#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East Lex Fridman Podcast

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