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Kabul place

also: Afghan capital, Cabal

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Claims (3)

CIA carried_out_attack Kabul documented
“Please. He sent expeditions of CIA officers to Kabul. Before the paramilitary effort progressed, because that's why they're there for, beyond initial cash subsidies, it was subsumed into...…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55) @ 28:19
Gary Schroen headed Kabul documented
“led to the invasion of Afghanistan. And a CIA field mission to the northern part of the country, led by Gary Schroen, the station chief designate for Cabal, when the embassy had closed in 1980, was one of the key secret warriors during that…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55) @ 34:51
Syed Ahmed Gailani lived_in Kabul documented
“was described as an aristocrat tied to former King Zayr Shah and owner of their local car dealership in Kabul. Not a, not a narco trafficker. He's a businessman. He owns a car dealership. You mean like the car dealerships that was owned in …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 14 @ 27:04

Mentions (12)

The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43)
▶ 17:58 In 1984, no part of Afghanistan was safe from the Mujahideen. Even Kabul, where KHAD headquarters was subjected to rocket attacks, the defense ministry had been bombed. The DRA officers kidnapped right off the street. The constant menace of…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43)
▶ 18:56 a major ammunition dump containing more than 30,000 tons of munitions exploded. Enterprising ISI commanders videotaped the explosion. William Casey was delighted and showed the film before Congress. In 1984, the ISI presence with the rebels…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43)
▶ 22:19 was continue supplying intelligence, some very good. The U.S. maintained its embassy in Kabul throughout the war. In April of 84, the DRA expelled the third secretary, Richard Vandiver, as persona non grata. Vandiver may or may not have bee…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 49 (51)
▶ 42:52 Najibullah control gradually weakened. His power was compromised when the Uzbek warlord, Rashid Dostrum, defected, shifting the balance of forces. By the time Kabul fell in 1992, Bush had disengaged the United States officially.…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 49 (51)
▶ 43:45 And the CIA had, that was kind of like their one thing with the, and the ISI hated him because he was a nationalist. So not surprising that he didn't get along with Dostrom at all. By the time Kabul fell in, let's see, in 92, there were new…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 49 (51)
▶ 44:18 Popular frustration with the corruption and infighting of the warlords and the fundamentalists led to a rise of Mullahs and the quote-unquote fundamental Taliban. Pakistani intelligence shifted their support to the Taliban with your money, …
The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55)
▶ 28:19 Please. He sent expeditions of CIA officers to Kabul. Before the paramilitary effort progressed, because that's why they're there for, beyond initial cash subsidies, it was subsumed into...…
The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55)
▶ 34:51 led to the invasion of Afghanistan. And a CIA field mission to the northern part of the country, led by Gary Schroen, the station chief designate for Cabal, when the embassy had closed in 1980, was one of the key secret warriors during that…
The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55)
▶ 35:20 You know, because they're never retired. He then presided over the agency's establishing two field teams. Alpha worked the northwest under General Dostrum and were supposed to be supporting the Afghans to break through to Kabul. Both were s…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 14
▶ 26:33 with heroin so they can get guns. And this is a much better arrangement if they're going to bring the heroin to you than having to actually go and get it. Really cuts down on cost. Guns for drugs, the same scenario in Laos, Burma, Latin Ame…
The Shadow State 37 Secret Societies 21; Andover Connections
▶ 17:39 First is assigned to a place called Kabul, Afghanistan. And then he gets sent to Malawi in the late 60s. So a couple of hot spots of political activity. Then from 1972 to 76, he's the assistant to none other than Henry Kissinger himself. An…
The Shadow State 42 Secret Societies 25 WAR PIGS
▶ 20:20 And is an Olin Postdoctoral Fellowship in Military History at Yale in 2004 and 2005. Two years later, she was filing the Institute for the Study of War. All right. She served on the Joint Campaign Plan Assessment Team for the Multinational …
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