EP95: Hafizullah Amin

Hafizullah Amin was the communist leader of Afghanistan for three ill-fated months in 1979. The end of his time in power- also the end of his life- marked the start of Afghanistan's descent into a forty year war. So disastrous was Amin's time in power that my guest considers him possibly the worst man in modern Afghan history. Amin reveals that most things in politics, and in war, are not inevitable. Countries end up the way they are, often due to choices, but also due to happenstance; a...