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Robert Crews is a historian at Stanford, specializing in Afghanistan, Russia, Islam, Central Asia, and South Asia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:42) - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
  (21:30) - September 11
  (39:05) - Bin Laden
  (1:14:35) - Withdrawal of U.S. troops
  (2:06:47) - War
  (2:18:01) - Leadership
  (2:34:11) - Afghan people
  (2:43:40) - Rumi

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