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{\an1}>> The Taliban are back in

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{\an1}charge...

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{\an1}>> The United States and

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{\an1}Taliban are holding their first

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: For over a decade,

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{\an1}reporter Najibullah Quraishi...

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{\an1}>> (bang bang)

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{\an1}>> I never believed twenty years

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{\an1}later I could come back with the

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{\an1}Taliban with me.

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{\an1}I never imagined that one day

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{\an1}this could happen.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: FRONTLINE

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{\an1}investigates how we got here.

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{\an1}>> Their future is dark.

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{\an1}This is not the moderate

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{\an1}Taliban.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The threats from Al

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{\an1}>> ISIS always wanted to show

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{\an1}just by the airport everybody is

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{\an1}>> ISIS-K has claimed

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{\an1}responsibility for the Kabul

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{\an1}attack.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The fear among the

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{\an1}Afghan people...

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{\an1}I cannot protect any woman.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: And the

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{\an1}consequences - of the Taliban

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{\an1}Takeover.

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{\an1}>> I've concluded that it's time

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{\an1}to end America's longest war.

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{\an1}It's time for American troops to

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{\an1}>> Afghanistan's government has

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{\an1}>> Afghans are thronging to

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{\an1}increasingly dire for thousands

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{\an1}Taliban.

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{\an1}that the last U.S. troops have

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Kabul, August 31,

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{\an1}The last American flight had

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{\an1}>> The U.S. troops left last

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{\an1}night at 1:00, and today at

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{\an1}way to hear from the spokesman

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{\an1}behind.

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{\an7}journalists leaving the country,

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{\an7}it wasn't long before Najibullah

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{\an7}again soon after he sat down to

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{\an7}interview a young woman at a

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{\an1}I'm sitting right here.

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{\an7}>> You can't do anything?

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{\an7}What am I supposed to do?

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{\an1}>> I cannot protect her,

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{\an1}Najibullah!

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{\an1}I cannot protect any woman.

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{\an1}>> In the previous regime, you

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{\an1}You could have do something?

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{\an1}Before the Taliban, if...

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{\an1}>> If somebody had such problem?

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{\an1}>> Yeah, of course!

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{\an1}I could have called, I could

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{\an1}have got them in touch.

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{\an1}I could have called the

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{\an1}minister of interior.

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{\an1}I could have called the chief of

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{\an1}I could have called everybody

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{\an1}and said, "What is going on?"

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{\an1}Now there's nothing I can do.

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{\an1}>> If you see such type of

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{\an1}to you.

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{\an1}They think there's only one

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{\an1}It's you, and you're hopeless.

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{\an1}>> I'm hopeless.

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{\an1}>> This make you feel sad?

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{\an1}>> Makes me feel angry.

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{\an1}Not sad.

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{\an1}This is not the time to be sad,

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{\an1}this is the time to be angry, if

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{\an1}I can do something... I want to

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{\an1}do something!

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{\an1}There's nothing I can do.

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{\an1}There's nothing I can do.

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{\an7}>> NARRATOR: The fear and

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{\an7}Najibullah had also started

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{\an7}hearing that the police were

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{\an1}He met a student who told him

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{\an1}he had been stopped by the

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{\an1}police on his way home from

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{\an1}university.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: At that time, no

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{\an1}one in the government would talk

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{\an1}to Najibullah about the specific

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{\an1}allegations he had been hearing.

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{\an1}>> (greeting in Arabic)

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: But in an interview

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{\an1}before the Americans left, the

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{\an1}Taliban's chief spokesman

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{\an1}insisted they were not going to

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{\an1}govern like the Taliban of the

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{\an1}1990s.

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{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Najibullah wanted

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{\an1}to see how the Taliban were

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{\an1}ruling in other parts of the

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{\an1}country.

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{\an1}The Taliban invited him to the

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{\an1}northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif,

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{\an1}where, in August, they'd scored

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{\an1}a key victory on their way to

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{\an1}taking over.

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{\an1}>> News in Afghanistan, sources

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{\an1}saying the Taliban have taken

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{\an1}the northern city of

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{\an1}Mazar-i-Sharif.

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{\an1}It is a major blow to the

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{\an1}to defend Afghanistan's fourth-

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{\an1}largest city.

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{\an1}>> The key of the North is

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{\an1}Mazar-i-Sharif.

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{\an7}If you take over Mazar-i-Sharif,

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{\an7}it's mean you can take Kabul

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{\an7}without anything, peacefully.

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{\an1}This is what has happened with

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{\an1}the Taliban.

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{\an1}They took over the North

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{\an1}because they knew, once they

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{\an1}took the North, it's mean they

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{\an1}took the entire country.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR The Taliban's new

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{\an1}head of media for the North

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{\an1}escorted Najibullah through the

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{\an1}region.

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{\an1}He was quick to convey optimism.

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{\an7}>> (speaking Pashto):

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: This region holds

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{\an1}special significance for the

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{\an1}Taliban.

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{\an1}They fought fierce battles

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{\an1}against the U.S. here 20 years

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{\an1}ago.

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{\an1}Najibullah was taken to a

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{\an1}fortress outside the city, where

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{\an1}they were eager to show him

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{\an1}something.

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{\an7}(men speaking Dari)

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: It was a trip back

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{\an1}in time for Najibullah, who was

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{\an1}here filming in 2001 when the

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{\an1}U.S. controlled the fort and

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{\an1}Taliban prisoners staged a

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{\an1}bloody uprising.

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{\an1}It lasted three days and ended

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{\an1}in the deaths of hundreds of

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{\an1}Taliban.

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{\an1}>> This area was, all the

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{\an1}Taliban were lying everywhere.

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{\an1}They're handcuffed and killed.

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{\an1}I was filming from there.

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{\an1}The U.S. forces came there and

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{\an1}they were literally shooting the

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{\an1}Taliban, who, they were here,

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{\an1}where I'm standing.

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{\an1}So I was just on the top of that

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{\an1}hill.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The bloodshed that

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{\an1}took place here 20 years ago

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{\an1}marked the beginning of the end

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{\an1}for the Taliban regime.

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{\an1}>> The Pentagon says the

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{\an1}leadership of Taliban forces in

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{\an1}Afghanistan has been effectively

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{\an1}broken by the military action

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{\an1}there.

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{\an1}>> The defeated Taliban militia

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{\an1}can no longer play host to the

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{\an1}Al Qaeda network in Afghanistan.

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{\an1}>> Large numbers of Taliban and

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{\an1}Al Qaeda leaders are still on

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{\an1}the run.

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{\an1}>> I never believed one day, 20

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{\an1}years later, I could come back

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{\an1}to the same area with the

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{\an1}Taliban with me.

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{\an1}I never believed that.

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{\an1}I never imagined that one day

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{\an1}this could happen.

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{\an1}♪ ♪

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{\an1}♪ ♪

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: In the years after

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{\an1}the Taliban's defeat, Najibullah

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{\an1}returned time and time again to

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{\an1}Afghanistan.

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{\an1}(gunshots)

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{\an1}He would chart the group's

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{\an1}resurgence, as they fought to

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{\an1}regain control and restore

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{\an1}hardline Islamic rule.

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{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

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{\an1}>> I have filmed with the

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{\an1}Taliban so many times over the

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{\an1}last 20 years.

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{\an1}I've tried to document how they

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{\an1}think, how they operate, how

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{\an1}they rule over areas they

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{\an1}control.

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{\an1}And I think to make sense of the

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{\an1}Taliban now, you have to look

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{\an1}back.

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{\an1}>> Fire!

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{\an1}(mortar fires)

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{\an1}>> This past year in

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{\an1}Afghanistan was the deadliest

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{\an1}yet for American troops.

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{\an1}(gunshots)

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{\an1}>> For American soldiers, this

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{\an1}war will get worse before it

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{\an1}gets better.

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{\an1}>> To succeed, we and our

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{\an1}friends and allies must reverse

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{\an1}the Taliban's gains.

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{\an1}I've already ordered the

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{\an1}deployment of 17,000 troops.

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{\an1}These soldiers and Marines

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{\an1}will take the fight to the

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{\an1}Taliban in the south and the

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{\an1}east.

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{\an1}>> Angle the Vic north!

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: By 2009, the U.S.

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{\an1}had spent nearly a decade trying

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{\an1}to support the Afghan government

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{\an1}and keep the Taliban at bay,

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{\an1}deploying tens of thousands of

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{\an1}troops.

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{\an1}(explosion)

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{\an1}But on the ground, Najibullah

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{\an1}was seeing the determination of

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{\an1}the group, and the depths of the

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{\an1}insurgents' sway with the

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{\an1}population.

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{\an1}On a trip through villages in

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{\an1}the north, he visited a hospital

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{\an1}and a school built and paid for

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{\an1}by the United Nations, but under

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{\an1}the control of fighters aligned

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{\an1}with the Taliban.

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{\an1}And throughout the region, the

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{\an1}villagers were paying their

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{\an1}taxes directly to the

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{\an1}insurgents, not the U.S.-backed

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{\an1}Afghan government.

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{\an7}>> (conversing in Dari):

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: At the time,

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{\an1}Najibullah also got a rare view

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{\an1}into how the Taliban continued

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{\an1}to maintain its ties to Al

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{\an1}Qaeda and other extremist

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{\an1}factions.

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{\an1}>> Al Qaeda was inside and they

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{\an1}were monitoring.

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{\an1}It was very clear to me.

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{\an1}They were giving order to them.

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{\an7}And they were following whatever

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{\an7}they were saying, especially on

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{\an7}the bigger decisions.

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The fighters were

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{\an1}from a faction called

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{\an1}Hezb-e-Islami, led by this man,

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{\an1}Commander Mirwais.

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{\an1}He claimed to have 4,000

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{\an1}fighters under his control.

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{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Najibullah was with

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{\an1}them as they prepared for a

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{\an1}mission.

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{\an1}And possible martyrdom.

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{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Over his time

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{\an1}embedded with the group,

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{\an1}Najibullah watched as fighters

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{\an1}built the homemade bombs known

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{\an1}as I.E.D.s.

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{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: That would become a

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{\an1}signature of their insurgency

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{\an1}against American forces.

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{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

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{\an1}>> NARRATOR: And the fighters

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{\an1}took him to the frontlines where

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{\an1}they targeted Afghan government

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{\an1}forces as well.

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00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:37,176
{\an1}(rocket-propelled grenade fires)

508
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:44,042
{\an1}(gunfire)

509
00:25:44,066 --> 00:25:45,942
{\an1}>> Most of the characters we

510
00:25:45,966 --> 00:25:47,742
{\an1}had on the film has been

511
00:25:47,766 --> 00:25:49,376
{\an1}killed, simply because they

512
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,142
{\an1}didn't have much experience.

513
00:25:51,166 --> 00:25:53,260
{\an1}In another hand, they were

514
00:25:53,284 --> 00:25:55,676
{\an1}ready to die.

515
00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:56,942
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Last month,

516
00:25:56,966 --> 00:25:58,042
{\an1}Najibullah found one of the

517
00:25:58,066 --> 00:26:00,460
{\an1}fighters who did manage to

518
00:26:00,484 --> 00:26:02,642
{\an1}survive... Commander Mirwais.

519
00:26:02,666 --> 00:26:10,666
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

520
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:34,109
{\an1}♪ ♪

521
00:26:34,133 --> 00:26:35,709
{\an1}>> July was the deadliest month

522
00:26:35,733 --> 00:26:37,009
{\an1}for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

523
00:26:37,033 --> 00:26:39,276
{\an1}since the war began in 2001.

524
00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:41,209
{\an1}43 American service members were

525
00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:42,276
{\an1}killed.

526
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:43,177
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: During the years of

527
00:26:43,201 --> 00:26:44,742
{\an1}the Obama administration, the

528
00:26:44,766 --> 00:26:46,309
{\an1}U.S. would continue to try to

529
00:26:46,333 --> 00:26:48,542
{\an1}combat the Taliban and bolster

530
00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:50,176
{\an1}the Afghan Army.

531
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,642
{\an1}>> As commander-in-chief, I have

532
00:26:51,666 --> 00:26:53,442
{\an1}determined that it is in our

533
00:26:53,466 --> 00:26:55,642
{\an1}vital national interest to send

534
00:26:55,666 --> 00:26:57,809
{\an1}an additional 30,000 U.S. troops

535
00:26:57,833 --> 00:26:58,876
{\an1}to Afghanistan.

536
00:26:58,900 --> 00:26:59,942
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: But the Taliban

537
00:26:59,966 --> 00:27:01,509
{\an1}continued to grow.

538
00:27:01,533 --> 00:27:03,109
{\an1}>> The Taliban have been

539
00:27:03,133 --> 00:27:05,476
{\an1}unprecedented in their numbers

540
00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:06,276
{\an1}this year.

541
00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:07,243
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: As would the other

542
00:27:07,267 --> 00:27:08,476
{\an1}extremist forces that have

543
00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:09,909
{\an1}continued to destabilize

544
00:27:09,933 --> 00:27:11,342
{\an1}Afghanistan.

545
00:27:11,366 --> 00:27:13,276
{\an1}>> For the first time, Islamic

546
00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:14,409
{\an1}State has moved into

547
00:27:14,433 --> 00:27:15,676
{\an1}Afghanistan.

548
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:19,076
{\an1}♪ ♪

549
00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,709
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: In 2015, Najibullah

550
00:27:21,733 --> 00:27:23,342
{\an1}was among the first to document

551
00:27:23,366 --> 00:27:25,542
{\an1}ISIS's challenge to the Taliban

552
00:27:25,566 --> 00:27:27,142
{\an1}and Al Qaeda for territory and

553
00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:28,642
{\an1}influence.

554
00:27:28,666 --> 00:27:30,842
{\an1}>> Once ISIS took footholds in

555
00:27:30,866 --> 00:27:33,976
{\an1}Afghanistan, they captured more

556
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,676
{\an1}areas, and they were offering

557
00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:37,909
{\an1}the Taliban, as well, to join

558
00:27:37,933 --> 00:27:39,676
{\an1}them.

559
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:41,676
{\an1}Afghanistan is a really poor

560
00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:42,942
{\an1}country.

561
00:27:42,966 --> 00:27:44,876
{\an1}If you have money, if you have

562
00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:46,042
{\an1}wealth, then you can have

563
00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:47,010
{\an1}everything.

564
00:27:47,034 --> 00:27:48,676
{\an1}So that group was very, very

565
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:50,476
{\an1}wealthy, and they were receiving

566
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:51,942
{\an1}money from different parts of

567
00:27:51,966 --> 00:27:53,909
{\an1}the world.

568
00:27:53,933 --> 00:27:55,076
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: An ISIS cell had

569
00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:56,709
{\an1}granted Najibullah access to

570
00:27:56,733 --> 00:27:58,409
{\an1}their territory in the district

571
00:27:58,433 --> 00:28:00,109
{\an1}of Saigal, which they had

572
00:28:00,133 --> 00:28:01,476
{\an1}seized from Al Qaeda and the

573
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:03,409
{\an1}Taliban.

574
00:28:03,433 --> 00:28:05,176
{\an1}>> I was waiting for over eight

575
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,776
{\an1}months to get access to ISIS.

576
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,842
{\an1}I was very excited as a

577
00:28:09,866 --> 00:28:11,142
{\an1}journalist that I was going to

578
00:28:11,166 --> 00:28:13,509
{\an1}meet this group, but I was

579
00:28:13,533 --> 00:28:15,909
{\an1}remembering my wife, my sons.

580
00:28:15,933 --> 00:28:18,076
{\an1}Then I was thinking, "Maybe you

581
00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:19,542
{\an1}won't come back again.

582
00:28:19,566 --> 00:28:21,442
{\an1}They might kill you.

583
00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:22,509
{\an1}They might kidnap you.

584
00:28:22,533 --> 00:28:25,242
{\an1}They might do something wrong."

585
00:28:25,266 --> 00:28:26,809
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The local commander

586
00:28:26,833 --> 00:28:28,209
{\an1}told Najibullah that he'd been

587
00:28:28,233 --> 00:28:30,342
{\an1}in the Taliban, but defected

588
00:28:30,366 --> 00:28:33,609
{\an1}after ISIS declared a caliphate.

589
00:28:33,633 --> 00:28:41,633
{\an7}>> (conversing in Pashto):

590
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,742
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Najibullah saw how

591
00:29:12,766 --> 00:29:14,342
{\an1}ISIS fighters lived among the

592
00:29:14,366 --> 00:29:16,242
{\an1}locals and seemed to control

593
00:29:16,266 --> 00:29:18,776
{\an1}every aspect of village life.

594
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,476
{\an1}They had local wives, collected

595
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,709
{\an1}taxes, and even ran the village

596
00:29:22,733 --> 00:29:23,976
{\an1}school.

597
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,509
{\an1}The fighters claimed that all

598
00:29:25,533 --> 00:29:27,542
{\an1}local children were educated by

599
00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:29,610
{\an1}the Islamic State from the age

600
00:29:29,634 --> 00:29:30,809
{\an1}of three.

601
00:29:30,833 --> 00:29:38,833
{\an7}>> (speaking Pashto):

602
00:29:55,133 --> 00:29:56,642
{\an1}>> It was a really, really

603
00:29:56,666 --> 00:29:58,709
{\an1}shocking moment for me to see

604
00:29:58,733 --> 00:30:01,776
{\an1}the childrens of Afghan learning

605
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,676
{\an1}jihad, learning AK-47.

606
00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:10,742
{\an7}>> (conversing in Pashto):

607
00:30:10,766 --> 00:30:11,476
{\an1}>> Learning how to shoot with

608
00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:12,277
{\an1}pistol.

609
00:30:12,301 --> 00:30:13,676
{\an1}(dry fires)

610
00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:14,610
{\an1}They were trying to make them

611
00:30:14,634 --> 00:30:15,842
{\an1}ready for the for the future of

612
00:30:15,866 --> 00:30:17,242
{\an1}Afghanistan.

613
00:30:17,266 --> 00:30:18,909
{\an1}So now these children could be

614
00:30:18,933 --> 00:30:22,042
{\an1}15, 16 years old, I'm sure now

615
00:30:22,066 --> 00:30:24,310
{\an1}they have weapon, they are ready

616
00:30:24,334 --> 00:30:26,394
{\an1}to fight.

617
00:30:26,418 --> 00:30:34,418
{\an7}>> (speaking Pashto):

618
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:58,909
{\an1}♪ ♪

619
00:30:58,933 --> 00:30:59,910
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: After leaving the

620
00:30:59,934 --> 00:31:01,876
{\an1}ISIS village, Najibullah

621
00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:03,476
{\an1}traveled to Nangarhar Province,

622
00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:05,660
{\an1}just a few miles from a

623
00:31:05,684 --> 00:31:07,542
{\an1}Pakistan border.

624
00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:15,566
{\an7}>> (conversing in Dari):

625
00:31:21,466 --> 00:31:22,609
{\an7}>> NARRATOR: He saw how even

626
00:31:22,633 --> 00:31:25,442
{\an7}back then in 2015, Afghan

627
00:31:25,466 --> 00:31:27,910
{\an7}forces were struggling against

628
00:31:27,934 --> 00:31:30,309
{\an7}ISIS and the Taliban.

629
00:31:30,333 --> 00:31:32,810
{\an1}He went to the frontlines with a

630
00:31:32,834 --> 00:31:34,376
{\an1}local police unit.

631
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:42,400
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

632
00:31:52,066 --> 00:31:53,043
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The police chief

633
00:31:53,067 --> 00:31:54,342
{\an1}said resources and equipment

634
00:31:54,366 --> 00:31:55,976
{\an1}were scarce.

635
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,043
{\an1}Enemy lines were just a few

636
00:31:58,067 --> 00:32:00,544
{\an1}hundred yards away.

637
00:32:00,568 --> 00:32:08,568
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

638
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,209
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: He said he was

639
00:32:27,233 --> 00:32:29,677
{\an1}willing to use brutal tactics

640
00:32:29,701 --> 00:32:33,560
{\an1}against the Taliban and ISIS.

641
00:32:33,584 --> 00:32:41,584
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

642
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,143
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The Afghan

643
00:32:58,167 --> 00:32:59,242
{\an1}government would eventually

644
00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:00,976
{\an1}claim it had done the job, and

645
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,409
{\an1}driven ISIS out of the country.

646
00:33:03,433 --> 00:33:06,076
{\an1}But on his repeated trips here,

647
00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:07,809
{\an1}Najibullah documented the

648
00:33:07,833 --> 00:33:10,242
{\an1}group's continued presence.

649
00:33:10,266 --> 00:33:16,409
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

650
00:33:16,433 --> 00:33:24,433
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

651
00:33:28,366 --> 00:33:29,310
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: While ISIS would

652
00:33:29,334 --> 00:33:31,276
{\an1}remain a threat...

653
00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:32,309
{\an1}>> In the past few months, the

654
00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:33,476
{\an1}ministry has lost control of

655
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:35,342
{\an1}more than 20 areas to Taliban

656
00:33:35,366 --> 00:33:37,176
{\an1}fighters, who seem able to

657
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,442
{\an1}strike anywhere.

658
00:33:39,466 --> 00:33:40,509
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: By 2019, the

659
00:33:40,533 --> 00:33:42,176
{\an1}Taliban claimed to control more

660
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,676
{\an1}of Afghanistan than at any point

661
00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:50,509
{\an1}since the U.S. invasion in 2001.

662
00:33:50,533 --> 00:33:51,809
{\an1}Two years before their

663
00:33:51,833 --> 00:33:53,909
{\an1}takeover, Najibullah saw the

664
00:33:53,933 --> 00:33:55,309
{\an1}extent of the Taliban's

665
00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:57,209
{\an1}reemergence on a trip to the

666
00:33:57,233 --> 00:33:59,709
{\an1}city of Ghazni.

667
00:33:59,733 --> 00:34:07,733
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

668
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:18,076
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

669
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:23,909
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

670
00:34:23,933 --> 00:34:25,176
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: They let Najibullah

671
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:26,842
{\an1}and his team fly a drone over

672
00:34:26,866 --> 00:34:28,076
{\an1}the valley as the fighters

673
00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:30,076
{\an1}performed military drills out

674
00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,742
{\an1}in the open.

675
00:34:32,766 --> 00:34:40,766
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

676
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:43,743
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Another commander

677
00:34:43,767 --> 00:34:45,877
{\an1}led them to one of the villages

678
00:34:45,901 --> 00:34:49,976
{\an1}under Taliban control.

679
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,142
{\an1}There were few people on the

680
00:34:51,166 --> 00:34:52,409
{\an1}streets.

681
00:34:52,433 --> 00:34:53,809
{\an1}But after the Taliban escort

682
00:34:53,833 --> 00:34:56,143
{\an1}left, one resident approached

683
00:34:56,167 --> 00:34:57,376
{\an1}him.

684
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:02,342
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

685
00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:10,366
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

686
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,409
{\an1}♪ ♪

687
00:35:26,433 --> 00:35:27,776
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: For Najibullah,

688
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,176
{\an1}what he saw on the trip in 2019,

689
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:31,842
{\an1}was a turning point in the

690
00:35:31,866 --> 00:35:33,842
{\an1}Taliban's insurgency.

691
00:35:33,866 --> 00:35:35,809
{\an1}>> This specific group I met,

692
00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:37,342
{\an1}they were completely different

693
00:35:37,366 --> 00:35:39,209
{\an1}than previous groups I have met

694
00:35:39,233 --> 00:35:40,476
{\an1}before.

695
00:35:40,500 --> 00:35:41,909
{\an1}Normally, when I was embedding

696
00:35:41,933 --> 00:35:43,242
{\an1}with a group of the Taliban,

697
00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:44,210
{\an1}they were preparing for

698
00:35:44,234 --> 00:35:46,676
{\an1}fighting, to block the road.

699
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:47,809
{\an1}But this group was completely

700
00:35:47,833 --> 00:35:48,777
{\an1}different.

701
00:35:48,801 --> 00:35:50,176
{\an1}They didn't have anything to

702
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,309
{\an1}make them worry.

703
00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:53,242
{\an1}Because the entire area was

704
00:35:53,266 --> 00:35:54,809
{\an1}belonged to them.

705
00:35:54,833 --> 00:35:55,842
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The trip was also

706
00:35:55,866 --> 00:35:57,542
{\an1}a vivid confirmation of what

707
00:35:57,566 --> 00:35:59,042
{\an1}U.S. military leaders had

708
00:35:59,066 --> 00:36:00,609
{\an1}privately been conceding for

709
00:36:00,633 --> 00:36:02,242
{\an1}years... that they'd lost the

710
00:36:02,266 --> 00:36:03,276
{\an1}war.

711
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:04,143
{\an1}>> Tonight, newly released

712
00:36:04,167 --> 00:36:05,242
{\an1}documents raise serious

713
00:36:05,266 --> 00:36:06,243
{\an1}questions about whether the

714
00:36:06,267 --> 00:36:08,142
{\an1}American people were lied to

715
00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:09,676
{\an1}about the progress of the war in

716
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:11,076
{\an1}Afghanistan.

717
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:11,943
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: An assessment that

718
00:36:11,967 --> 00:36:13,242
{\an1}would finally go public in late

719
00:36:13,266 --> 00:36:14,742
{\an1}2019.

720
00:36:14,766 --> 00:36:16,742
{\an1}>> For the last 18 years,

721
00:36:16,766 --> 00:36:18,709
{\an1}senior U.S. officials have been

722
00:36:18,733 --> 00:36:20,642
{\an1}misleading the American public

723
00:36:20,666 --> 00:36:22,376
{\an1}about the war in Afghanistan.

724
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:23,210
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The Trump

725
00:36:23,234 --> 00:36:24,576
{\an1}administration was now facing

726
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,009
{\an1}the harsh reality of defeat and

727
00:36:27,033 --> 00:36:28,776
{\an1}directly negotiating a peace

728
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,509
{\an1}agreement with the Taliban.

729
00:36:30,533 --> 00:36:31,876
{\an1}>> It's a war Washington is

730
00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:33,076
{\an1}struggling to finish, and

731
00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:36,227
{\an1}Donald Trump says peace lies in

732
00:36:36,251 --> 00:36:40,842
{\an1}the hands of the Taliban.

733
00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:42,442
{\an7}>> U.S. and Taliban negotiators

734
00:36:42,466 --> 00:36:44,109
{\an7}met in Qatar for peace talks

735
00:36:44,133 --> 00:36:45,876
{\an7}aimed at ending America's

736
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:47,576
{\an7}longest war.

737
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:48,343
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: As the peace talks

738
00:36:48,367 --> 00:36:50,409
{\an1}were going on, Najibullah got

739
00:36:50,433 --> 00:36:51,942
{\an1}an exclusive interview with the

740
00:36:51,966 --> 00:36:54,076
{\an1}Taliban's top negotiator,

741
00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:56,676
{\an1}Mullah Baradar, who was widely

742
00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:58,376
{\an1}seen as a future leader in a

743
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,042
{\an1}Taliban government.

744
00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:01,642
{\an1}>> Mullah Baradar is a very,

745
00:37:01,666 --> 00:37:03,476
{\an1}very big person within the

746
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:04,776
{\an1}Taliban rank.

747
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,742
{\an1}He was the co-founder of the

748
00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:09,142
{\an1}Taliban, the person who has been

749
00:37:09,166 --> 00:37:11,242
{\an1}very, very close to Mullah Omar,

750
00:37:11,266 --> 00:37:13,276
{\an1}the main leader of the Taliban

751
00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:15,309
{\an1}who died some years ago.

752
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:16,876
{\an1}He has been in prison for eight

753
00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:19,042
{\an1}years in Pakistan and he has

754
00:37:19,066 --> 00:37:22,742
{\an1}been released in 2018.

755
00:37:22,766 --> 00:37:24,176
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Najibullah pressed

756
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:25,309
{\an1}the Mullah about whether the

757
00:37:25,333 --> 00:37:26,809
{\an1}Taliban would moderate its

758
00:37:26,833 --> 00:37:29,009
{\an1}hardline practices, especially

759
00:37:29,033 --> 00:37:30,442
{\an1}against women.

760
00:37:30,466 --> 00:37:38,466
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

761
00:37:39,666 --> 00:37:40,410
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: His answer was

762
00:37:40,434 --> 00:37:42,609
{\an1}ambiguous, but foreshadowed what

763
00:37:42,633 --> 00:37:44,942
{\an1}was soon to come... women would

764
00:37:44,966 --> 00:37:46,842
{\an1}have rights, he said, but only

765
00:37:46,866 --> 00:37:48,142
{\an1}according to the Taliban's

766
00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:50,042
{\an1}interpretation of Islamic

767
00:37:50,066 --> 00:37:51,642
{\an1}sharia law.

768
00:37:51,666 --> 00:37:59,666
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

769
00:38:08,966 --> 00:38:10,276
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Mullah Baradar also

770
00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:11,842
{\an1}promised that the Taliban would

771
00:38:11,866 --> 00:38:13,509
{\an1}uphold the key component of a

772
00:38:13,533 --> 00:38:15,509
{\an1}peace deal with the U.S.

773
00:38:15,533 --> 00:38:17,142
{\an1}That they'd prevent ISIS and

774
00:38:17,166 --> 00:38:19,376
{\an1}Al Qaeda from using Afghanistan

775
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,809
{\an1}as a haven.

776
00:38:20,833 --> 00:38:26,842
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

777
00:38:26,866 --> 00:38:34,866
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

778
00:38:43,433 --> 00:38:47,342
{\an1}(explosion)

779
00:38:47,366 --> 00:38:48,709
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Mullah Baradar's

780
00:38:48,733 --> 00:38:50,276
{\an1}promise evaporated a few days

781
00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:52,009
{\an1}before the last U.S. troops left

782
00:38:52,033 --> 00:38:54,776
{\an1}on August 31.

783
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:55,909
{\an1}>> The Pentagon confirming

784
00:38:55,933 --> 00:38:57,142
{\an1}there has been an explosion

785
00:38:57,166 --> 00:38:59,309
{\an1}outside Kabul Airport.

786
00:38:59,333 --> 00:39:01,542
{\an1}>> The explosion has happened

787
00:39:01,566 --> 00:39:03,409
{\an1}just by the airport.

788
00:39:03,433 --> 00:39:04,609
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Najibullah was

789
00:39:04,633 --> 00:39:05,976
{\an1}nearby when an ISIS suicide

790
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,842
{\an1}bomber struck a gate outside the

791
00:39:07,866 --> 00:39:09,242
{\an1}Kabul airport.

792
00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:10,976
{\an1}>> Everybody is running.

793
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,076
{\an1}I got myself away.

794
00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:14,642
{\an1}Like, I'm literally a kilometer

795
00:39:14,666 --> 00:39:16,409
{\an1}away now.

796
00:39:16,433 --> 00:39:17,742
{\an1}>> We can confirm that a number

797
00:39:17,766 --> 00:39:19,609
{\an1}of U.S. servicemembers were

798
00:39:19,633 --> 00:39:21,342
{\an1}killed at the Kabul Airport.

799
00:39:21,366 --> 00:39:22,742
{\an1}A number of others are being

800
00:39:22,766 --> 00:39:24,109
{\an1}treated for wounds.

801
00:39:24,133 --> 00:39:26,076
{\an1}A number of Afghans fell victim

802
00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:28,676
{\an1}to this heinous attack.

803
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:30,542
{\an1}>> ISIS-K, or the Islamic State

804
00:39:30,566 --> 00:39:32,476
{\an1}in the Khorasan, has claimed

805
00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:33,876
{\an1}responsibility for the Kabul

806
00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:37,309
{\an1}attacks.

807
00:39:37,333 --> 00:39:39,776
{\an1}>> ISIS in Khorasan always

808
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,609
{\an1}wanted to show their power.

809
00:39:41,633 --> 00:39:43,442
{\an1}Even in the last moment, they

810
00:39:43,466 --> 00:39:45,909
{\an1}managed to kill 13 American

811
00:39:45,933 --> 00:39:47,509
{\an1}forces.

812
00:39:47,533 --> 00:39:49,976
{\an1}This is a big succeed for them.

813
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,542
{\an1}This is a big threat again for

814
00:39:51,566 --> 00:39:52,876
{\an1}the Taliban.

815
00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:55,442
{\an1}They are showing how brutal are

816
00:39:55,466 --> 00:39:58,676
{\an1}they, how prepared are they.

817
00:39:58,700 --> 00:39:59,776
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The bombing fueled

818
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,309
{\an1}clashes between Taliban forces

819
00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:02,442
{\an1}and ISIS.

820
00:40:02,466 --> 00:40:05,176
{\an1}(explosion)

821
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,042
{\an1}And heightened U.S. concerns

822
00:40:07,066 --> 00:40:08,576
{\an1}about the country once again

823
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,176
{\an1}becoming a staging ground for

824
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,409
{\an1}terrorists.

825
00:40:13,433 --> 00:40:15,609
{\an1}(phone dialing out)

826
00:40:15,633 --> 00:40:16,809
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: In the wake of the

827
00:40:16,833 --> 00:40:18,876
{\an1}airport attack, Najibullah

828
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:20,376
{\an1}sought out an expert on ISIS,

829
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,076
{\an1}or ISIL, and other terror

830
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:22,943
{\an1}groups.

831
00:40:22,967 --> 00:40:24,109
{\an1}>> Hi, Najibullah.

832
00:40:24,133 --> 00:40:24,976
{\an1}>> Hi, hello, sir, how are you

833
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:25,809
{\an1}doing?

834
00:40:25,833 --> 00:40:26,643
{\an1}>> I'm very well, thanks.

835
00:40:26,667 --> 00:40:27,709
{\an1}How are you?

836
00:40:27,733 --> 00:40:28,809
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Edmund Fitton Brown

837
00:40:28,833 --> 00:40:29,743
{\an1}coordinates the United Nations

838
00:40:29,767 --> 00:40:31,476
{\an1}monitoring team that assesses

839
00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:33,342
{\an1}the global threat from ISIS and

840
00:40:33,366 --> 00:40:36,109
{\an1}Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

841
00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:37,309
{\an1}>> ISIL has been a strategic

842
00:40:37,333 --> 00:40:39,476
{\an1}rival of the Taliban.

843
00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:40,876
{\an1}It's obviously much smaller than

844
00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:42,409
{\an1}the Taliban.

845
00:40:42,433 --> 00:40:43,776
{\an1}But I think what ISIL is

846
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:46,176
{\an1}intending to do is to present

847
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,642
{\an1}itself as the party that wants

848
00:40:48,666 --> 00:40:50,609
{\an1}to continue the fight, that

849
00:40:50,633 --> 00:40:52,676
{\an1}makes no compromises.

850
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,442
{\an1}And they want to accuse the

851
00:40:54,466 --> 00:40:56,576
{\an1}Taliban of having, in some way,

852
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:57,909
{\an1}sold out.

853
00:40:57,933 --> 00:40:59,842
{\an1}And ISIL is clearly making an

854
00:40:59,866 --> 00:41:02,742
{\an1}effort to embarrass and attack

855
00:41:02,766 --> 00:41:04,509
{\an1}and harass the Taliban.

856
00:41:04,533 --> 00:41:06,342
{\an1}And that will be obviously a

857
00:41:06,366 --> 00:41:07,576
{\an1}challenge to the Taliban, it

858
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,142
{\an1}will be... I'm not certain how

859
00:41:10,166 --> 00:41:11,809
{\an1}easily the Taliban will be able

860
00:41:11,833 --> 00:41:14,309
{\an1}to suppress that challenge.

861
00:41:14,333 --> 00:41:15,476
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Fitton Brown also

862
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:17,109
{\an1}told Najibullah that Al Qaeda,

863
00:41:17,133 --> 00:41:18,542
{\an1}despite being weakened over the

864
00:41:18,566 --> 00:41:21,976
{\an1}years, remains a threat too.

865
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,776
{\an1}>> Al Qaeda has a very close

866
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,576
{\an1}historic and trusting

867
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,942
{\an1}relationship with the Taliban

868
00:41:28,966 --> 00:41:30,276
{\an1}and Al Qaeda is present in

869
00:41:30,300 --> 00:41:31,742
{\an1}Afghanistan.

870
00:41:31,766 --> 00:41:33,409
{\an1}I think the Taliban have

871
00:41:33,433 --> 00:41:35,176
{\an1}signaled very clearly that they

872
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,576
{\an1}are not going to do anything to

873
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,342
{\an1}break with or suppress Al Qaeda.

874
00:41:40,366 --> 00:41:41,709
{\an7}What's been difficult for Al

875
00:41:41,733 --> 00:41:44,709
{\an7}Qaeda has been to have a stable,

876
00:41:44,733 --> 00:41:47,276
{\an7}uninterrupted place where they

877
00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:50,442
{\an7}could regroup, recruit, train,

878
00:41:50,466 --> 00:41:52,309
{\an7}raise money.

879
00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:54,276
{\an1}And it may be that this change

880
00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:56,709
{\an1}in Afghanistan presents them

881
00:41:56,733 --> 00:41:59,042
{\an1}with a new and better

882
00:41:59,066 --> 00:42:00,844
{\an1}opportunity than they have

883
00:42:00,868 --> 00:42:02,876
{\an1}elsewhere.

884
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:05,609
{\an1}♪ ♪

885
00:42:05,633 --> 00:42:06,776
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: A recently surfaced

886
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,042
{\an1}video has only added to the

887
00:42:08,066 --> 00:42:10,509
{\an1}concerns about Al Qaeda.

888
00:42:10,533 --> 00:42:11,809
{\an1}Osama bin Laden's former

889
00:42:11,833 --> 00:42:13,976
{\an1}security chief, Amin al Haq, was

890
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,376
{\an1}seen returning to eastern

891
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,342
{\an1}Afghanistan.

892
00:42:18,366 --> 00:42:22,709
{\an1}(horn honks)

893
00:42:22,733 --> 00:42:23,976
{\an1}Publicly, the Taliban have

894
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,542
{\an1}continued to insist they will

895
00:42:25,566 --> 00:42:27,742
{\an1}not harbor terrorists.

896
00:42:27,766 --> 00:42:30,109
{\an1}(man speaking Afghan language)

897
00:42:30,133 --> 00:42:31,309
{\an1}But when the new government was

898
00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:33,176
{\an1}formed in early September, key

899
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,676
{\an1}posts went to some of the most

900
00:42:34,700 --> 00:42:37,394
{\an1}extreme figures closely

901
00:42:37,418 --> 00:42:39,876
{\an1}associated with Al Qaeda.

902
00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:41,942
{\an7}Like Sirajuddin Haqqani, now the

903
00:42:41,966 --> 00:42:44,209
{\an7}interior minister, whose

904
00:42:44,233 --> 00:42:46,742
{\an7}infamous Haqqani network was

905
00:42:46,766 --> 00:42:49,477
{\an7}behind suicide bombings and

906
00:42:49,501 --> 00:42:51,442
{\an7}attacks on coalition forces.

907
00:42:51,466 --> 00:42:52,343
{\an1}He is still on the State

908
00:42:52,367 --> 00:42:54,242
{\an1}Department's most wanted list,

909
00:42:54,266 --> 00:42:56,042
{\an1}with a $10 million reward for

910
00:42:56,066 --> 00:42:57,209
{\an1}information leading to his

911
00:42:57,233 --> 00:43:00,009
{\an1}capture.

912
00:43:00,033 --> 00:43:02,342
{\an1}His uncle, Khalil Haqqani, also

913
00:43:02,366 --> 00:43:04,342
{\an1}part of the new cabinet, has

914
00:43:04,366 --> 00:43:06,410
{\an1}been linked to Al Qaeda terror

915
00:43:06,434 --> 00:43:08,277
{\an1}operations.

916
00:43:08,301 --> 00:43:16,301
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

917
00:43:19,833 --> 00:43:21,076
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Even Mullah

918
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:22,342
{\an1}Baradar, the co-founder of the

919
00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:23,576
{\an1}Taliban, appears to have been

920
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,776
{\an1}sidelined by the Haqqanis.

921
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:27,942
{\an1}Neither side would talk to

922
00:43:27,966 --> 00:43:29,176
{\an1}Najibullah about the power

923
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:30,709
{\an1}struggle, but the rift has

924
00:43:30,733 --> 00:43:32,242
{\an1}intensified concerns that

925
00:43:32,266 --> 00:43:35,277
{\an1}Afghanistan could erupt in

926
00:43:35,301 --> 00:43:38,909
{\an1}factional violence.

927
00:43:38,933 --> 00:43:42,076
{\an1}♪ ♪

928
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:43,576
{\an7}Those fears are especially high

929
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:45,076
{\an7}among the millions of Shia

930
00:43:45,100 --> 00:43:47,809
{\an7}Muslims, known as the Hazara,

931
00:43:47,833 --> 00:43:49,142
{\an7}who've long been the target of

932
00:43:49,166 --> 00:43:50,909
{\an7}Taliban attacks and have been

933
00:43:50,933 --> 00:43:52,076
{\an7}forming their own armed

934
00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:54,042
{\an7}militias, some supported by

935
00:43:54,066 --> 00:43:58,109
{\an7}neighboring Iran.

936
00:43:58,133 --> 00:43:59,909
{\an1}Shortly before the takeover,

937
00:43:59,933 --> 00:44:01,109
{\an1}Najibullah went to central

938
00:44:01,133 --> 00:44:02,309
{\an1}Afghanistan, where most of the

939
00:44:02,333 --> 00:44:06,242
{\an1}Hazara live.

940
00:44:06,266 --> 00:44:08,909
{\an1}At a Hazara cemetery, Najibullah

941
00:44:08,933 --> 00:44:10,309
{\an1}met a woman who said the Taliban

942
00:44:10,333 --> 00:44:11,609
{\an1}had been launching deadly

943
00:44:11,633 --> 00:44:13,476
{\an1}attacks on their community.

944
00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:15,760
{\an1}Her grandson was killed in the

945
00:44:15,784 --> 00:44:17,076
{\an1}fighting.

946
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:25,100
{\an7}>> (conversing in Dari):

947
00:44:40,100 --> 00:44:41,242
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Nooria's husband

948
00:44:41,266 --> 00:44:42,609
{\an1}was killed by the Taliban just

949
00:44:42,633 --> 00:44:44,709
{\an1}weeks earlier, leaving five

950
00:44:44,733 --> 00:44:46,876
{\an1}children behind.

951
00:44:46,900 --> 00:44:54,900
{\an7}>> (speaking Dari):

952
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:15,910
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: The Hazara's

953
00:45:15,934 --> 00:45:17,376
{\an1}desperation has only increased

954
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,742
{\an1}in recent weeks.

955
00:45:19,766 --> 00:45:22,709
{\an1}(car horns honking)

956
00:45:22,733 --> 00:45:24,442
{\an1}In Kabul, Najibullah met a

957
00:45:24,466 --> 00:45:26,009
{\an1}Hazara journalist and human

958
00:45:26,033 --> 00:45:28,576
{\an1}rights activist, Ishaq Akrami,

959
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,242
{\an1}who had fled the countryside.

960
00:45:31,266 --> 00:45:39,266
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

961
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:45,809
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: He described an

962
00:45:45,833 --> 00:45:47,476
{\an1}event just days earlier where 13

963
00:45:47,500 --> 00:45:50,042
{\an1}Hazaras, most of them Afghan

964
00:45:50,066 --> 00:45:58,066
{\an1}security forces, were killed.

965
00:46:14,566 --> 00:46:15,609
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Amnesty

966
00:46:15,633 --> 00:46:16,909
{\an1}International investigated the

967
00:46:16,933 --> 00:46:19,244
{\an1}incident and shared this footage

968
00:46:19,268 --> 00:46:25,076
{\an1}with "Frontline."

969
00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:27,343
{\an1}This is the first time it's been

970
00:46:27,367 --> 00:46:30,742
{\an1}aired.

971
00:46:30,766 --> 00:46:38,766
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

972
00:47:05,766 --> 00:47:06,909
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Shortly after the

973
00:47:06,933 --> 00:47:09,994
{\an1}interview, Ishaq was able to get

974
00:47:10,018 --> 00:47:17,209
{\an1}out of the country.

975
00:47:17,233 --> 00:47:18,210
{\an1}>> In the wake of the Taliban

976
00:47:18,234 --> 00:47:19,476
{\an1}takeover, the country is

977
00:47:19,500 --> 00:47:21,176
{\an1}struggling through severe food

978
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:22,776
{\an1}shortages and the collapse of

979
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,142
{\an1}basic public services.

980
00:47:25,166 --> 00:47:26,409
{\an1}>> The Afghan people are in

981
00:47:26,433 --> 00:47:29,242
{\an1}desperate need of support.

982
00:47:29,266 --> 00:47:30,342
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Najibullah is now

983
00:47:30,366 --> 00:47:31,609
{\an1}among the few journalists

984
00:47:31,633 --> 00:47:33,442
{\an1}continuing to report on the

985
00:47:33,466 --> 00:47:35,209
{\an1}deteriorating situation inside

986
00:47:35,233 --> 00:47:37,442
{\an1}Afghanistan.

987
00:47:37,466 --> 00:47:38,709
{\an1}>> Washington now closing off

988
00:47:38,733 --> 00:47:39,942
{\an1}its support pipeline to the

989
00:47:39,966 --> 00:47:41,042
{\an1}Taliban.

990
00:47:41,066 --> 00:47:42,276
{\an1}Other major Western governments

991
00:47:42,300 --> 00:47:44,809
{\an1}also plan to stop sending aid.

992
00:47:44,833 --> 00:47:46,209
{\an1}>> The consequences are on track

993
00:47:46,233 --> 00:47:47,876
{\an1}to devastate the population,

994
00:47:47,900 --> 00:47:49,176
{\an1}especially its most vulnerable

995
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,209
{\an1}residents.

996
00:47:51,233 --> 00:47:52,276
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Amidst economic

997
00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:53,542
{\an1}freefall and a growing

998
00:47:53,566 --> 00:47:55,842
{\an1}humanitarian crisis, the Taliban

999
00:47:55,866 --> 00:47:57,076
{\an1}have continued to tighten

1000
00:47:57,100 --> 00:48:00,109
{\an1}restrictions on women.

1001
00:48:00,133 --> 00:48:02,142
{\an1}>> Day by day, women in

1002
00:48:02,166 --> 00:48:03,409
{\an1}Afghanistan have been learning

1003
00:48:03,433 --> 00:48:05,276
{\an1}they are less free.

1004
00:48:05,300 --> 00:48:06,476
{\an1}>> In many ways have been

1005
00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:07,976
{\an1}completely erased from public

1006
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,576
{\an1}life.

1007
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,376
{\an1}>> Schools reopened for boys;

1008
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:12,442
{\an1}middle school and high school

1009
00:48:12,466 --> 00:48:15,176
{\an1}girls are still at home.

1010
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,376
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Girls over 12 are

1011
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:17,509
{\an1}effectively banned from

1012
00:48:17,533 --> 00:48:22,476
{\an1}attending school for now.

1013
00:48:22,500 --> 00:48:24,142
{\an1}Outside a school in Kabul,

1014
00:48:24,166 --> 00:48:25,742
{\an1}Najibullah attended a protest of

1015
00:48:25,766 --> 00:48:27,009
{\an1}the ban by a small group of

1016
00:48:27,033 --> 00:48:31,042
{\an1}women.

1017
00:48:31,066 --> 00:48:33,442
{\an1}Carrying guns and whips, the

1018
00:48:33,466 --> 00:48:35,460
{\an1}Taliban threatened the

1019
00:48:35,484 --> 00:48:40,676
{\an1}protestors.

1020
00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:41,610
{\an1}They fired their guns in the

1021
00:48:41,634 --> 00:48:42,642
{\an1}air...

1022
00:48:42,666 --> 00:48:44,409
{\an1}(gunfire)

1023
00:48:44,433 --> 00:48:45,509
{\an1}...and ordered journalists to

1024
00:48:45,533 --> 00:48:50,342
{\an1}leave.

1025
00:48:50,366 --> 00:48:52,076
{\an1}>> Even for me it has been

1026
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:53,709
{\an1}changed.

1027
00:48:53,733 --> 00:48:56,176
{\an1}Now they got really strict.

1028
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:58,176
{\an1}You cannot film certain areas.

1029
00:48:58,200 --> 00:48:59,576
{\an1}They are not agree for the

1030
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:00,876
{\an1}interviews.

1031
00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:02,242
{\an1}Whatever you do they just show

1032
00:49:02,266 --> 00:49:05,542
{\an1}you their weapons, their AK-47,

1033
00:49:05,566 --> 00:49:13,566
{\an1}they just point it on you.

1034
00:49:15,033 --> 00:49:16,010
{\an1}(student speaking Afghan

1035
00:49:16,034 --> 00:49:18,942
({\an1}language)

1036
00:49:18,966 --> 00:49:20,576
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: A few days later,

1037
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:21,909
{\an1}Najibullah visited an elementary

1038
00:49:21,933 --> 00:49:23,576
{\an1}school.

1039
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:25,276
{\an1}A class of 4th grade girls were

1040
00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:27,694
{\an1}facing the prospect of being

1041
00:49:27,718 --> 00:49:30,342
{\an1}near the end of their education.

1042
00:49:30,366 --> 00:49:38,366
{\an7}>> (speaking Afghan language):

1043
00:50:07,066 --> 00:50:08,242
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: With the conditions

1044
00:50:08,266 --> 00:50:11,142
{\an1}worsening, Najibullah wanted to

1045
00:50:11,166 --> 00:50:13,627
{\an1}check back in with the women's

1046
00:50:13,651 --> 00:50:16,594
{\an1}rights activist Mahbouba Seraj.

1047
00:50:16,618 --> 00:50:18,909
{\an1}(conversing in Afghan language)

1048
00:50:18,933 --> 00:50:20,076
{\an1}She told him not to come to her

1049
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:21,376
{\an1}office.

1050
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:22,642
{\an1}She wanted to talk by phone

1051
00:50:22,666 --> 00:50:24,076
{\an1}instead.

1052
00:50:24,100 --> 00:50:25,709
{\an1}Despite the situation, she

1053
00:50:25,733 --> 00:50:28,776
{\an1}remains unbowed but diplomatic.

1054
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:30,309
{\an1}>> So let's see what happens.

1055
00:50:30,333 --> 00:50:31,842
{\an1}I mean, right now, what the

1056
00:50:31,866 --> 00:50:33,642
{\an1}Taliban wants is that they want

1057
00:50:33,666 --> 00:50:35,209
{\an1}to get, you know, they need

1058
00:50:35,233 --> 00:50:37,442
{\an1}time, which I told one of them

1059
00:50:37,466 --> 00:50:39,076
{\an1}that time is not something that

1060
00:50:39,100 --> 00:50:41,742
{\an1}they have, because we are almost

1061
00:50:41,766 --> 00:50:43,976
{\an1}like a runaway, runaway train

1062
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,109
{\an1}going towards a human disaster.

1063
00:50:47,133 --> 00:50:49,142
{\an1}I am hoping that they also

1064
00:50:49,166 --> 00:50:50,576
{\an1}understand that with the way

1065
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:52,109
{\an1}they are going, treating the

1066
00:50:52,133 --> 00:50:53,576
{\an1}women, that's not going to last

1067
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:54,809
{\an1}long.

1068
00:50:54,833 --> 00:50:55,842
{\an1}And that's not going to be

1069
00:50:55,866 --> 00:50:57,109
{\an1}accepted by the world.

1070
00:50:57,133 --> 00:50:58,142
{\an1}And I want the world to know

1071
00:50:58,166 --> 00:50:59,176
{\an1}that.

1072
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:00,476
{\an1}Because, you know, Afghanistan

1073
00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:02,276
{\an1}as... it's really a changed

1074
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:03,709
{\an1}country now.

1075
00:51:03,733 --> 00:51:05,309
{\an1}So, you know, we'll see, we'll

1076
00:51:05,333 --> 00:51:06,642
{\an1}see what we can do, how much we

1077
00:51:06,666 --> 00:51:08,609
{\an1}can take, how much we can live

1078
00:51:08,633 --> 00:51:09,642
{\an1}with.

1079
00:51:09,666 --> 00:51:10,676
{\an1}There some compromises we can

1080
00:51:10,700 --> 00:51:11,809
{\an1}make.

1081
00:51:11,833 --> 00:51:12,743
{\an1}There are some compromises we

1082
00:51:12,767 --> 00:51:13,909
{\an1}cannot.

1083
00:51:13,933 --> 00:51:15,442
{\an1}>> Are you worried about the

1084
00:51:15,466 --> 00:51:18,609
{\an1}civil war in Afghanistan?

1085
00:51:18,633 --> 00:51:20,242
{\an1}>> Uh, yeah.

1086
00:51:20,266 --> 00:51:22,042
{\an1}As always, yeah.

1087
00:51:22,066 --> 00:51:23,043
{\an1}>> I'll be leaving Afghanistan

1088
00:51:23,067 --> 00:51:24,476
{\an1}very soon.

1089
00:51:24,500 --> 00:51:25,942
{\an1}Why don't you just leave the

1090
00:51:25,966 --> 00:51:27,942
{\an1}country?

1091
00:51:27,966 --> 00:51:29,676
{\an1}>> Well, you know, I'm sure by

1092
00:51:29,700 --> 00:51:30,842
{\an1}leaving Afghanistan, you know,

1093
00:51:30,866 --> 00:51:33,042
{\an1}you can do a whole lot.

1094
00:51:33,066 --> 00:51:34,876
{\an1}A lot of work out from outside

1095
00:51:34,900 --> 00:51:36,776
{\an1}much better than inside.

1096
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:38,242
{\an1}The same way I believe that I

1097
00:51:38,266 --> 00:51:39,909
{\an1}can do a whole lot of work much

1098
00:51:39,933 --> 00:51:42,576
{\an1}better from inside than outside.

1099
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:43,976
{\an1}So I think we are both doing

1100
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:45,142
{\an1}something for the love of this

1101
00:51:45,166 --> 00:51:46,176
{\an1}land.

1102
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:47,342
{\an1}You're doing it in one way and

1103
00:51:47,366 --> 00:51:48,609
{\an1}I'm doing it another way.

1104
00:51:48,633 --> 00:51:49,543
{\an1}>> So you are committed to

1105
00:51:49,567 --> 00:51:51,876
{\an1}stay in Afghanistan?

1106
00:51:51,900 --> 00:51:53,209
{\an1}>> I am committed to staying in

1107
00:51:53,233 --> 00:51:54,809
{\an1}Afghanistan, absolutely.

1108
00:51:54,833 --> 00:51:56,309
{\an1}The reason is the love of... my

1109
00:51:56,333 --> 00:51:57,709
{\an1}love for this land.

1110
00:51:57,733 --> 00:51:59,009
{\an1}I'm not going to leave it again.

1111
00:51:59,033 --> 00:52:00,242
{\an1}I'm going to have a say and I'm

1112
00:52:00,266 --> 00:52:01,376
{\an1}going to have a do as far as

1113
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:04,244
{\an1}making it a beautiful place for

1114
00:52:04,268 --> 00:52:09,009
{\an1}the people of Afghanistan.

1115
00:52:09,033 --> 00:52:13,109
{\an1}♪ ♪

1116
00:52:13,133 --> 00:52:14,176
{\an1}>> NARRATOR: Najibullah left the

1117
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:18,609
{\an1}country while Siraj stayed,

1118
00:52:18,633 --> 00:52:20,476
{\an1}one of millions of Afghans

1119
00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:22,209
{\an1}waiting to see what life will

1120
00:52:22,233 --> 00:52:24,642
{\an1}be like now that the Taliban

1121
00:52:24,666 --> 00:52:32,666
{\an1}have taken over.

1122
00:52:34,633 --> 00:52:36,242
{\an7}>> Go to pbs.org/frontline for

1123
00:52:36,266 --> 00:52:38,276
{\an7}more of our reporting on

1124
00:52:38,300 --> 00:52:39,909
{\an7}America'’s longest war.

1125
00:52:39,933 --> 00:52:42,176
{\an7}>> I was filming from there, the

1126
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:44,476
{\an7}US forces came there and they

1127
00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:45,942
{\an7}were literally shooting the

1128
00:52:45,966 --> 00:52:46,610
{\an7}Taliban...

1129
00:52:46,634 --> 00:52:47,809
{\an7}>> And with talks resuming in

1130
00:52:47,833 --> 00:52:49,476
{\an7}Doha, a look at how the Afghan

1131
00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:50,776
{\an7}people are impacted by the

1132
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:52,309
{\an7}freezing of foreign aid.

1133
00:52:52,333 --> 00:52:53,776
{\an7}>> The consequences are on track

1134
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:55,209
{\an7}to devastate the population...

1135
00:52:55,233 --> 00:52:56,476
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1136
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1138
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1139
00:53:01,933 --> 00:53:09,933
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1140
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,209
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1141
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1142
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1143
00:53:31,633 --> 00:53:32,709
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1146
00:53:38,234 --> 00:53:46,234
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1147
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1148
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