Rob Stein

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556 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 11 Sep

Rob Stein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The NPR Politics Podcast · The legacy of 9/11 · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

And you were just wondering, how do you build a new country out of this, out of these ruins? matched

And again, we would learn in a very painful way how difficult that was just to build that country, especially while fighting was still carrying on. matched

Did you get a matched

Not entirely, Miles. matched

It was, you know, you really don't know. matched

You knew the Taliban and al-Qaeda were committed fighters. matched

They were probably not going to surrender. matched

But how much firepower could they generate? matched

You didn't know matched

what they could do. matched

And the U.S. matched

had all of these new and powerful weapons, drones and all kinds of surveillance, the power of its air force to track down the Taliban. matched

So you thought maybe, maybe it could be suppressed to the level where Afghanistan can largely be peaceful and stable. matched

That certainly seemed a realistic possibility, knowing that the Taliban might continue to fight. matched

And you didn't know, would al-Qaeda be able to regroup? matched

Had they been able to flee? matched

Were they dispersed enough that they could carry out attacks? matched

I just think there were a lot of unknowns. matched

So, yeah, one possibility was Afghanistan would calm down and stabilize. matched

Another was that we would see conflict not only there but spread matched

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