Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
The spotlight is on President Obama and a troop surge in Afghanistan, but the repercussions will spill across the Afghan borders. Kojo explores the complex ties between Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States and examines the Pakistani reaction to the President’s Tuesday speech.
Guests
- Steve Coll President and CEO, New America Foundation; Staff Writer, The New Yorker, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
- Christine Fair Assistant Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
- Nasim Ashraf Executive Director, Center for Pakistan Studies, Middle East Institute
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