi. I have 5 or 6 friends from Afghanistan specially from Pakhtia and Kandahar region. They are very humble but brave people. And yes they love old Bollywood songs and music.

[@appumini]

@Badboodar IndianKya Matlab? Abe Riyasete madeena ki army Bhejte hain? 1971 Se bhi bura haal kareinge Afghanis... After all they have never been defeated by any army...and Yes I Dian army should do a joint military exercise with Afghan army... Riyaste madeena Walon ke hoshh faakhta

[@Rastapopoulos...]

@Badboodar Indian Riyaasath-e-Pudheena???

[@aksrivastava7384]

@Badboodar Indian 93,000 surrender wale na bole.

[@stefano1405]

@Badboodar Indian please insecure people are not allowed to comment

[@stefano1405]

@Badboodar Indian good for you mate these childish acts doesn't trigger me and if you contemplate you will realise you are saying these things because of your inner insecurities anyway I hope good for you i assume you're from Pakistan so have a good night

[@nakulgote]

Most important question Abhinav forgot to ask: Did the Talibaan know that AIM is gay?

[@amankaushik8675]

😂😂😂 that would have been incredible.

[@prakyathprakash5180]

Had the Taliban made a simple Google research on AIM, that wud have been very very fatal..lucky they didn't

[@mychannel694]

@@prakyathprakash5180 I think they would have a problem if he indulged in homosexuality while in taliban territory. Otherwise would they bother what he does outside ?

[@ujjwalgupta1781]

Please Google what is "bachhabazi".

[@pranavkumar3782]

😂😂😂

[@_asingh]

Loved this episode, very informative.

[@badshahyoyo624]

Thank you very much Abhinav and Abhijeet

[@Nifty1976]

It is great to see so many women taking interest in these subjects. I remember my childhood with my maternal grandmother. I learnt so many things from her, including Ramayana, Mahabharata and the horrors of partition as seen and experienced by people at that time

[@ajittripathi7353]

😀😀😀 yes,

[@Nokapp23]

Etheric groups in Afghanistan: 42% Pashtun , 27% Tajik, 9% Hazara, 9% Uzbek, 4% Aimaq, 3% Turkmen, 2% Baloch, 4% others memorized

[@ritulpande1635]

What an amazing piece of information. Abhinav you really come up with such eye opening topics... Abhijit ka to kya kehna, he is a reservoir of knowledge.

[@neelmani8806]

Very well articulated new perspective by AIM. You 2 should do more shows so that laymen like us can see beyond what is visible.

[@eternallyseeking2666]

Yes, exactly!!! We often go to see the media reports, which are just a improvised reality about geopolitics . They hardly let us know any ground reality. And AIM is truly ❤. I wish to read books written by him, on geopolitics. If he writes one. Cause he has real ground knowledge. Tries to perceive the ground reality. Unlike other media channels. He is a one man research group cum media channel. He knows the nuanced truth and complexity of the situation. Let's us understand things better.

[@tvv_tva.k.a.travellerinyou2385]

14:17 Abhijit is right abt Egyptians loving Indians! We have had similar experiences in Khan El Khalili market of Cairo, many of them bowed down and even said namashkar!

[@narendrasingh1590]

It's a very nice video it's changed my mind and prior readings, what a teacher taught me about afganishtan. Thanks to Abhijit Sir 🙏🙏

[@narendrasingh1590]

@Win Everything yes, they are putting their own narrative and our people just doing copy paste of that🙏

[@venstomon931]

Such an interesting conversation. Luv the work you do Abhijit.

[@VijRaghavan]

Fascinating again to hear from Abhijit Sir.

[@manmayakumarsahoo7330]

I could listen to abhijit all day long.

[@sundipsomawar3965]

अभिजीत, गज़ब हो भाई।🙏🙏

[@RikthDcruze]

I have much more respect for this man than i had this one video ago.

[@anishshaw9631]

I am disheartened by the fact that AIM is drinking Woka-cola.

[@vaishnoo1168]

Tweet it, we will like and retweet

[@youtubedotcom6241]

Koo it

[@dhritisundarpramanik3106]

A very informative and helpful discussion on the quandary that is Afghanistan.

[@saumyagairola7332]

Abhijit looking like Laughing Buddha in the thumbnail with his cute tummy.

[@kaushaltiwari9608]

Yes really 😅

[@gamehacker2801]

@@sujathats1244 Afghan laughing chubby cute buddha 😂👌

[@artofreusing10]

Haha yes!

[@abhaymaurya1116]

I'm really interested to know how girls decide which tummy is cute and which is not.😂

[@SimranKaur-pl1sm]

@@abhaymaurya1116 A gay man's tummy is cute as the perception is purely platonic 😂😂

[@mandy28887]

Abhijeet is running atleast 5 youtube channels

[@amansaraf6016]

I think its more than that.

[@sasidharankarthikeyan3798]

Like Uber owns many cars.

[@padamsingh2096]

This man Abhijit truly BRILLIANT

[@vishy89]

Hope India's MEA will get a paper written from him. Amazed at how we are more into video consumption than reading. This 30 min video is equivalent to a 30 page book and more valuable.

[@indrason6974]

Abhijeet should start his own channel

[@usc4405]

Many channels are running on his name

[@urbanchatterati]

He should launch a media house!

[@architsaraogi1827]

@@urbanchatterati which ones

[@lazytorpedos-6006]

@@urbanchatterati plz give information about add revenue for u n like minded folks..... currently staying abroad and I don't skip any adds even if it is short or long adds ... sometimes adds longlast 4 min....will it helpfull for u or am I wasting my time

[@CHAITHANYAkitta]

@@urbanchatterati that would be great. we can make memes, fun off, ask questions directly, get trolled him, abuse him & all that. his company would make quite lot of impact 7 money for everyone involved

[@KrishnaSwamyBhyravaS]

Very informative discussion - valuable Thanks

[@architsharma2877]

Vel Vel Vetrivel

[@yashchandan1_9]

What does it mean?

[@akshaysubramaniam8963]

@@yashchandan1_9 the ‘vel’ is Lord Karthik’s spear. It’s essentially an old war cry for Tamil soldiers, invoking Lord Karthik. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vel?wprov=sfti1

[@theniravpanchal]

Vel vel vetrivel vel vel veera vel

[@007chanakya8]

Vel means Trident/Trishul, The war cry used by medieval Tamil fighters. Victory to trishul fighters.

[@arunrai4559]

Great research by unsuppressable, fearless Abhijit 👍

[@Saurav_prakash]

I have been binge watching Aim...he is a hidden gem

[@roopmukherjee3006]

Such a fantastic discussion.. Secons time i had been listening to this discussion with rapt attention.. Abhijit's observations of Egyptians to Indians are perfectly correct. I had an Egyptian friend who was so fond of Bollywood movies particularly Bachchan and Meenakshi Seshadri, that one day he kept on watching movie 'Mard' several times without even taking food or bathe...

[@unknownauthor5818]

Awesome analysis... 👍

[@ernestogarcia3445]

wow. what a great talk! not too big. not too small.

[@anirudhhariharan5985]

0:24 vel vel vetrivel(victory for lord Murugan's thrishul) slogan reminded me that Afghanistan was once a murugan kingdom. Karthikeya is another name of Lord murugan. There is a river in Afghanistan called "Bala Murghab(slightly deformed from Bala murugan)" "The city of kandahar is said To have come from kandhan+aar(kandhan is another name of Murugan, aar means river)

[@nayanhrishi8429]

Really? It's saddening to know how much we lost.

[@archockencanto1645]

@@nayanhrishi8429 Remember Kaandhaari/Gaandhaari from Mahabharat? She was also Afghanistani from Kaandhaar. So our ties go back to at least 7 thousand years.

[@jp-jb1bw]

@@archockencanto1645 completely changed by new belief system from around 850 AD. 24 generations....approx

[@govindaaggarwal103]

Very informative! 👍👍👍

[@a.bhaskara3833]

Interesting discussion. Some prejudices certainty bit the dust! Thank you.

[@backup9463]

I enjoy listening to Abhijit 😎

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

But I don’t think afghans hate Pakistan. I am surprised.a good number of Afghans are decent people. Unfortunate some of them have become fanatics. They don’t accept the Hindu and Buddhist ancestry of their ancestors.

[@vikramrazdan5680]

Incorrect. I must have met more than 2 dozen Afghans in UK (cab drivers, mechanics etc.) and all but one was quite candid in showing hate towards Pakistan. The one Afghan who did not criticise Pakistan initially also started foul mouthing Pakistan after he realised that I am from India.

[@vikramrazdan5680]

@Babylon City - Incorrect. Animal sacrifice is mentioned in Vedas and it can be construed that the Vedic people consumed meat. However, Hinduism has undergone several reforms, post Mahabharata (although Bhagvad Gita does not prohibit meat consumption) and then Vaishav movement which led to vegetarianism. Therefore, you will find several shades of Hindus (those who sacrifice animals, those who eat meat and those who are vegetarian).....However, common to all, slaughter of Cow is prohibited since it is considered as a Mother.

[@BHARATH-CHANDRAN]

We can become friends with Taliban so they could benefit india☻☻☻☻☻👉🇵🇰

[@rakeshpandey638]

Abhijit is always brilliant

[@SinghRoadwayS]

I am planning to go to Afghanistan, this video is going to help me a lot.

[@ShowKrishna]

Wow, interesting to hea from Abhijit that a country become his Guru.

[@punam7803]

I’d also like to add that the people of Oman also love India/ Indians. Very nice experience!

[@sanjithkmemon8525]

The level of nationalism in Afghanistan is truly phenomenal. They don't have identity issues like a Pakistani.

[@fahadnazir945]

Pakistanies too donot have identity issues uts you hindues who donot accept 30 million pushtuns of pakistan your rulers from gauri to abdali beacuse you people feel so much shame to accept this

[@pinkyfinger9851]

Because that's the only thing they have

[@user-ti8id6bb2t]

@@fahadnazir945 jaana fakir ki dasvi aulad, kahin aur jaake zeher faila. pakistaniyo se bada identity crisis hai hi nahi kisiko, division ke baad persian the, fir arab the, aur ab turk hai. National language urdu hai par jeebh pe se punjabi hat ti nahi.

[@jonathanalvinrays..7070]

@@fahadnazir945 Janaab, Mughals and Sultans have Mongol ancestry. Mongol was this cannibalistic kingdom, which killed millions of people. They invaded us, and due to our failures they got a strong grip on us, and ruled and persecuted for 900 years. So, please educate yourself..

[@kallumama648]

How is Pakistans new father china

[@triloksagar8614]

Eagerly waiting your book

[@veenapandey842]

There is still kabeela culture in Afghanistan, perhaps West is forcibly trying to modernize them

[@rajeshhegde1132]

????

[@rajeshhegde1132]

Kabeela?

[@vinodkaka5225]

@@rajeshhegde1132 Mediviel period based Tribal type of society is called as Kabeela culture and afghanistan. has so many different ethnicities based kabeela groups in theirs country side villages far flung regions

[@abinashnanda9894]

are abhinav bhai nice questions ......

[@hrishikeshdeshpande942]

Abhijit please publish a book about afganistan please! It will be very good insight on your first hand primary research!

[@gabbarrf1745]

Amazing thumbnail.

[@biswajitbiswas4616]

M

[@rahulchaudhry5393]

Master Class on Afghanistan!!

[@rahulchaudhry5393]

@Badboodar Indian Did you watch the Episode. Abhijit recommends no boots on ground but Military Hardware and Money ( 90% of which will go into Swiss Bank account) Cost to India of this approach is far less and benefits far greater than looking at 90% leakage.

[@rahulchaudhry5393]

@Badboodar Indian Well, till now India had no Weapon Systems to give. OFB stuff was so bad. It would have resulted in killing you own soldiers. Now with Private Sector India has Rocket launchers with guided rockets ( 40 -48 KM plus range) that are decent quality and useful in Afghanistan. Soon we may have artillery gun too for export. There is a quality grande and may be a tank . Some night vision in Handheld Thermal Imagers too. Will be effective in Afghanistan, I presume. We may have given money in the past but we can now give working weapon systems and if Abhijit is correct find some good Taliban. Spend some $500M over next 5 years on some Indian weapons systems and see if we get some tangible influence. If nothing else it will supports nascent Indian Defence Private sector. We seem to loosing it in Afghanistan after spending multiple of what I have suggested here. Some more good money ....

[@rahulchaudhry5393]

@Badboodar Indian I said Rockets not Missile. Pinaka was on my mind. If you don’t supply ammunition then launchers are duds so you have leverage. Example Iran and Hezbollah vs Israel 2007. Hope you are a realist. . War is Dirty and we all hope that mad dog will not bite us!!

[@stfunub646]

Indians are liked everywhere till the Punjabi's and UP ke bhaiya reach there, not denigrating my countrymen, but that's just how it is

[@AmanSingh-ke4zc]

Kyu Bhai Punjabis Kya karte hai.

[@atuldeore4168]

Bhai sahi me Aapka comment padh ke 10 min tak me khub hasata raha. Panjabi logo ka pata nahi but up ke bar me you are true

[@Sundaramharini]

When the country itself becomes a Guru and you end up respecting it and worshipping it... what a beautiful statement. This should be the basic attitude for travelling and engaging with other cultures and society.

[@IceQeen1011]

I thought the thumbnail was a photoshop. Incredible that you did this Abhijit. I wish for your intelligence and life.

[@sheeteshaswal]

You will see that in the coming months and years, the viewership of this video will continuously increase. It's the mark of a timeless thing.

[@sachisin1924]

If Taliban is a mentality in Afghanistan not a group of people, who see establishment as crooks or foreign occupation on them. India trains Afghan army which is part of gov. how does it sits with talibanis? (given that they know ind is possibly training their adversary)

[@BHARATH-CHANDRAN]

Somewhere in 2010 I read Taliban chief commander interview by Indian journalist of week magazine. He told Taliban has no problem with India, he said he loves India but not Pakistan. So this guy abijit could be right.

[@santoshr2984]

Come on .. publish that book as a travelogue .. thats all ... I would buy that for sure ..

[@SandipPrajapati2882]

Experience is the best teacher.

[@mandy28887]

Abhinav ka Mike looks very good

[@yashchandan1_9]

Ek Abhijit ko bhi de dena chahiye 😂

[@kevalvichare4759]

Worth of watching every video of abhijeet iyer mitra ❤❤❤ love it ❤

[@sanjayvedachalam5727]

Abhinav can you make videos in full-screen

[@jp-jb1bw]

AIM, surely you may have read Hsuan Tsang(xuanzang)'s book which details his journey to India in 600 AD and he passed thru afghanistan which was fully/ largely Buddhist at that time. Wonders never cease.

[@manojk5679]

After hearing about Indians getting respect from radical muslim countries, I shouldn’t be so biased about Muslim countries hating Indians. I never had this kind of perspective towards Afghanistan in the first place

[@bond7079]

demolishing mosques n killing people on name of beef is heard in all muslim countries.

[@manojk5679]

@@bond7079 at least they are not going for my life if I go their. I think irrigation projects by India in Afghan is doing its job

[@manojk5679]

@Saurabh CA I have friends in both, people who go to mosques occasionally, and don’t care about halal meat And friends whom I have never seen going to mosque but propagates propaganda about Anti-CAA protests and wants to be in services. I am sure I can manage with both the right way

[@pashtanapashteen7645]

@@bond7079 punjabi spotted

[@funandjoy1420]

@@bond7079 Punjabi bade petowale maide ki boriya army

[@Astoma-st1ig]

Abhinav ji, great show . Hope you consider inviting Major Gaurav Arya & Abhijit Iyer together, one of these days.

[@brijeshchandrakar]

This is a brilliant perspective and a good example of mind fallacy in our perceptions of Afganistan. If they are at large a medieval society believing in the Taliban way of life, so be it. Why impose democracy on them? Democracy is anyways overrated.

[@lighty9387]

nice

[@somenmohanty6460]

Hey abhinav please make an episode on Iran... With abhijeet Or some other foreign policy expert

[@MS-kv8md]

Afghanistan fell to Islam in the 10th century. It was an important stop in the Silk route and hence an important center for trade and knowledge share. You raise a great point on researching the history of “Upganasthan” and then teaching it to the Afghans to remind them of their true identity.

[@debarghyamondal5359]

What does "Vel Vel Vetrivel" mean?

[@sridharsanthanam7071]

For China capturing Pakistan is easier than capturing Afghanistan.

[@nakulgote]

25:50 "Who wants to spend their whole life fighting? They also want to have the benefits of sitting at home, doing bacchabazi, having a harem of a 100 wives... you know, whatever it is." AIM is a class act.

[@BHARATH-CHANDRAN]

Abijit could be correct. Somewhere in 2008 I read an article from week magazine, a Taliban men told they have no ill will against India. They told they love india but not pak.

[@kunalseth6437]

💯

[@eternallyseeking2666]

I would love to read a book by AIM on the Taliban issue in Afghanistan. I am a Gen Z individual. I indeed know very little about geopolitics. If I try to know on these issues, I would have to go through the improvised Western ideas or the typical Indian ideas about the crisis in Afghanistan. I would never get to know the real truth or the complexity of the issue. AIM 's book, on the other hand, would let me know the real issues out there. I am really keen to know. So, I would love a book by him, on this, any many other such things.

[@akshat5284]

❤️

[@atyuinnegi]

Abhijit express..... 😁😁😁 On an APC......

[@period5304]

6:30 dil mein 🗡khanjar🗡 khach🗡khach🗡khach🗡khach🗡

[@bhaveshdk]

Om

[@aryandhanawade8063]

Please make one video on "How to Meet Taliban" & where to meet them. I want to play Cricket with Taliban

[@himank957]

Hello Please tell me how do I contact abhijit iyer mitra

[@pradyumn2692]

Change the DP first. He hates communists 🤣🤣 P.S DM in twitter @iyervval

[@himank957]

Yes I tried on Twitter he has his dm turned off so I can't contact him there

[@andromeda2766]

@@himank957 he hates commie

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

There are lot of clashes between pathans and non pathan communities in Pakistan.

[@bond7079]

i m Pathan n pakistan is my jaan.

[@stefano1405]

@@bond7079 fine dude not need to get emotional

[@funandjoy1420]

@@bond7079 so you love Punjabi more then your afgan Pashto brothers.

[@bond7079]

@@funandjoy1420we love our Punjabi brothers not only this side but of other side also, and hate Hindu facist regime in India. All Pashto people has one motive to build BABRI MASJID again in its place. coz, it belong to our ancestors.

[@nvspraneeth901]

He said it, exactly, hindu nationalists are quite similar in thinking to Taliban

[@pillalamarrisaikumar7205]

For the algorithm

[@adilnazir7699]

If anyone wants to understand Taliban in real sense then he/she should go through a speech of "Vyone Riddley "delivered by her after releasing from the captivity of Taliban.

[@self-ey6yq]

Seems Abhijit Mitra has lot of knowledge about Afghanistan!

[@pandeyankitg]

Can anyone please elaborate or repeat what Abhijit meant when he said It was head of S. Korea and Taiwan during Islamic revolution in Iran 1979?

[@alexryan43244]

In economic per capita

[@jimandeka705]

Your Mike is not with full volume...

[@raghavdadhich9774]

सर क्या आप हिन्दी में विडियो बना सकते है।

[@kaushaltiwari9608]

Vetrivel Muruganukku Ara Harohara

[@sandeepthakur493]

Vel vel vetrivel

[@lipakpapa]

Up

[@swapnilsawant502]

Vel vel vetrivel 🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@parakramdivya6949]

Sher singh rana lite.

[@jayantmishra6966]

I Clicked so fast

[@amitdangwal3041]

Kitab bhi khol liya kar itni jaldi. IAS ban jayega 😜🤣😜💥👍

[@jayantmishra6966]

@@amitdangwal3041 tu ban gya hai kya :p

[@amitdangwal3041]

@@jayantmishra6966 gussa mat ho yehi baat uncle aunty bhi kahatay hongay roz Tujhay. 💣💥💣🤣😜🤣🤸‍🤸‍🤔👳

[@jayantmishra6966]

@@amitdangwal3041 They didn't have to :D