{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66b715a9491100609f68ec29/679413a0de7c597e479baa04?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Toby Harnden: Inside the CIA's first combat team in Afghanistan (Part 1) (E44)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66b715a9491100609f68ec29/1746551318477-4f232cc1-9fb7-45b6-8931-096a5ba9ebcd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Toby Harnden is an award-winning journalist and author of&nbsp;<em>Dead Men Risen</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>First Casualty</em>. In this first part of the interview, he shares his story of Afghanistan and the inside story of Team Alpha—a group of eight CIA operatives who landed in the mountains of northern Afghanistan to join the forces of General Abdul Rashid Dostum and begin the war to avenge the 9/11 attacks. They fought their way to the capture of the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where, soon after, the team suffered their—and America’s—first casualty of the campaign, a story that will be told in part 2.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>📺 Watch on <a href=\"https://youtu.be/tKn9yzmOuWc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></p><p>Producer | Host: Roh Yakobi</p><p>Music ©: Dawood Sarkhosh</p><p>Email: hello@rohyakobi.com</p><p>Instagram: @TheAfgPod &amp; @RohYakobi</p><p>X: @TheAfgPod &amp; @RohYakobi</p>","author_name":"Roh Yakobi"}