10 Best War in Afghanistan Podcasts

1. The Boardwalk

The Boardwalk is a weekly podcast where three former military analysts discuss the trials and tribulations of the War in Afghanistan and its legacy.
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2. The Afghan Eye

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The Afghan Eye Podcast provides a counter-narrative to what mainstream media portrays of Afghanistan. We challenge stereotypes about Afghans and Muslims in general that have been instrumentalised in the War on Terror.
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Play⋅ 5.8K ⋅7 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 85 min Get Email Contact

3. The Long War Interviews

Colorado, US
The United States has been at war since October 7th, 2001. But what have we been doing for almost 20 years? I sit down with recent veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as others who served and shaped our military in the post 9/11 era.
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Play⋅ 4.1K⋅ 138 ⋅3 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 44 min ⋅ Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

4. GroundTruth

Boston, Massachusetts, US
At the height of the Vietnam War, a government insider named Daniel Ellsberg leaked 7,000 pages of classified documents to American newspapers. The Pentagon Papers revealed that Americans had been lied to for decades about the war. Fifty years later, Ellsberg reveals his evolution from Cold Warrior to Whistleblower in the GroundTruth Podcast series The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg.
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Play⋅ 23.6K⋅ 14.3K ⋅1 episode / year ⋅ Avg Length 25 min Get Email Contact

5. Project Herrick

This podcast consists of interviews with former soldiers about their experience of the war in Afghanistan and life after. This is a 'ground up' project, the 'grunts-eye view' covering everything from counterinsurgency, courageous restraint, the current political situation in Afghanistan as well as mental health.
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6. Afghanistan After America

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Afghanistan After America draws from events of the past that continue to affect the present and explores Afghanistan's rich and fraught history through some of those who've survived to tell their tales. The podcast is hosted by Andrew Quilty, an Australian journalist who has lived in Afghanistan since 2013 and reported from most of its provinces, collecting numerous accolades for his work along the way. It is a place for conversations that go beyond the limits of mainstream media audiences.
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Play⋅ 18.7K ⋅ Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

7. Allies

After 20 years of war, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ended in chaos at an airfield in Kabul. Thousands of Afghans who worked with the American soldiers as translators, interpreters, and partners made it onto U.S. military planes. But despite the decades-long efforts of veterans, lawmakers, and senior leaders in the military, even more, were left behind.
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Play 8 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 34 min Get Email Contact