Crossing into Afghanistan felt like 1896: Ex-MI6 spy Aimen Dean

Former MI6 spy Aimen Dean described on the podcast walking through an ancient gate into Afghanistan in May 1996, but it felt like 1896 to him. He was in Afghan dress, glasses removed so he would not look foreign. Beyond it, roads resembled the cratered surface of the moon. No mobiles, no landlines, no television, only radio.