Herat
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Oct 28, 2026
AshleyHOST
London to Cyprus, Cyprus to Turkmenistan, and then from there, I'd transform myself from a British civil servant to an Iranian journalist before taking a taxi over the border into Afghanistan.
AshleyHOST
Now my destination was the ancient city of Herat, where I'd gather intelligence on Taliban morale and troop numbers prior to what was undoubtedly going to be an American-led invasion.
AshleyHOST
While in Herat, I learned that many Taliban fighters had been sent to the mountains around 30 miles southeast of the city.
AshleyHOST
There, they were digging in, stockpiling munitions, and preparing to resist coalition forces.
AshleyHOST
So that's where I went.
Julie ToméHOST
He spent his childhood moving around the Middle East and India as Timur expanded the empire.
Julie ToméHOST
And after Timur's death, Shahrukh moved the capital of the empire from Samarkand to Herat.
Julie ToméHOST
And Herat is in Afghanistan.
Julie ToméHOST
Uluqbaik became the governor of Samarkand at age 16 in 1409.
Julie ToméHOST
And two years later became the sovereign ruler of Maravanaha.
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
My parents lived there.
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
And it was Herat on the west of Afghanistan collapsed.
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
And so I was like, you know, maybe not a good idea to go.
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
So I just stayed.
8 MINS LATER
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
If there's a major earthquake somewhere, again, example, If you go spend time with them or those who went through war, you really know that there isn't much difference.
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
And you really get to know like, hey, this guy, this lady, I'll give you a real example.
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
I went to the earthquake sites in Herat, Western Afghanistan.
Nasrat KhalidGUEST
There was an earthquake, about 2000 people died.
Sami SadatGUEST
Most of the middle-class families, politicians, generals, police chiefs who couldn't go to the West, which was an absolute majority, found themselves in Turkey.
Sami SadatGUEST
In Turkey, there was a huge gathering of, especially Southern Afghanistan, like the Helmandis, Kandaharis, Farahis, Heratis, and other people from Ghazni.
Sami SadatGUEST
And then they called me and they like, you know, these were like sympathizers and supporters of General Razek.
Sami SadatGUEST
They said, hey, General, after General Razek, we looked up to you and here we are.
AshleyHOST
London to Cyprus, Cyprus to Turkmenistan, and then from there, I'd transform myself from a British civil servant to an Iranian journalist before taking a taxi over the border into Afghanistan.
AshleyHOST
My destination was the ancient city of Herat, where I'd gather intelligence on Taliban morale and troop numbers prior to what was undoubtedly going to be an American-led invasion.
AshleyHOST
While in Herat, I learned that many Taliban fighters had been sent to the mountains around 30 miles southeast of the city.
AshleyHOST
There, they were digging in, stockpiling munitions, and preparing to resist coalition forces.
AshleyHOST
So that's where I went.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
They are all sort of connected polities.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
For instance, in the Babur Nama, we find mentions of various Arhuns who are in Herat at the time.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
serving the Timurids there.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
Some of these shifts to South Asia of these polities happens as a result of the rise of the Uzbek Shaibanids and the kind of dissolution of the Timurid Empire.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
They are all sort of connected polities.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
For instance, in the Babur Nama, we find mentions of various Arhuns who are in Herat at the time.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
serving the Timurids there.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
Some of these shifts to South Asia of these polities happens as a result of the rise of the Uzbek Shaibanids and the kind of dissolution of the Timurid Empire.
John GarvinGUEST
You've got Uzbeks that are in the north.
John GarvinGUEST
You've got a little bit of Persian influence over in the east near Herat.
John GarvinGUEST
And then obviously you can see, well, the Pashtun influence doesn't just go in Afghanistan.
John GarvinGUEST
It goes well into Pakistan as well.
39 MINS LATER
John GarvinGUEST
You've got Dostum takes over.
John GarvinGUEST
He's an Uzbek who takes over Mazar-e-Sharif up in the north.
John GarvinGUEST
You've got Ismail Khan takes over in Herat.
John GarvinGUEST
And then you've got a smattering of warlords down in Kandahar.
AshleyHOST
London to Cyprus, Cyprus to Turkmenistan, and then from there, I'd transform myself from a British civil servant to an Iranian journalist before taking a taxi over the border into Afghanistan.
AshleyHOST
My destination was the ancient city of Herat, where I'd gather intelligence on Taliban morale and troop numbers prior to what was undoubtedly going to be an American-led invasion.
AshleyHOST
While in Herat, I learned that many Taliban fighters had been sent to the mountains around 30 miles southeast of the city.
AshleyHOST
There, they were digging in, stockpiling munitions, and preparing to resist coalition forces.
AshleyHOST
So that's where I went.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
They are all sort of connected polities.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
For instance, in the Babur Nama, we find mentions of various Arhuns who are in Herat at the time.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
serving the Timurids there.
Fatima QuraishiGUEST
Some of these shifts to South Asia of these polities happens as a result of the rise of the Uzbek Shaybanids and the kind of dissolution of the Timurid Empire.
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