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# What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban
- URL: https://werd.io/what-i-learned-while-eavesdropping-on-the-taliban/
- Published: 2021-08-24T18:21:25.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-24T18:21:25.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"When people ask me what I did in Afghanistan, I tell them that I hung out in planes and listened to the Taliban. My job was to provide “threat warning” to allied forces, and so I spent most of my time trying to discern the Taliban’s plans. Before I started, I was cautioned that I would hear terrible things, and I most certainly did. But when you listen to people for hundreds of hours — even people who are trying to kill your friends — you hear ordinary things as well."

\[[Link](https://medium.com/the-atlantic/what-i-learned-while-eavesdropping-on-the-taliban-72c8e2acec9d)\]