{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Long War: Canada in Afghanistan","title":"8. Reckoning","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2415,"description":"This episode includes accounts of PTSD and suicide. The United States negotiates the Doha Agreement with the Taliban in 2020. This sets the stage for the Taliban to rapidly retake the country when the final U.S. forces leave in 2021. \nCanadian veterans look on in shock and disbelief as Kabul falls. Thousands of Afghans make desperate attempts to flee the country. Veterans, journalists, and the Canadian government work to extract Afghan colleagues and allies certain to face violent reprisals. \nVeterans come home to a Canadian public that has little interest in, or understanding of, Afghanistan and the war. Many veterans experience isolation, anxiety and PTSD. Some die by suicide. All are confronted with the meaning of their efforts and sacrifices when the Taliban emerges triumphant. \nDifficult questions about costs and legacies remain, as we remember Canada’s longest war. \nRead more\nCanadian War Museum: “Legacies of war: Canada after Afghanistan”\n\nOral histories\nJohn Barnes – Transcript / Video\nBenjamin Hertwig – Transcript 1 / Transcript 2 / Video\nHilliard Kahpeaysewat – Transcript / Video\nAndrew McCuish - Transcript\nDean Milner – Transcript 1 / Transcript 2\nCredits\n\nThe Long War: Canada in Afghanistan is a podcast by the Canadian War Museum. \nNarrator: Anna Maria Tremonti \nHistorian: Andrew Burtch\nProducers: Lisa Gabriele and Neil Morrison\nAssociate Producer: Hailey Choi\nMixing: Cameron McIver\nExecutive Producers: Jenny Ellison and Steve McCullough\nText editors: Shannon Moore and Pascal Scallon-Chouinard \nThe podcast cover image shows private Michael Kubis of The Royal Canadian Regiment standing in a cloud of dust moments after the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Panjwaii District, Kandahar, in 2010. Photo: Louie Palu.\n \n Many voices heard in The Long War come from the Canadian War Museum’s oral history project, In Their Own Voices: Stories from Canadian Veterans and Their Loved Ones. Both of these projects have been generously funded by...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tN6DF7At9Tq7RLtr2nkw50fjqAjDFwQCurNC1XGZ7Mk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MDEw/NmRkMjEwOGI1ZTJk/NzBjZTBlN2E1YzUz/YTNjMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}