[Politics and Media with Salma Yaqoob] War in Afghanistan - 03Oct2011 - Part 1 - English
Part 1: It's 10 years since the UK joined a US led invasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan. The conflict has dubbed by western political leaders as a crucial part of the so called war on terror. Nearly 400 British servicemen have been killed while thousands of Afghan civilians have lost their lives. To discuss the coflict was Jonathan Steele a British journalist and Author of 'Ghosts of Afghanistan', Kate Hudson who's the General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Andrew Murray of the Stop the War Coalition, the organizers of a national protest against the war at the weekend. And Max Malik, the author of a new book, The Butterfly Hunter, which deals with themes relating to the 'war on terror'.
Added by muslims_in_uk on 05-10-2011
Runtime: 9m 57s
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