Podcast
Questions and Answers
What was the condition of Kandahar in 1987?
What was the condition of Kandahar in 1987?
- A peaceful city with minimal conflict
- A city with moderate conflict
- A city under complete mujahedeen control
- A city with intense combat and heavy destruction (correct)
Why do scholars researching Afghanistan have limited information?
Why do scholars researching Afghanistan have limited information?
- Due to limited access to information from outside Afghanistan (correct)
- Due to lack of documentation during the war
- Due to lack of access to primary sources
- Due to the destruction of records during the war
What was the experience of the war for the people of Kandahar?
What was the experience of the war for the people of Kandahar?
- Ten years of hard combat and deprivations (correct)
- A civil war between rival mujahedeen groups
- A period of relative peace and stability
- A brief and mild conflict
What happened to the mujahedeen commanders after the Soviet withdrawal?
What happened to the mujahedeen commanders after the Soviet withdrawal?
What is the tone of the mujahedeen commanders when recalling the war?
What is the tone of the mujahedeen commanders when recalling the war?
What was the role of the Izvestia correspondent in Kandahar?
What was the role of the Izvestia correspondent in Kandahar?
What is the author's main concern regarding the war in Afghanistan?
What is the author's main concern regarding the war in Afghanistan?
What is the current attitude of the people of Kandahar towards the war?
What is the current attitude of the people of Kandahar towards the war?
What was the age of the narrator when their father died?
What was the age of the narrator when their father died?
Where was the narrator's brother when their father died?
Where was the narrator's brother when their father died?
What did the kind woman produce from her clothes to cheer up the narrator and their sister?
What did the kind woman produce from her clothes to cheer up the narrator and their sister?
Where was the narrator's father buried?
Where was the narrator's father buried?
What was the value that the narrator's parents placed on education?
What was the value that the narrator's parents placed on education?
How long did the narrator and their sister stay with their cousin?
How long did the narrator and their sister stay with their cousin?
Where did the narrator move to after their mother's death?
Where did the narrator move to after their mother's death?
What was the narrator's father's occupation in Mushan village?
What was the narrator's father's occupation in Mushan village?
What task did the narrator help with at their cousin's house?
What task did the narrator help with at their cousin's house?
Who had the narrator's sister been promised to in marriage?
Who had the narrator's sister been promised to in marriage?
Why was the narrator scared at night in the mud brick house?
Why was the narrator scared at night in the mud brick house?
Where did the narrator's brother Rahmatullah go to pursue his studies?
Where did the narrator's brother Rahmatullah go to pursue his studies?
Where did the narrator go to study in the mornings?
Where did the narrator go to study in the mornings?
What would the women of the village do to take care of the narrator and their siblings?
What would the women of the village do to take care of the narrator and their siblings?
What would happen at night in the mud brick house?
What would happen at night in the mud brick house?
What was the narrator's father busy with in Zangiabad?
What was the narrator's father busy with in Zangiabad?
What was the Taliban known for providing to all groups in the south?
What was the Taliban known for providing to all groups in the south?
Who replaced Mawlawi Abdul Bari as the first judge?
Who replaced Mawlawi Abdul Bari as the first judge?
What was the Taliban's authority over the war based on?
What was the Taliban's authority over the war based on?
What is the name of the district where the Taliban had a particularly important set of front lines and groups?
What is the name of the district where the Taliban had a particularly important set of front lines and groups?
How did mujahedeen groups work together in the greater Kandahar area?
How did mujahedeen groups work together in the greater Kandahar area?
What was the primary source of contention among mujahedeen groups in Pakistan?
What was the primary source of contention among mujahedeen groups in Pakistan?
Why is it difficult to trace the party allegiance of certain mujahedeen from the southern front?
Why is it difficult to trace the party allegiance of certain mujahedeen from the southern front?
What is one point that everyone can agree on regarding the war in southern Afghanistan?
What is one point that everyone can agree on regarding the war in southern Afghanistan?
What was the reason for the wedding party to be held at the groom's house?
What was the reason for the wedding party to be held at the groom's house?
Who was the only person left that truly cared about the narrator after her sister's wedding?
Who was the only person left that truly cared about the narrator after her sister's wedding?
What was the narrator's situation after her sister's wedding?
What was the narrator's situation after her sister's wedding?
Who took the narrator to live with her maternal uncle after some time?
Who took the narrator to live with her maternal uncle after some time?
What was the attitude of the narrator's maternal uncle towards her?
What was the attitude of the narrator's maternal uncle towards her?
Who was the senior religious instructor at the school where the narrator studied?
Who was the senior religious instructor at the school where the narrator studied?
What was Mawlawi Niaz Mohammad's stance towards Noor Mohammad Taraki after he came to power?
What was Mawlawi Niaz Mohammad's stance towards Noor Mohammad Taraki after he came to power?
What happened to Mawlawi Niaz Mohammad's students after he started to support Taraki?
What happened to Mawlawi Niaz Mohammad's students after he started to support Taraki?
