When I was a freshman in highschool this book came out and I bought it at Barnes N' Noble. It's one of the best books I've ever read. Steve Coll did an incredible job. The book changed my whole perception of the world, particularly regarding Afghanistan/Pakistan/Saudi Arabia. The amount of information packed into it opened my eyes to decades of different moving parts globally, and recounts with great detail the relationships and conflicts that led up to 9/11. I haven't read Directorate S yet, but I own it, and it's past due that I read it also. I highly recommend Ghost Wars to literally anyone that hasn't yet read it, that wants to feel as though you were right there in the moment with major figure heads, spanning decades before and all the way up to 9/11.
I photographed and interviewed Ahmad Shah Massoud in 1991 in Takhar Province. In my estimation, he was a great man. A question for Bearden: Massoud survived and beat back nine Soviet and Afghan Communist incursions into the Panjshir Valley, from April 1980 to June 1985, a period of over five years. If Bearden questions why Massoud wasn't more active after these incursions, I'd ask Bearden why Massoud didn't receive more support during the five years of the nine incursions. And why they didn't recognize the strategic position of the Panjshir Valley, located next to the Salang Highway and near Bagram Air Base.
I recall sitting in a plane in 2000 that made a forced landing in an Uzbek city, and took off an hour later without explanation to land in Termez. People on the ground in Termez spoke of strange planes that had landed and departed instead of the scheduled flight. Wonder what came out of that secret, brief meeting?
When I was a freshman in highschool this book came out and I bought it at Barnes N' Noble. It's one of the best books I've ever read. Steve Coll did an incredible job. The book changed my whole perception of the world, particularly regarding Afghanistan/Pakistan/Saudi Arabia. The amount of information packed into it opened my eyes to decades of different moving parts globally, and recounts with great detail the relationships and conflicts that led up to 9/11. I haven't read Directorate S yet, but I own it, and it's past due that I read it also. I highly recommend Ghost Wars to literally anyone that hasn't yet read it, that wants to feel as though you were right there in the moment with major figure heads, spanning decades before and all the way up to 9/11.
Having spent more than 4 years in the '7 stans' between 1998 and 2003, this is a very interesting topic having been in Peshawar on 9/11/01....
I photographed and interviewed Ahmad Shah Massoud in 1991 in Takhar Province. In my estimation, he was a great man.
A question for Bearden: Massoud survived and beat back nine Soviet and Afghan Communist incursions into the Panjshir Valley, from April 1980 to June 1985, a period of over five years. If Bearden questions why Massoud wasn't more active after these incursions, I'd ask Bearden why Massoud didn't receive more support during the five years of the nine incursions. And why they didn't recognize the strategic position of the Panjshir Valley, located next to the Salang Highway and near Bagram Air Base.
I recall sitting in a plane in 2000 that made a forced landing in an Uzbek city, and took off an hour later without explanation to land in Termez. People on the ground in Termez spoke of strange planes that had landed and departed instead of the scheduled flight. Wonder what came out of that secret, brief meeting?
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Can some one please provide the full name of the third speaker George W ? I am having difficulty catching his last name
Figured it out. George W Cave.
Yeah. There’s really only one George W.
no one her?
i knew pakistan was involved in his capture
Who? Osama bin Laden? He was killed in Pakistan, not captured.