A Bloody Siege: Musa Qal'eh - Afghanistan 2006

Derek Plews, a reservist with 37 years' service who was there, talks through the 2006 siege of Musa Qala — 87 soldiers, predominantly Royal Irish Regiment, holding a district centre against persistent Taliban assault. The episode digs into the tactical reality of the platoon house strategy and the institutional failures behind it. Over 80 minutes of first-hand operational detail from a campaign that's still poorly understood in public memory.