Laurie Bristow: The Ambassador’s Final Dispatch
- Fri 15 Aug 18:45 - 19:45
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After a long career at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), including as director of national security, Laurie Bristow was British ambassador to Afghanistan in 2021 and one of the last civilians to leave when Kabul fell to the Taliban. His memoir, Kabul: Final Call, is a sobering account of the West’s bad strategy and loss of will. Today, the 4th anniversary of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, join Allan Little to hear first-hand about the harrowing human costs of applying military solutions to political problems.
Categories: History, Non-fiction, Politics & Society
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