Interview with Anand Gopal on Afghanistan

We had a chance today to sit down with Anand Gopal and talk about what he has seen in Afghanistan during the past three years he has lived there working as a reporter and writer.

Anand is in Grand Rapids today for a lecture he is giving at Calvin College. (7pm tonight) In this interview we discussed the history of US involvement, the current US occupation, the reality of Afghan women, opium production and the Karzai government.