This week, Basil is joined by Ahmed-Weleed Kakar, co-founder of The Afghan Eye, an independent media platform providing current, English-language analysis of events as they unfold in Afghanistan. Together they discuss:the Occupation of and War in Afghanistan in light of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's defeat of western occupying forces. the phenomenon of the "Afghan Gusano" liberalism and "Islamism" liberal imperial hypocrisythe meme of "women and girls",The scam perpetrated against the working people of the west by their politicians and defense contractorsthe occupation puppet government, the new government, and the diaspora through a postmodern lensThe I$I$ aligned so-called "National Resistance Front" or NRFand the importance of creating a connection between America First/Anti-Left politics and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.Follow @BactrianPod on Twitter. All links: linktr.ee/barebactrianFind Ahmed-Waleed on Twitter at @AWSanzarFollow The Afghan Eye on Twitter at @AfgEyeSubscribe to The Afghan Eye on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AFGHANEYERead Ahmed-Waleed's interview with Anas Haqqani published in New Lines Magazine: https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/taliban-the-next-generation/If you like BareBactrain Podcast please support by sharing and if you'd like to support "Operation Kick Basil Out of The Country to Afghanistan," check out BareBactrian Merch at barebactrian.myshopify.comor cashapp $BarebactrianAll links: linktr.ee/barebactrianNEXT EP: 2/16