Original Thinkers Presents:

Jane Ferguson

Episode 14

Jane Ferguson

In the fall of 2001 American forces made their first incursions into Afghanistan. Today, almost twenty full years later, that war continues. And if you look at it with a little more historical perspective, the Russians invaded Afghanistan in 1980, beginning what would be now four decades of continuous conflict. 

That this paradigm exists at all is deeply disturbing to Jane Ferguson, a war correspondent who was stationed in Kabul in the early 2010’s. She recently went back to Afghanistan for PBS NewsHour to better understand the situation there now and her pieces on America’s longest running war start airing this evening and will run all week long. Listen to her talk to OT Founder David Holbrooke.

Recorded February 4, 2021