Kabul place
also: Cabal
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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
Mentions (9)
▶ 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…
▶ 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…
▶ 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…
▶ 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.…
▶ 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…
▶ 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, …
▶ 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...…
▶ 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…
▶ 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…