Mazar-i-Sharif
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Sep 30, 2026
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
There are, you know, I was talking a couple of days ago with a friend who was a Hazara.
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
And we were talking about the Qaeda and he says Khaled Hussein has been very brave to call out the Pashtuns on the atrocities that they have committed, the Taliban and the massacre of the Hazaras in Mazar-e-Sharif and all that.
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
And In The Kite Runner, he comes out very clearly and boldly and says that these are the atrocities that the Pashtuns have committed, for which he should be admired for his openness and for his courage to do that.
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
But at the same time, when it comes to talking about the Hazaras, the novel fails to rise above this this narrative, this main narrative that was created by Abd al-Rahman Khan, the king who massacred, or ordered to massacre 60% of the Hazaras.
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
Um, but I think it's, it's challenging in the way that it has been portrayed, um, the Afghan, um, story.
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
There are-- You know, I was talking, um, a couple days ago with a friend who was a Hazara, and he, we were talking about The Kite Runner, and he says Khaled Hosseini has been very brave to, um, to call out the Pashtuns on the, on the atrocities that they have committed, the Taliban and, you know, the massacre of the Hazaras in, um, in Mazar-i-Sharif and all that.
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
And in The Kite Runner, he comes out very clearly and boldly and says that these are the atrocities that the Pashtuns have, um, committed, for which, you know, um, he should be admired for his openness and for, for his courage to do that.
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
But at the same time, when it comes to, um, talking about the Hazaras, the novel and, uh, fails to, to rise above this, this, this narrative, this main narrative that was created by Abdur Rahman Khan, um, the king who massacred or ordered to massacre 60% of the Hazaras.
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Jamaluddin AramGUEST
So looking back, if I could go back and, and talk to my younger self, I would encourage him to, to read, read as many books as, as he can.
Nathan MaharajHOST
Hmm.
Nathan MaharajHOST
Where in the writing of this book did your novel fit in? Were you writing Nothing Good Happens in Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday at the same time that some of these essays were being written?
Jamaluddin AramGUEST
Yes.
Raza JaffreyHOST
The Special Boat Service, or SBS, is often overshadowed by the SAS, but they are at least as highly trained, the absolute elite of Britain's Armed Forces.
Raza JaffreyHOST
But right now, they are killing time in the classroom of a former Turkish school that's been turned into the US military headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Raza JaffreyHOST
Scruff's squad of eight have been in Afghanistan for over a week now, sent to support the US-led invasion, but so far, their main duty has been to escort an American admiral on a visit to a local hospital.
Raza JaffreyHOST
They're also operating under strict rules of engagement from the British government, under orders not to open fire unless fired upon first.
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Raza JaffreyHOST
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In the last episode, the CIA's Team Alpha helped the Northern Alliance take Mazar-i-Sharif, and the Taliban agreed to surrender the pivotal city of Kunduz and hand over hundreds of suspected Al-Qaeda fighters.
Raza JaffreyHOST
But then, those prisoners rose up, overwhelming their guards.
Nick Tauro Jr.HOST
Yeah.
Lukas BirkGUEST
Yeah, it was actually in those first trips or the second trip, Sean and I went to the north of Afghanistan to Mazar-e-Sharif.
Lukas BirkGUEST
And we saw guys still working with this ancient box, this very rudimentary contraption created by some carpenter on the street.
Lukas BirkGUEST
And we got pictures taken of us.
Ali AlizadehGUEST
Khamenei said, no, it's so powerful, we don't want to get involved in this war.
Ali AlizadehGUEST
In 1991, seven or eight, when the Taliban killed people in Iran's consulate in Mazar Sharif, they proposed Iran to attack Afghanistan.
Ali AlizadehGUEST
Khamenei said, no, we don't want to get involved in this war.
Ali AlizadehGUEST
This is not our war.
David BeasleyGUEST
I know where the slave trade, sex trafficking, weapons trafficking, I can go on and on because we see it all.
David BeasleyGUEST
And so we were feeding, I don't know, at the time, maybe 12 million Afghan people all across the country from Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, hardest places, moderate places.
David BeasleyGUEST
And we were seeing the corruption.
David BeasleyGUEST
And so in private, I was warning the White House and our leaders in other countries that you've got a problem, Afghanistan, and it's solvable.
David BeasleyGUEST
I know where the slave trade, sex trafficking, weapons trafficking, I can go on and on because we see it all.
David BeasleyGUEST
And so we were feeding, I don't know, at the time, maybe 12 million Afghan people all across the country from Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, hardest places, moderate places.
David BeasleyGUEST
And we were seeing the corruption.
David BeasleyGUEST
And so in private, I was warning the White House and our leaders in other countries that you've got a problem, Afghanistan, and it's solvable.
Raza JaffreyHOST
From a hillside, CIA officer David Tyson and Northern Alliance warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum are monitoring the route ahead.
Raza JaffreyHOST
Team Alpha and Dostum's forces are heading for the strategically vital city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Raza JaffreyHOST
Their mission is to push the Taliban out and by doing so establish control over northern Afghanistan.
Raza JaffreyHOST
But just a few miles up ahead, a large Taliban unit is blocking their path.
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She is singing, "I am going to fuck you up.
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I am going to drop my bombs on top of your men because they are so weak and have such tiny dicks that even a woman can kill them." [bombs exploding]
Raza JaffreyHOST
Moments later, the pilot's bombs rain down, clearing the path to Mazar-i-Sharif and control of northern Afghanistan.
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[singing] They're black and gray and gold And hoist the navy, hoist the navy blue.
Imtiaz TyabGUEST
I can't tell you how exhilarating it was to climb into a Chinook in the middle of the night, going to a different corner of Afghanistan.
Imtiaz TyabGUEST
And it was also extraordinary to be able to go to places like Mazar-e-Sharif, for example.
Imtiaz TyabGUEST
And that is, you know, where a lot of U.S. allies were.
Imtiaz TyabGUEST
And, you know, you would meet with the Europeans and then you'd meet with the Canadians and then you'd meet with the Americans.
Gary BerntsenGUEST
And so, you know, that was the battle in the east.
Gary BerntsenGUEST
At the same time, there were battles up in the north with the Uzbeks to see Mazar-e-Sharif.
Gary BerntsenGUEST
There were battles in the south.
Gary BerntsenGUEST
In the beginning, there were four CIA teams, each with eight guys commanding them.
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Gary BerntsenGUEST
Well, they did at that point because, you know, we were the greater enemy, the Sunnis.
Gary BerntsenGUEST
The great Satan.
Gary BerntsenGUEST
But, you know, when the Taliban seized control of in the early 90s of Afghanistan, they went up to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif and there was a Iranian consulate.
Gary BerntsenGUEST
And the Taliban just took all the diplomats down to the basement and executed them all.
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