How Miniskirts Swayed U.S. Military Intervention in Afghanistan

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 28, 2017

Shumita Basu, WNYC host, reporter and producer and Wazhmah Osman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University, discuss the 1970s Kabul photo of women in miniskirts that may have swayed President Trump's opinion on intervention in Afghanistan.

Shumita Basu and Wazhmah Osman in studio.

(Amina Srna/The Brian Lehrer Show)

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