Afghanistan

11th of September 2001 and the twin towers came down in New York. Suddenly, the world's attention turned to a country in South Asia ravaged by war for two and a half decades.

Mandira Bedi reviews Khuda Gawah, along with Manoj Desai, producer. The film has been shot on a large scale in beautiful locations in Afghanistan. Super-stars Sridevi played mother and daughter roles, along with Amitabh Bachchan.

Afghanistan

Protestors in Afghanistan burn American flags and an effigy of President Bill Clinton, in support of Osama bin Laden.

Armed (Russian?) troops do goose-step in military boots outside Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan Security Check point barricade at Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the 1990's.

John Abraham on film Kabul Express: "War reporting is very dangerous. It's so dangerous to play with your life. After going to Afghanistan, I found it so dangerous to play with your life. It's a great profession.

On December 20, 2001, the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1386 authorized the establishment of an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan, responding to the request of Afghan authorities on December…

aerial · coastline

Good aerial footage of the plateau-lands and high altitude deserts and mountains of Afghanistan. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart.

Manisha Koirala says: "This script when I heard it - it is extremely thought-provoking. It excited me as it was a true story. It was a big eye-opener when I heard about these things.

politics

The visiting President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee signed several key agreements to curb cross-border terrorism mushrooming from the hub of Pakistan and Afghanistan both sides also signed an ex…

highway · village

An Afghan kid sits on an abandoned tank near a village in Afghanistan. Afghan women walk through the street with their kids wearing burqas. A man rides a mule or khacchar on a village road.

politics

A montage of imagery from Afghanistan's better days. The achhe din barely lasted for the poor Afghanis, from the time of the last Taliban assault and takeover, and the recent Talib holocaust.

Afghanistan·river

Afghan men walk on a rocky path carrying containers and buckets tied on both the edges of a wood stick in Afghanistan. They take water from a nearby river in their containers and buckets under armed watch.

Afghan men gather near Sher Khan Exchange, a currency exchange office during rain. See the bundle of cash in their hands. They wear traditional Afghan dress with a shawl while some of them wear the Pheran.

Archival interviews with a Taliban captive, Jihadis and Afghan residents, as well as Taliban captives carrying water to an Afghan prison and the transfer of captives.

How many of us know that Sonu Nigam went to Kabul to perform? Hussain talks of the experience of travelling to Afghanistan and the incident onstage while Sonu Nigam was performing.

Bollywood actress Tisca Chopra on her early childhood, living in Afghanistan, modelling and film debut. Tisca Chopra:...

industry

Afghani prisoners of the Taliban, in chains, as they carry water from rivebed in Afghanistan, as indentured labourers

An abandoned Soviet battle tank in Afghanistan. See traditional mud houses surrounded by barren mountains. Afghani kids play on the roof of their houses. Seen many ears later, those kids must now be oppressed by the Taliban once more.

Visuals from the airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan with the Indian Airlines airbus IC 814 and Taliban fighters surveilling the ground on foot. The hijackers are filmed nonchalantly walking around the airfield.

festival

One of the chief imports to India from Afghanistan (apart from the illicit opium and drug trade) is a variety of dry fruit, including dried apricots, figs and almonds.

school

Women in blue burkas beg from a taxi driver at a market in Kabul. Afghanistan is one of the most challenging places in the world to be a woman.

hills

Indian representative during a press conference speaks on the infiltration of extremist groups from neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1990s.