CONFLICTED

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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

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CONFLICTED

Episodes (173)

Thursday How the US is Abandoning its Afghan Allies
Tuesday The CIA’s Zero Units in Afghanistan
Thu Feb 5th Why China’s Rise Cannot Be Stopped

CONFLICTED

Feb 12, 2026
52 minutes
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In this Conflicted Conversation, Thomas speaks to U.S. Navy veteran Shawn VanDiver, founder of AfghanEvac, about the fate of Afghans who worked alongside American forces during the U.S. occupation, and how the Trump administration’s immigration restrictions are increasingly freezing them out. Shawn explains: Who America’s Afghan allies were and the risks they took The complex tragedy of the National Guardsmen shooting in Washington D.C. The Special Immigrant Visa system and why it failed Trump’s first travel ban and the dismantling of refugee pathways The Doha Agreement and the chaotic U.S. wit...

CONFLICTED

How the US is Abandoning its Afghan Allies

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