Interview 739 – Christoph Germann on the Afghan “Withdrawal”

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Christoph Germann (Twitter: @newgreatgame), author of the New Great Game Round-up on BoilingFrogsPost.com, joins us today to talk about the proposed NATO pullout from Afghanistan in 2014. We discuss the changing nature of the NATO mission in the country, the shambles of the Afghan “security” forces, and the reactions of China, Russia and their regional allies to the increasing destabilization of the country. We also talk about intriguing new reports on Yassin al-Qadi’s movements in Turkey and the latest on the Syrian chemical weapons attack.

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