Interesting choice for an interview. Some of these questions are a bit pedestrian, though.

Interviewing the Russians seems like an obvious way to gain perspective, it seems like articles like this should have been written for years, and more should be written now. Some of the observations are as simple and understandable as a potato.

It brings a perspective to our situation in Afghanistan that is not often heard.

Excellent interview with Russian general explaining the failure of the USSR in its Afghan intervention, and relating that failure to current failing US policy in Afghanistan. The general says the Taliban must be accomodated in some fashion because the US and its allies cannot impose a strictly military solution. Economic development is the way forward, and "democracy" is meaningless in such a primitive country.

Yes and no. Who even knows who Aushev is but if he was there ,why not listen to him.