The Rest Is History episodes about Afghanistan

87. Afghanistan - Part 1Part 1
2021-08-18 • 1839 – 1907
From the Afghanistan: Empires, Intrigue, and the Great Game
In the first of a two-part series exploring the history of Afghanistan, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the nation’s complicated relationships with empires and discuss its role in the ‘Great…
Afghanistan British Empire
88. The First Anglo-Afghan War
2021-08-19 • 1839 – 1842
“A war begun for no wise purpose.” This description of the First Anglo-Afghan War, fought in the early-mid 19th Century, could stand as an epitaph for most conflicts in the region since. William Dalry…
William Dalrymple Afghanistan British Empire