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Can you explain what we do?

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We stopped for a moment to
friend left. He has friends here who

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they are waiting for us.

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He must grind with them.

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We won't be able to get through without this, right? Us
they won't let me in.

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This place is closed even to ordinary people
local residents.

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And Afghans from other provinces do not go there
get in.

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They won't be allowed in, they can't go there.

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No, no, no.

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Our guide Khabib is one of the young
Taliban officers. But he is alone

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afraid to accompany us there.

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The most protected place seems to be ours
arrived.

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Wait to shoot. Don't take it off. We don't want
so that they start to get nervous. Yes, yes, yes.

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First you need to get permission.

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OK. I try to keep filming, but
neatly. We still don't have permission.

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And it seems that even the children are looking at us with
suspicion. Someone to our guide

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drives up and, having said a few words to him, drives off
further.

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It seems the path is closed. They don't give us
permissions.

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What if I ask again? If there is a lot
ask, then a refusal may be sent with

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bullet. But we don't give up. Khabib again
calls somewhere, and after a few minutes

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a pickup truck drives up to us, heavily packed
armed Taliban.

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Hello, Stas. My name is Stas.

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I hold the camera on my lap, but I don't
I stop filming. And I don’t understand, to be afraid

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me or rejoice because she has arrived
Taliban groups. They seem to be smiling.

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Look, one of them has gold on his hand
watch. Maybe a fake, or maybe a trophy? They

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repeat thermamat. What is
Thermamat?

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It means welcome. Ah, good
welcome. Okay, okay. A big one has arrived

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number of Taliban with different weapons. A
can I, can I take pictures? May I

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shoot, guys?

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Yes? Fine.

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OK.

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Let's say we leave here alive?

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Now I'm not sure anymore.

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It seems to me that Khabib's friends are determined
positively and ask us to follow

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them. You brought good luck with you. We
Actually, we don’t believe in luck. But I'll tell you

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you, something in your energy. Because
that they don't allow anyone there

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get in. We tried many times before
agree. Yes. We were forbidden. But on

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this time... I hope we pass. I
I hope we will go there and come back.

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So now we're chasing the group hard
armed Taliban directly to Tora Bora.

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Directly to the most closed mountain refuge in
Afghanistan, where Bin Laden was hiding

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and Moolamar.

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Caves where Bin Laden and his fighters
have been hiding for so long. These mysterious

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The caves are located in the mountains of Torabora.

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Ironically, the creation of this complex
caves were paid for from America to

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help the Mujahideen fight the Soviets
Union.

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American special forces are sent to
пещеры Тора Бора.

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Osama Bin Laden's troops or his bodies
идут от пещеры к пещере в горах Тора

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Bora.

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America continues to strike
Torah Bore.

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Planes bomb mountain ranges.

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There's movement. Control. They have a car.

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Your mother.

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We are climbing higher and higher into the mountains. All
further from civilization. All villages

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less. And the driver of the pickup truck just drives
to the fullest. Like crazy.

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Below us.

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Valley and individual villages. And it seems
every local resident already knows that in

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Strangers are coming to Toroboro.

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These are the same guys for many years
We've been here as observers for years.

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We were keeping an eye on who was going to Torobora, that
what kind of people are they allowed or

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not allowed, and reported
accordingly, to the caves.

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To prepare there.

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Today is a story about one of the most
closed countries of the world - Afghanistan. And one thing

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one of the most odious movements on the planet -
Taliban.

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In the minds of so many people all this
simply called in one word -

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terrorists.

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You will see how Kabul lives.

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where, when entering a restaurant, you have to
hand over your Kalashnikov.

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Automatic voucher?

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Let's take a look into his ghetto.

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This is the place under the bridge behind me
Until recently it was the most terrible place

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Kabul.

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Let's walk through the streets and markets.

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You know, I wouldn't say that here
market...

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But there are no women at all. And we will even come to
alone on a visit, which under the current order

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The country has incredible luck.

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This is a unique opportunity for me
talk to a woman in Afghanistan.

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So let me ask you
a few questions about your daily routine

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life.

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Can I speak completely as it is?

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And we will definitely go to where
for many years those who came hid

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is now in power in Afghanistan. Sinister
and an impregnable fortress, a network of caves

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deep in the mountains on the border of Afghanistan and
Pakistan, where even military translators

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they were afraid to carry foreign journalists.

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They say they will kill the translators. They
they kill translators, you know?

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They kill. That's it.

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They'll kill me.

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But that's your job. My job? Die
for you? Why is this? I'm paying you.

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We are going to the Taliban bastion. Torah Boru.

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We are in tribal land in Afghanistan. Let's go
behind a pickup truck with heavily armed

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Taliban to a place where for many years
the most wanted man on the run

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planet. Osama Bin Laden.

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This territory has not been
was controlled by no one. And now

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remains the same. I'm Stas Natanzon. And
Afghanistan today, how do you see it?

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definitely never seen. Let's go!

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Often a situation arises when I and
we can only hope that we will find

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some kind of plan B. And preferably this
as reliable as the WB plan. He

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often helps me out when I’m already at home
something is not going according to plan and you need

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financial stock. We're talking about a profitable card
VB Bank, which is literally two in one.

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debit and credit. Issue a card
connect VB Cash and directly to your

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account, get extra money,
which can be used when needed

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moment. And then decide for yourself whether to pay
with your own money or credit.

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And it’s not just about buying on
Marketplace and Wildberries. Pay

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purchases in any stores and receive
cashback.

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5% on everything.

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Moreover, a VB Bank card is not
classic credit card. Usage

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free if you return the money before the end
month. And if the debt remains,

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the commission will be 50 rubles for each
spent thousand. So if you want

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freedom and confidence in financial
questions, here's plan B. A

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more precisely, WB Bank.

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Where did you get this hat? That's it, now you
hoist.

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Well, he's definitely a Taliban.

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The Taliban is such a traitor.

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Original Taliban and fake Taliban.

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First, let's buy fabric. Let's take the fabric to
to a tailor, and he will sew you clothes. By morning

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everything will be ready.

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Guys, we are now choosing colors for
their future Afghan outfits.

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We already have hats.

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And that’s it, let’s mingle with the crowd and generally be
invisible.

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You take three suits, you get Kalashnikovs
free. There's a promotion here.

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How does it suit me in general? Tell me what you are
What do you think about this hat? What are your

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thoughts? I have this cutout in front, it
as if...

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I don't know if it's embarrassing or pleasing. Not even
I know what to say about this.

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Before traveling around the country we need
change clothes In Afghanistan I'm with my

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biker friends Yuri Volkov,
who have traveled almost the whole world on a motorcycle,

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and Oleg Shevlyakov. We are accompanied
local guides Asadla and Saif.

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The little secret is that no one here
wears underwear. You just put it on

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pants without panties.

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So you don't have anything there?

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Well, there is something, but I won't show it.

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OK.

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I don't even know if I'll ever
life sewed an outfit like this or not, so that

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he was exactly right for me. It seems like once
I made my own suit this way.

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But that was many, many years ago.

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Eat first, and then measure,
yes, to?

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Here, guys, there is a whole separate store with
vests.

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Look how many different
vest. But these are more

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unloading It's military style, right?
Yes, here you can fit everything in

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pockets. Passport, money, even your own
Makarov. Do you have Makarov there?

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Yes, Makarov.

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Well, yes, passport, money and Makarov. Only
This. What else could be useful?

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life? What more could you want, right?

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What color do you like?

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How do you like it?

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I think it's cool.

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How?

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Basically just a boss. Just a boss. Boss.

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Yes. Yes, here you go.

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Who has the problem?

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No problem.

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No more problems.

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So, so what?

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Are we starting to merge?

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You are just a Cossack-talik.

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We're going to buy some local Afghani
SIM cards.

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Let's see how much communication costs in
Afghanistan and is it difficult to get SIM cards?

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issue. It’s already easy for us, look,
a whole crowd of kids got involved,

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who watch our every move.

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This is how salam is traditionally made here. And
then they shake hands. That is, you first

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put your hand on your shoulder, and only then
handshake.

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You see, there are only men in this room.
If a woman wants to buy a SIM card, then

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There is a female employee here. Behind this
there's a woman sitting against the wall, right? She's working

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behind this screen. And there's only a woman here
can serve a woman to a woman

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it was more comfortable not to look at her
man.

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I've always been interested, but...
for example, at the border or here, on

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checkpoints when they need to see your face
for checking. There will be a woman there.

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Policewoman who will
conduct an inspection.

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Look, you're filming like this, you're talking like
blah blah blah. Yes, you mean? No,

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listen, that's what you say
blah blah blah blah blah. Now look, I

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I take your hand and move it like this.
Yes, yes, you're right. And now you can be seen

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much better. Yes, yes. So?

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Too much? Too much.

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I only see the back of your bald head. Yes,
got it.

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This is the world's most famous bald man
back of the head This is what the Taliban teach me

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shoot videos.

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Welcome to Afghanistan.

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So guys, internet prices in
Afghanistan.

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33 gigabytes, 450 in Afghanistan.

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But we will take the maximum package, 60
gigabyte, 1350 afghani.

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That's about $20 for 60 gigabytes.
Is this a lot or

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not enough? What do you think?

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This is where money changes.

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It made a difference, see? Right on the street
change?

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Right on the street.

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This is how safe Afghanistan is now.

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So safe that no one here does anything
afraid.

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This is what guys look like here
regular exchange offices where you can

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change dollars. Basically, of course,
They accept dollars in Afghanistan.

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Course now that we are in
Afghanistan, 64 Afghani per dollar

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approximately. You see, they're just lying there
money.

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And you change them.

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Look, now they're stealing money.

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He wasn't even scared, didn't even flinch.
There's nothing to be afraid of.

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He knows that no one steals.

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Nobody steals like that here.

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Went.

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After the Americans leave in 2021
Afghanistan's economy collapsed. Currency

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Afghanistan fell to the dollar by two
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A year after the Taliban took
power in Afghanistan. All the signs are here

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that the country is economically
free fall.

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People fled the country, sometimes very
recklessly clinging to the military

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transport workers. I tried to escape from
Afghanistan in any way possible.

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Car traffic jams at Kabul airport
people.

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It seemed to these people that, together with
security is leaving the country by the military,

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money and hope for the future.

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Our country is now at an end.

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Afghanistan is no more.

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Our friends were killed. They just killed him. U
our women will no longer have rights.

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I left everything there.

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I even left the cats at home.

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The media often
they say that in Afghanistan women

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prohibited from going out. The most
the scary part here is that you don't

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you won't see a single woman. Half
the country's population is hidden behind high

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fences.

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The Taliban have launched a killing campaign
working women.

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It seemed that the country would plunge into the abyss
civil war and chaos.

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It was at this time that Asadullah and Saif
packed our things and decided to return to

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a homeland that you have never been to
life, from the USA to Afghanistan.

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So, can you explain this to me? You
Do you remember the moment when you decided

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return to Afghanistan?

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Well, it's actually always been mine
a dream really.

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Return and live in your own country.

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The problem was that there were constantly
war. And you just couldn't go back and

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live in your own country because of all these
political problems.

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And that's when the pro-American
the government collapsed, I got

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faith in the new authorities. This is before arrival
here. Yes.

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Because I followed the development
events. For me this did not happen in

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one day. It's all been developing
for a long time.

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And so I decided that now is the best moment
come. At first I decided to just

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look. Come and see.

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Understand what's really here
is happening.

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And when I arrived, I thought I would spend here
30 days, fight here for a month, that’s it

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look and come back.

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But in reality, when I arrived, I
I came and just fell in love with my country.

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This is part of my essence.

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Have you been here before?

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No, I've never been to Afghanistan in my entire life.
life.

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What I was told on the news is not
always turned out to be true I would even

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said that there was almost nothing
true Real life is here completely

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differed from what I was convinced of
all my life through social networks and means

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mass media

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And I realized that my country needs me. Us
there are not many who speak

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-English. I know how to build connections. I
I decided that this would be my mission.

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Tell the world the truth about Afghanistan.
This country needs help. This country

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very poor. But I'm here to help
to his people.

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Since our trip to Afghanistan
we met people quite often

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those who returned here after 2021.

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These two guys came up to us in one
from the parks and I was surprised that they

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speak perfect English. I studied
in America. Oh, did you study in America?

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How many years did you live there?

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Type 4 or 5.

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4 or 5 years, and then your parents
brought you to Afghanistan. Yeah. And you,

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did you live in America too? Yes.

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What do you guys remember about life in
America? And with your life here it is

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comparable? Yes, kind of the same thing.

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The same?

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Exactly the same. Really? The same?

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You were born and raised in America.

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And now you come here.

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Didn't some things seem strange to you?

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No. Well, why don’t women even have cars?
It's forbidden to drive and stuff like that.

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No, I'll tell you honestly. After all, my mother and
Dad is both Afghan. And this culture... I'm in

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grew up in this culture, even though I grew up in
America.

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For the whole world it seems strange,
seems unusual. Women can't

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drive a car. Oh my god, what's up?

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This is wrong. But for the locals
It's very normal here.

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This is the norm for this place, you know? Not
the whole world is like America. You're driving around

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the world, you see different places. And in many places
wow, everything is different. But for the locals

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this is the norm. And here is the ban on women
drive a car. This is the norm. Actually

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cars are a very new thing for
Afghanistan. Many things for Afghanistan

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still new. And only Allah knows that
will come next.

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Maybe sooner or later women are here
will be able to drive cars. I personally don't mind

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for women to drive cars if
they need to go somewhere. And now for now

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it's too early to expect such
changes immediately took place in the country,

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who just got out of the war,
which lasted more than 40 years.

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And we need education. Lots of talk about
that women are not allowed to study in

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Afghanistan. Personally, I don't mind
for women to study. But you all should

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just open your eyes and understand the situation in
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The situation in the country began quickly
change. Already in 2023, Afghanistan became the most

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fastest growing currency in the world.

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Instead of 110 Afghani per dollar they now give
approximately 64.

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But the main thing you notice is unexpected
for Afghanistan security level

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on the streets.

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Guys, we are trying to exchange money.
Just look how many people are around

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us right there. There's a huge amount here
people around us.

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I agreed on a course of 63.7.

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By the way, what's going on with pickpockets here?
Do people steal here often?

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They don't steal here.

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If they steal, we quickly deal with it
them.

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So there are no pickpockets here.

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You see, even if people are poor, they
they will ask.

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They will ask you for alms. Or
they will try to sell you something. Yes?

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Here, under the previous government, there were
robbery and theft. But now people

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afraid. They know what's wrong with the current
authorities, if you steal, you're finished.

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What is the punishment for pickpocketing?
If you take a little out of your pocket, you'll go

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to prison. To prison. But if he stole
a lot or kidnapped a person, your hand

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will be cut off. I mean, they really cut it off
hand? Yes, and you don't steal. More for you

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there will be nothing to put in someone else's pocket.

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How the new authorities are cleaning up the streets, good
visible in the Kabul area, which has long

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for years it was known as Tuli-Sukhta.

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Burnt bridge.

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Heroin ghetto.

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This is the place under the bridge behind me
Until recently it was the most terrible place

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Kabul. It was Kabul zombie land.

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A huge number of people under drugs
slept under this bridge, died under

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him, and no one took away their bodies.
It was a scary, scary place.

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Several thousand people are under drugs and
lived in an altered consciousness for years and

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died under this bridge in sewage
Kabul. Yes, a third of Afghanistan sits on

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something.

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Our number of addicts is constantly growing.
Just look under this bridge

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and you will understand everything yourself.

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Here even the dogs were under drugs.

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They put dogs on substances to
they didn't run away.

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This place was full of drug addicts, including
number of children.

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You won't believe it, they were sometimes 6 years old, 8
years, 10 years.

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It was absolutely crazy
unattainable level. And here it all comes

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to the point that... that everything was littered with
dead bodies, and people just walked around

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dead bodies.

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Many of the inhabitants of Kabul
zombie land were educated people,

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had a profession and even spoke
foreign languages.

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I graduated from college in Pakistan and received
higher education in India.

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Why do you live here, under the bridge?

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Well, sometimes under the bridge, sometimes somewhere
yet.

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It's all because of the state. Country
destroyed, you know? Can't find a job

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nothing to be found.

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Sometimes I hide my face because
I'm ashamed.

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You see, this is how you see me.

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But now I didn’t care.

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The reason for this is unemployment, poverty and
war in Afghanistan.

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But when the new government came, they
realized that this is a huge problem for

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Afghanistan. And they came here, they did
several raids. They gathered everyone

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drug addicts and sent them to rehab,
for rehabilitation.

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Well, stop!

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Stop! Catch him! Catch! Where are you going?
ran away? I didn't run away. Dependent people

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caught harshly. Those who ran away
caught on the streets.

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Pack it up.

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Oh, well, let's go.

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Let's move our legs.

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Come on, walk. They decided to run, you bastards.

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They were tied up with rags and ropes.
To one of the local journalists who filmed

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this is without permission, I got it too.

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What are you filming?

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Why did you hit me?

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I'm a journalist. Why beat me?

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Addicted people were twisted and imprisoned
bus.

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Sorry, I have four daughters. Yours
your daughters will be glad when you get off

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needles.

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They were taken to centers that were equipped in
former American and British military

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bases. There they took away all their personal
things, including clothes.

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Do you see what he was hiding there?

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Well, take off your clothes, take them off, otherwise I’ll get hurt.
They were washed and shaved, and then left to

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so-called dry withdrawal, when
the addict endures without medication.

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Particularly because there are no
there were no medicines, there weren’t even

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clothes. Look, drug addicts were dressed in
Real Madrid, Dortmund and Chelsea kits.

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Here are Barca, for example, obviously the remaining
from fans from NATO troops.

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Leads the first of these centers
Babrak, a Taliban member who himself

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I was once a drug addict.

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And I myself decided to quit with all this and
become a normal person. I prayed

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May Allah help me. And he swore
that if I get out, I will help

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others who are addicted like me.

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I know what suffering is.

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And I didn’t forget the pain from withdrawal, which
twisted my body.

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There is no pity in these rehabs. Bro,
We have nothing here at all. We don't care.

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But no one comes to us. Us here
They've been holding it for 115 days already. There are fleas here

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had a bite.

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And just look what this place is like
has turned now.

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Here and there mommies buy socks
for their children, there are merchants over there

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they sell some food, taxis drive by. Then
there are literally three years

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it turned out that the scariest place in
all of Afghanistan.

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The worst are probably drugs
hangouts in general all over the world you can just

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remove. There won't be any. And here it will be
This is such an ordinary city.

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Just a peaceful life.

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Someone is carrying, carrying their boxes.
Hello, bro!

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I was filming in Kensington once,
Philadelphia, zombie land. I've been there

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been. Yes, there was something like this
this, but more terrible.

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Much more terrible.

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All 20 years that NATO troops were in
Afghanistan, production grew here

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opium. With the departure of the Americans
cultivation collapsed by as much as 95%.

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But many people will say that the Taliban were able to
do it because they can

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oppress people because the Taliban can
terrorize people.

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Any government has the right
maintain order among people. U

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every government has such a right.
But the question is how they use this right.

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For example, in the USA you will get fines,
if you don't buckle up. Or there

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conditionally, the road is in the wrong place
you'll cross over. Yes, for drugs and theft

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released. If the government is real
wants to solve some problem, it

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can do it. But people should
ask yourself, but on the decision of those

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problems with their money? Where are yours going?
money?

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They are going to conquer some other
a country in which you have nothing at all

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do. Or they spend... on yours
the country in which you live. Yes.

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I don't want it to look like
some kind of, I don't know, whitewashing of the Taliban

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or propaganda of their course of action, but
the fact remains a fact.

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Here, here.

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A few years ago it would have been impossible
pass.

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Those journalists and bloggers who
came here to film, did it under

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machine gunner security. And here it was
really dangerous, scary. And the most

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the main thing is that a huge thing was dying here
number of drug addicts

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people.

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And now it’s just an ordinary peaceful place
life.

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Here. Here.

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That is the most obvious change.

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in Afghanistan.

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Whether these methods are good or bad, I don't know.
What do you think? Write your opinion on

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comments. Let's argue.

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Fighting street crime and
field commanders who divided the cities

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and the whole country to its plots, also went
tough. Until 2021

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the only part of Kabul where
it was more or less safe to leave

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to the street, there was a so-called “green
zone".

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This, guys, is probably the most
a visible monument to the American era

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Afghanistan. Huge concrete walls
which divide Kabul. There, behind this

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wall... Until 2021 it was like this
called green zone, green zone.

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Nothing to do with green spaces
it doesn't have.

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Green because it's safe. There, behind
this wall, all the foreigners lived, all

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embassies, representative offices, military,
of course, and so on.

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It was a state within a state.
Even inside the green zone, foreigners are more likely to

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in total moved in armored
cars. Each establishment had

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armed guards, and outside this
walls, chaos, anarchy and death began.

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Imagine what's beyond this
green zone, a foreigner can safely

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walk around, shoot something, that's how I do it
now.

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It was absolutely impossible. Just
It’s unthinkable that now I’m sitting quietly

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here and like this I’m filming without
anyone, without security, without assistants.

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I can calmly, I don’t know, do everything,
what I want outside the green zone and not

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afraid. Now the green zone is possible
consider almost all of Afghanistan. Except

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four provinces east of Kabul on
border with Pakistan. It's high there

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rocky mountains.

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impassable passes and the situation is not
No one controls it to the end.

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We were warned not to go there
no way.

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But that’s where we’ll be heading very soon
let's go.

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Kabul became safe even at night. Here
I went out alone in the evening, I'm walking

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dinner, but grenades are falling.

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Pomegranate juice.

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They sell books.

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Of course, maybe the situation has changed
with past years, but at the moment

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It's very calm here. All for you
smiling, everyone is interested, everyone

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I wonder what kind of alien is with them
arrived. Here is an ordinary street, they are preparing

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shashlik.

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Thank you.

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I’m walking, everyone greets me and asks,
How am I doing?

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Night Afghanistan.

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Welcome to Afghanistan. Good
welcome. Thank you.

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Where are you from?

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Russia. Welcome. Thank you.

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You know, I wouldn't say that here
There are no women in the market at all.

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That is, they exist, of course, they can
be smaller than men. Well, exactly

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less than men.

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But, firstly, not everyone is closed
persons.

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Not all at all. Many people are simply
tent, like the woman behind me,

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for example.

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Very many people, when they see that you
you're filming...

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They just cover their faces with their hands
or a scarf. It's just automatic

449
00:35:35,150 --> 00:35:39,590
do. But at the same time they are without a camera
they continue to walk around with their eyes open

450
00:35:39,590 --> 00:35:40,590
persons.

451
00:35:41,570 --> 00:35:47,690
Women walk the streets. Including here
yes, alone. They travel in minibuses and

452
00:35:47,690 --> 00:35:53,570
just walking. However, there are men here too
Rarely dressed like this, in a Western way. A

453
00:35:53,570 --> 00:35:57,010
more often they are also bundled up no less than
women.

454
00:35:57,340 --> 00:36:02,220
This is how men are dressed, and this is how
women. But who is that on the bike?

455
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:09,100
Try to guess. Do you think this is
Pavlovian tradition, and this

456
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:15,180
no? But women's rights with the arrival of the tribe
to power was greatly reduced. Women

457
00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:19,820
It is forbidden to go to school after 12 years of age,
higher education is prohibited, prohibited

458
00:36:19,820 --> 00:36:24,100
books written by women are banned
heels, sports prohibited, prohibited

459
00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:28,960
swimming pool, walks in the park are prohibited,
Women's hairdressing salons and

460
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,860
beauty salons, trading is prohibited,
It is forbidden to laugh loudly and

461
00:36:32,860 --> 00:36:37,120
talking to strangers is prohibited
drive away from home more than 70

462
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,040
kilometers and cross... borders
provinces without a man.

463
00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:51,940
We are going to visit a rare for the present
Afghanistan to a woman businessman.

464
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,720
Guys, we are in a good area of ​​Kabul.

465
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,620
An area where the middle class lives, say
yes. Here, you see, there are more

466
00:36:59,620 --> 00:37:00,620
modern houses.

467
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:05,940
They are still surrounded by high
fences. I must say that asphalt

468
00:37:05,940 --> 00:37:09,710
There are no roads in the yards, even in such
areas, you see what it looks like

469
00:37:09,710 --> 00:37:14,790
road. Given that, once again, this is not
rich area, this is such a Kabul

470
00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:15,790
middle class.

471
00:37:16,050 --> 00:37:21,690
Do you see how beautiful the gate is?
some houses. These are the houses with

472
00:37:21,690 --> 00:37:24,830
beautiful balconies with large
stained glass windows.

473
00:37:26,090 --> 00:37:28,770
Great, dude. How are you? Okay, okay.

474
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,500
A huge number of people here, by the way,
speaks such basic English

475
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:39,980
level. But don’t get lost when you approach them
speak in English.

476
00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:50,700
Guys, we're here for an interview. I,
To be honest, I'm a little worried because

477
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:57,340
that this will be my first in many days
communication with a woman

478
00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:58,940
here in Afghanistan.

479
00:38:02,550 --> 00:38:04,310
Wait, I'll get them ready, okay?

480
00:38:04,610 --> 00:38:08,990
Okay, okay. You can ask if I can
should I shoot? Are you ready for him

481
00:38:08,990 --> 00:38:09,990
filmed?

482
00:38:10,510 --> 00:38:13,070
Just put the masks on your face.

483
00:38:13,830 --> 00:38:16,010
Otherwise the Taliban will see your faces.

484
00:38:16,530 --> 00:38:17,630
There may be questions.

485
00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,570
We don't need such guests, right?

486
00:38:22,670 --> 00:38:25,910
We are not here to make you unnecessary
problems.

487
00:38:26,110 --> 00:38:30,830
We just want to talk and tell
about your business, not ruin it.

488
00:38:31,660 --> 00:38:36,740
Are you asking if I can film? Well I
asked them to put masks on their faces, just

489
00:38:36,740 --> 00:38:41,700
because they are doing business. And we
we don’t want... Well, she’ll show her

490
00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:44,220
face, and this face will be along with hers
brand.

491
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:45,440
Yes, yes.

492
00:38:45,780 --> 00:38:50,800
But the Taliban don't want women
they showed their faces so publicly.

493
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:57,200
Well, that is, you can walk around with an open
face, but for business it can be

494
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,800
problems. I can shoot, right? Now
ready?

495
00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,100
Hello.

496
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:03,480
My name is Stas.

497
00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:05,900
ABOUT,

498
00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:07,100
No. That's it.

499
00:39:07,140 --> 00:39:08,840
You can't do that in Afghanistan.

500
00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:12,640
Well, that is, she extended her hand to you,
so as not to offend you. But actually

501
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:17,080
it is impossible for a woman and a man who
not married, they shook hands. Oh,

502
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,220
sorry, sorry.

503
00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:22,940
She did it out of respect. Yes, yes, yes.
So that you are not left with an outstretched hand.

504
00:39:23,780 --> 00:39:25,880
Yes, it was not clear what to do here.

505
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,080
Greetings.

506
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,800
Masuma and Amina are partners in production
chocolate. Their small factory is right next to

507
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:34,439
them at home.

508
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:39,560
Always with them for their decency
male relative. It's called

509
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:44,980
mahram - a relative who helps
woman to move long distances

510
00:39:44,980 --> 00:39:50,720
distances or accompanies at meetings.
Mahram, look, he’s turning on the flashlights

511
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:51,720
battery

512
00:39:52,170 --> 00:39:55,150
But they must have electricity, since
there are lamps on the ceiling.

513
00:39:55,370 --> 00:40:00,850
Yes, there is no light now. Oh, they turned off the lights,
turned off. This happens. Sometimes

514
00:40:00,850 --> 00:40:02,030
electricity is turned off.

515
00:40:02,670 --> 00:40:03,629
Yes.

516
00:40:03,630 --> 00:40:09,370
Even in Kabul, electricity is supplied to
network about 6-7 hours a day. Who can

517
00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:15,110
install generators. But almost everyone has
These are the big car batteries,

518
00:40:15,130 --> 00:40:20,770
when you need a little more light. Masuma and
Amina prepares her chocolate on gas

519
00:40:20,770 --> 00:40:24,930
stove. That is, this is yours
chocolate factory? Factory in the kitchen?

520
00:40:25,050 --> 00:40:26,130
Yes, just the kitchen.

521
00:40:28,930 --> 00:40:34,070
Teapot and bowl with cocoa, sugar and
milk. Ready liquid chocolate later

522
00:40:34,070 --> 00:40:35,270
poured into molds.

523
00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:40,650
Look guys, it's all just
handmade. Every nut, seed and

524
00:40:40,650 --> 00:40:42,350
raisins are placed separately.

525
00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:57,840
So guys, dark chocolate is from
Afghanistan. And made by a woman.

526
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,280
Made by a woman, yes made
a woman. I open it.

527
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,620
Very good chocolate.

528
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:18,540
When you, as girls, decided
open a business in Afghanistan that others

529
00:41:18,540 --> 00:41:20,200
did people tell you?

530
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:27,640
Most often, when you start your own business,
It's better not to listen to any other people.

531
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,720
We were scared. But if we succeed,
it will be good.

532
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:34,420
And if we don’t succeed, that’s our problem.

533
00:41:35,620 --> 00:41:38,900
Of course, then we heard a lot of things
from others.

534
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,280
But we tried not to pay attention to it
attention.

535
00:41:47,470 --> 00:41:51,930
Many women are prohibited from working even
not the government, but their own

536
00:41:51,930 --> 00:41:57,030
family. Some vacancies, e.g.
doctors and nurses are still open for

537
00:41:57,030 --> 00:42:01,270
girls, but relatives can count
it's a shame.

538
00:42:01,670 --> 00:42:06,850
Just understand this situation guys.
It's not even a matter of whether it allows

539
00:42:06,850 --> 00:42:11,150
government for women to work or not
work, but the fact is that even

540
00:42:11,150 --> 00:42:16,430
relatives. they turn away from you
if you are a woman and want to work here.

541
00:42:16,650 --> 00:42:20,650
That is, the problem is not whether it allows
this is the law.

542
00:42:21,650 --> 00:42:26,930
The problem is whether it allows
society. And it's much deeper

543
00:42:26,930 --> 00:42:27,930
problem.

544
00:42:29,650 --> 00:42:31,550
What else should we do?

545
00:42:32,310 --> 00:42:33,950
Women are now not allowed anywhere here.

546
00:42:34,430 --> 00:42:36,530
We are not allowed to work outside the home.

547
00:42:36,870 --> 00:42:39,330
We are not allowed to study. Everything is prohibited.

548
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:44,540
And we discussed this a lot and decided that
then we have to do something of our own.

549
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:48,120
And we decided to open our own business.

550
00:42:49,940 --> 00:42:53,440
Because we learned this in Iran.

551
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:58,580
And now, if Allah willing, we can
benefit your country.

552
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:04,740
Education in the West, in Iran, in
Afghanistan is considered prestigious. And myself

553
00:43:04,740 --> 00:43:09,880
Iran is a country with very liberal
glances. According to the Taliban, sometimes

554
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:15,520
too liberal, contradictory
traditional values. In Iran women

555
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:19,400
can study and work freely
moving.

556
00:43:19,620 --> 00:43:24,460
A headscarf worn incorrectly in Afghanistan
on a woman's head can lead to

557
00:43:24,460 --> 00:43:25,460
problems.

558
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,040
That is, sometimes your scarf is on
not correct enough.

559
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,540
Yes, and that can be a problem.

560
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:38,340
What kind of problems? Can you tell me
more details? Should I tell the complete truth?

561
00:43:43,050 --> 00:43:47,530
But tell me that they are reprimanding you,
that a man passes by and says, wear it

562
00:43:47,530 --> 00:43:51,910
scarf like this. But don't be too
tell me in detail, otherwise they will see it

563
00:43:51,910 --> 00:43:53,830
the Taliban will ask questions.

564
00:43:54,310 --> 00:43:57,790
Why are you doing propaganda?
Understood. It's boiling in my soul so much,

565
00:43:57,790 --> 00:43:59,070
I want to tell you everything.

566
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:04,400
I'll say right away that not all of our conversation
I can show you just so that

567
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:09,800
not to create problems for Amina and Masuma. They
were very frank, but my guides

568
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:15,160
They advised me to cut out some of the answers.
What happens to women who violate

569
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,440
rules can be found on the Internet.

570
00:44:17,690 --> 00:44:21,930
Here's a girl getting 10 lashes
for listening to music. By the way,

571
00:44:22,010 --> 00:44:25,830
a man can get this too
punishment. The Taliban introduced a special

572
00:44:25,830 --> 00:44:30,850
morality police Its members, they are called
muhtasibins, make sure that

573
00:44:30,850 --> 00:44:35,630
women were properly dressed in public and
behaved according to the restrictions.

574
00:44:38,350 --> 00:44:40,610
You lived for some time in Iran.

575
00:44:40,990 --> 00:44:44,050
And I lived in America. But here in
Afghanistan, the people are different.

576
00:44:44,330 --> 00:44:50,290
Both men and women. If you give at least 1%
freedom, then they begin to do terrible things.

577
00:44:50,290 --> 00:44:53,050
Just complete shit. Wild things.

578
00:44:53,350 --> 00:44:55,370
I swear to Allah, I saw it.

579
00:44:55,570 --> 00:45:00,790
For example, at the market when driving cars
one movement and the car

580
00:45:00,790 --> 00:45:02,430
crashes into a car. Why?

581
00:45:02,650 --> 00:45:04,530
This is the nature of Afghanistan.

582
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:11,240
There are many different people living in Afghanistan
peoples, with different cultures and different

583
00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:12,240
past.

584
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,440
Pashtun tribes, they are extremely, extremely...

585
00:45:20,660 --> 00:45:24,680
Conservatively. Conservatively. Yes. Just
extremely conservative. This is their life.

586
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:30,660
You might even think, wow, this
too much. You won't be able to understand it.

587
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:31,920
This is their culture.

588
00:45:32,380 --> 00:45:38,100
By the way, I am a Pashtun. Yes. From the point of view
The West is just extreme conservatism.

589
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:39,540
Cruelty and all that.

590
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:41,780
But there are others in Afghanistan.

591
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:46,500
Nationalities. Yes, peoples who
more relaxed. Yes. They don't

592
00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:52,460
liberal, but they seem to be more... Yes,
they are more likely to, for example, open their faces or

593
00:45:52,460 --> 00:45:57,580
women are allowed more. They are more
free. Here is an example about the Hazaras. Here

594
00:45:57,580 --> 00:46:00,940
this area is mostly populated
Hazaras.

595
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:06,960
This lady, she's Hazara. They are lighter
allow their daughters or wives

596
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:13,080
work. And the Pashtuns or Tajiks or
Uzbeks will say, “No, I don’t want mine

597
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:14,240
my wife worked."

598
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:21,760
Taliban supporters often say that
women are prohibited from working out of respect

599
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,440
to them in order to protect and preserve them. But
one detail.

600
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:31,280
Women also beg on the streets. I
I have never seen a male beggar in

601
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,240
Afghanistan. It's not at all like
protection.

602
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,600
But why does this severity manifest itself?
only to women?

603
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,240
Why do restrictions apply to women?
mostly?

604
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:48,560
She means that this severity,
which the Taliban are showing must be

605
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:55,340
everyone. To both men and women. 50% on
men, 50% for women. But now

606
00:46:55,340 --> 00:47:00,180
The Taliban are putting pressure only on
women. Why don't they share it equally?

607
00:47:00,340 --> 00:47:05,020
Yes, now it turns out that even if
men are to blame, they are punished for this

608
00:47:05,020 --> 00:47:06,580
woman. Fine.

609
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,300
The Americans had a plan to change this.

610
00:47:10,810 --> 00:47:12,450
They tried to do it.

611
00:47:13,190 --> 00:47:14,830
And what did this lead to?

612
00:47:15,930 --> 00:47:17,990
People were robbed and killed.

613
00:47:19,830 --> 00:47:22,230
There was crime and lawlessness.

614
00:47:25,450 --> 00:47:31,130
This may seem paradoxical, but
during the Americans Amina and Masuma were

615
00:47:31,130 --> 00:47:36,310
forced to flee the country because
it was dangerous for her. And during the time of the Taliban

616
00:47:36,310 --> 00:47:38,050
on the contrary, they returned.

617
00:47:38,730 --> 00:47:43,570
We were refugees in Iran. You yourself
you know, in that country refugees are not worth a penny

618
00:47:43,570 --> 00:47:49,390
put. They didn’t let us study there either. We
could only work. And you have no rights

619
00:47:49,390 --> 00:47:53,850
we weren't there. You see the Afghans
workers in other countries of the world. They

620
00:47:53,850 --> 00:47:59,390
work for half, or even 5% of
what the locals get. But at the same time

621
00:47:59,390 --> 00:48:01,050
do the most difficult work.

622
00:48:01,550 --> 00:48:05,330
When we came to our country, yeah
Allah bless that moment.

623
00:48:05,570 --> 00:48:10,970
We were refugees while we stayed here
Americans. I said bless

624
00:48:10,970 --> 00:48:11,970
God of the Taliban.

625
00:48:12,430 --> 00:48:17,230
How they took care of the refugees.
Look, not a day has passed, they gave us

626
00:48:17,230 --> 00:48:23,190
food, there was water, everything was there. There was help
There were doctors, no one had any problems.

627
00:48:23,410 --> 00:48:25,510
But in Iran we had nothing.

628
00:48:25,810 --> 00:48:30,030
Security is excellent now. Now we
we travel to any province without any

629
00:48:30,030 --> 00:48:34,740
problems. Previously, when we were traveling to
side of the Maidan, the neighboring region, Nam

630
00:48:34,740 --> 00:48:37,760
it was really scary. Now from
security is all good.

631
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:43,100
But what is the only problem now?
Firstly, there are no schools for girls. And one more thing

632
00:48:43,100 --> 00:48:44,038
no work.

633
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:48,500
We cannot travel unaccompanied to
another province. Yes, we need Mahram,

634
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:53,260
male relative to go
somewhere far away, to other provinces, if

635
00:48:53,260 --> 00:48:57,420
We have some business there. For example,
at our work, when we transport chocolate

636
00:48:57,420 --> 00:49:01,440
and all that, you should definitely join us
to be a man because that's how we are

637
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:05,280
calmer. We feel that if we
do this, this work alone, who knows

638
00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:09,760
what could happen. It's scary. We are not
they will let you in. We will simply be turned back.

639
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:11,560
They won't give you permission to pass.

640
00:49:12,620 --> 00:49:17,680
Placed throughout Afghanistan
a huge number of roadblocks. So much

641
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,220
I haven't seen it anywhere.

642
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:24,500
The Taliban are looking at them, who is riding in each
car, they can stop and check

643
00:49:24,500 --> 00:49:29,420
cargo and documents. One of the tasks
is also to make sure that the woman does not

644
00:49:29,420 --> 00:49:34,420
traveling alone or with a stranger. I'll show you
you work roadblocks in our next

645
00:49:34,420 --> 00:49:39,600
issue about this country, where Yura and I
Let's go around Afghanistan on a motorcycle.

646
00:49:41,550 --> 00:49:46,910
We very often do not see the faces of Afghans
women. Tell me they use it often

647
00:49:46,910 --> 00:49:47,910
cosmetics?

648
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:52,520
At home? Yes, at home. Or on the street?

649
00:49:52,740 --> 00:49:56,900
Well, okay, at home and on the street. We're just
we don't know. Actually, not very often,

650
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,200
but sometimes yes. I use it most often.
Yes, you just understand when the face is visible,

651
00:50:01,340 --> 00:50:06,460
then I sometimes see what they use
a lot of good cosmetics. And they do makeup

652
00:50:06,460 --> 00:50:07,460
very good.

653
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:12,560
And now I’m wondering where you study,
how to do makeup? You are reading fashion

654
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,820
magazines? Maybe you can get them somewhere?

655
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:18,280
No, now it's YouTube.

656
00:50:19,940 --> 00:50:21,360
YouTube. Yes, yes.

657
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,360
Nowadays everyone studies on YouTube.

658
00:50:27,220 --> 00:50:28,220
On YouTube.

659
00:50:28,380 --> 00:50:31,440
Yes, because schools are prohibited. Yes,
yes.

660
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,560
You can't work, and women have nothing to do
to do.

661
00:50:35,420 --> 00:50:39,600
Yes. And they open the Internet, and something
study on the Internet.

662
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:45,280
In general, social networks have replaced
Afghan women have a way out of the house. Although

663
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:50,560
most western sites in the country
banned, people find workarounds

664
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:56,700
and actively use them. There's even a
such women's vlogs. Hello. I wish

665
00:50:56,700 --> 00:50:58,600
Have a nice day and all the best.

666
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:04,340
Where Afghan women show how they live, what
what they eat and what they talk about.

667
00:51:06,180 --> 00:51:08,660
The girls here love to study something in
Internet.

668
00:51:10,620 --> 00:51:13,720
But in general, often all day long it’s just
scroll Instagram, TikTok and others

669
00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:14,720
social networks.

670
00:51:16,220 --> 00:51:17,220
Yes,

671
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:21,220
that is, on social networks there are women here
they sit a lot.

672
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:26,220
Yes, most of them. Yes, yes, yes. Yes,
Nowadays many girls have become bloggers.

673
00:51:27,340 --> 00:51:33,000
Why? Because there is no other job.
Yes, yes, yes. This is the way to

674
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,260
earn money.

675
00:51:37,660 --> 00:51:39,540
A humanitarian crisis is engulfing the country.

676
00:51:40,460 --> 00:51:42,860
Especially after the Taliban came to power.

677
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:49,420
Some families have so little money that
they are forced to sell their daughters to

678
00:51:49,420 --> 00:51:55,240
wives. What you are about to see is
will break your heart. If you're not ready,

679
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:59,600
fast forward three minutes, but I
I can’t help but show it.

680
00:52:02,420 --> 00:52:06,400
The girl is taken out of the house, and she resists
in the last hope.

681
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:12,700
She's nine, and her parents gave her away to marry
an elderly Afghan man. My dad sold me

682
00:52:12,860 --> 00:52:14,800
because we don't have bread and rice.

683
00:52:17,420 --> 00:52:20,240
I have no job, no money, no food.

684
00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:27,600
There are many such stories from this country, and
they began long before the Taliban.

685
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:32,080
My name is Samia.

686
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:38,320
I was in seventh grade. But for 10
days before the end of the school year I was released

687
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:43,900
married This video is from seven years ago
when under the Americans girls were allowed

688
00:52:43,900 --> 00:52:49,940
go to school, but even then they were sold
getting married right out of a school desk. Mine

689
00:52:49,940 --> 00:52:54,220
Mom borrowed money and couldn’t pay it back.
And then these people took me instead

690
00:52:54,220 --> 00:52:55,220
money.

691
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:07,620
Small children are forced to beg
and collect trash. But if this money is not

692
00:53:07,620 --> 00:53:13,680
enough, then the parents make a decision,
which to me, as the father of two girls, even

693
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:15,860
It's hard to put into words.

694
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:22,940
In Islam, women are allowed to go out
married since puberty. That is, she

695
00:53:22,940 --> 00:53:27,540
must reach the age of puberty
and, in addition, give your consent.

696
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:31,820
She wants to marry this man
or not, whoever he is.

697
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:35,640
But nine-year-old girls are definitely not extradited.

698
00:53:38,380 --> 00:53:43,880
There are a lot of stories about how women
forced to get married in a very, very

699
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:49,120
early childhood. I just recently
I read that even from the age of nine girls

700
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:50,740
issue. Is this true or not?

701
00:53:51,820 --> 00:53:52,940
This is true.

702
00:53:53,180 --> 00:53:54,180
Is it true.

703
00:53:54,660 --> 00:53:55,880
Right at nine years old?

704
00:53:57,660 --> 00:54:00,880
Nine years is too much, I think.
small.

705
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:03,080
But at 14-15 it’s fine.

706
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:06,000
Yes. This has become a lot now.

707
00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:10,580
The government now says so
can't be done.

708
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:17,480
But in some parts of Afghanistan,
especially in remote areas, this happens.

709
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:23,000
And these girls and girls can't do anything
say.

710
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:26,640
In some parts it is there.

711
00:54:27,770 --> 00:54:31,290
But in my environment or in my family
no.

712
00:54:31,970 --> 00:54:37,450
Now, even when you call someone,
then instead of a dial tone you hear...

713
00:54:37,450 --> 00:54:41,310
Tell me what you hear instead of a beep
on the phone now.

714
00:54:41,810 --> 00:54:43,550
Yes, yes, yes, an important thing.

715
00:54:45,210 --> 00:54:49,350
They say no family can
give your daughter in marriage by force.

716
00:54:52,250 --> 00:54:53,550
This is the law now.

717
00:54:56,360 --> 00:55:02,260
Here, let me show you. I do
call, do you see? Decree 17 of His Holiness

718
00:55:02,260 --> 00:55:07,460
Emir of the Faithful. Upon marriage
the girl's consent is mandatory

719
00:55:07,460 --> 00:55:10,920
condition. Nobody can give her away
married by force.

720
00:55:11,220 --> 00:55:17,160
If you translate this, then the new decree of the Emir
Afghanistan. It's like the president. Emir. He

721
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:21,600
says children should not be married off
and you cannot marry without consent.

722
00:55:21,950 --> 00:55:26,910
If these conditions are not met, the girl
can come to any state

723
00:55:26,910 --> 00:55:30,250
institution. Complain. Yes,
complain.

724
00:55:30,470 --> 00:55:33,810
Marriage dissolved. What number is this?
which one are you calling? Absolutely anyone.

725
00:55:34,010 --> 00:55:38,950
And when you call, you just hear
this is an announcement that the girl is not allowed

726
00:55:38,950 --> 00:55:45,950
get married before... Before puberty. Yes, and
she must agree.

727
00:55:46,070 --> 00:55:47,830
This is a message from the operator.

728
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:53,140
I called my cousin over there but
if I dial any number it will be the same

729
00:55:53,140 --> 00:55:55,140
most. Everyone in the country hears it.

730
00:55:55,340 --> 00:55:57,760
When I call, my wife calls.

731
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:03,760
Everyone who makes the call hears what if
you were forced to get married if you

732
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:09,280
sold as a wife or something, go to
To the Taliban, please complain about you too

733
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:10,280
will be taken care of.

734
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:15,960
By law you cannot force
no one but the government has

735
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:19,780
complete control over what happens
in houses. This is impossible.

736
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:24,640
Stuff happens. Maybe now
some young girl in the village

737
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:29,580
Afghanistan is forced to marry her
parents. Because that's the tradition here,

738
00:56:29,620 --> 00:56:34,040
of which there are hundreds, what hundreds, thousands and
thousands of years.

739
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:38,800
Forced marriages were ours
tradition. Here I am following Pashtun

740
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:44,760
code of honor. Because I am Pashtun. If
my brother dies and leaves his wife, I will

741
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:47,380
obliged by our tradition to take it
widow.

742
00:56:48,500 --> 00:56:53,780
Widow. This is done forcibly. But
For us it is also a matter of honor. This is for

743
00:56:53,780 --> 00:56:58,960
We have a duty to our brother. My
grandfather, his brother died and he married

744
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:00,260
his brother's widows.

745
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:07,360
This is tradition. Yes, it's forced, but
This is how you protect your family. So often in

746
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:12,640
these villages... Yes, it's coercion, but
you find it difficult to understand their culture. They have

747
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:13,640
she is like that.

748
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:18,600
Islam is different. We must distinguish
culture and religion. That's why

749
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:23,360
the government says don't do this
stop this practice. This

750
00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:24,800
is contrary to Islam.

751
00:57:25,130 --> 00:57:26,950
But how can you control everything?

752
00:57:27,510 --> 00:57:33,330
Afghanistan is 10% of urban life.
Yes. And 90% of rural life.

753
00:57:35,330 --> 00:57:40,050
How will you control people in
villages, when someone is far away in the outback

754
00:57:40,050 --> 00:57:42,090
forces his daughter into marriage?

755
00:57:42,670 --> 00:57:46,610
We're going to just such a remote place.
Afghanistan.

756
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:53,800
East of Kabul the mountainous
ridge that goes all the way to

757
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:59,840
Pakistan. These are sheer and bad
passable rocks for centuries, even since

758
00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:03,640
times of Alexander the Great,
who conquered these lands are

759
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:09,480
a natural fortress in which
Afghans were hiding. They were hiding there somewhere

760
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:13,120
and the most famous terrorists of the 21st century.

761
00:58:13,340 --> 00:58:17,320
But to go there, we need to change
clothes.

762
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:25,020
Friends, first fitting of outfits from
Couture. From Talib, more precisely.

763
00:58:27,740 --> 00:58:34,340
Well, first of all, what do you need to understand about these
pants? They

764
00:58:34,340 --> 00:58:39,380
dimensionless. They are simply dimensionless.
That is, here is such a belt.

765
00:58:40,890 --> 00:58:45,370
who can make them, just like that
any size, here they are

766
00:58:45,370 --> 00:58:50,790
can be broad so that they can be easily understood
what kind of pants are these and everyone has them like that

767
00:58:50,790 --> 00:58:57,470
you can easily give your pants to a friend
no matter how much this friend

768
00:58:57,470 --> 00:59:04,010
big or small second shirt She is lower
knee That is, they say that

769
00:59:04,010 --> 00:59:08,990
the women in Afghanistan are all wrapped up.
Men are wrapped up, in principle, the same way,

770
00:59:09,050 --> 00:59:14,090
just like women in a sense. Because
that then you put a scarf on your head.

771
00:59:16,010 --> 00:59:22,850
And this is something like the Taliban
image. Still not enough

772
00:59:22,850 --> 00:59:27,040
caps. They told me not to stand out
but it seems to me that we will be like three white people

773
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:28,040
crow.

774
00:59:28,460 --> 00:59:31,460
And, look, there are some trouser legs.
One is longer.

775
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:32,680
Look.

776
00:59:35,780 --> 00:59:37,140
Different lengths, really.

777
00:59:42,940 --> 00:59:46,620
Guys, we are going to one of the most closed
places in Afghanistan.

778
00:59:47,420 --> 00:59:51,100
They tried for a long time to get permission,
to get there. It seems like we need it

779
00:59:51,100 --> 00:59:52,100
they did, but...

780
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:55,420
You can't be completely sure
will they let us through at all checkpoints?

781
00:59:56,620 --> 01:00:02,100
Because we are going to the legendary
ominous

782
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:05,280
Toraboroo on the border with Pakistan.

783
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:10,560
We are packed into the car to capacity.
We carry people, not counting machine guns.

784
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:13,740
How many people can fit into the maximum?
this car?

785
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:15,400
25. 25.

786
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:19,020
This is a man-sized rifle.

787
01:00:19,340 --> 01:00:20,340
Yes, yes, yes.

788
01:00:22,549 --> 01:00:24,530
Just like another passenger.

789
01:00:25,030 --> 01:00:31,410
This guy will tell you a lot
stories. OK. His name is Khabib. He's a lot

790
01:00:31,410 --> 01:00:32,410
fought.

791
01:00:32,730 --> 01:00:35,270
Stas, where is Tor-Bor?

792
01:00:35,580 --> 01:00:41,920
Torabora is east of Kabul, on
border with Pakistan, in the mountains. I mean,

793
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:44,440
there to the side. To Jalalabad? Yes, in
Jalalabad, yes.

794
01:00:45,580 --> 01:00:49,360
Where they said you shouldn't go
anyway.

795
01:00:49,660 --> 01:00:55,320
Yes, that's where we're going. To places like this
That's why we're going, Yuri.

796
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:56,880
Aystan.

797
01:01:12,130 --> 01:01:17,690
Almost all of this road was built by the Russians.
We will pass through tunnels, and so will they.

798
01:01:17,690 --> 01:01:18,850
built by the Russians.

799
01:01:19,050 --> 01:01:20,970
During Soviet times. During Soviet times.

800
01:01:22,690 --> 01:01:27,950
Here we are driving along the most dangerous road in
throughout Afghanistan, and maybe throughout

801
01:01:27,950 --> 01:01:31,930
world. But the coolest thing is that even
here you will always meet

802
01:01:31,930 --> 01:01:32,930
food stalls.

803
01:01:33,070 --> 01:01:38,070
Hey, hello, friend, can I drive up?
car? Tell him what you want and he will

804
01:01:38,070 --> 01:01:40,750
it brings you. It's like a car
McDonald's.

805
01:01:41,620 --> 01:01:44,900
Afghan version of the restaurant for
motorists, right? Yes, yes.

806
01:01:45,980 --> 01:01:51,240
In the same places, guys remove smoke from
you will be damaged and cursed.

807
01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:54,800
The smoke is hard.

808
01:01:55,300 --> 01:01:57,920
But now there will be no evil eye, guys.

809
01:01:58,340 --> 01:02:01,580
I even feel like I’ve already been cleansed
a little bit.

810
01:02:02,360 --> 01:02:07,320
Despite the harsh Muslim
orders, belief in pagan witchcraft in

811
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:08,720
people are not going anywhere.

812
01:02:09,130 --> 01:02:13,970
The chocolates turned out to be Russian.
Look, a cupcake with frosted filling.

813
01:02:13,970 --> 01:02:14,970
with chocolate flavor.

814
01:02:25,230 --> 01:02:31,590
Guys, we're going to do something.
absolutely, it seems to me

815
01:02:31,610 --> 01:02:37,910
illegal, but necessary,
because I really want to show you

816
01:02:38,890 --> 01:02:40,490
How beautiful it is here.

817
01:02:40,710 --> 01:02:43,150
And this cannot be done without a drone.

818
01:02:43,510 --> 01:02:49,710
I won't even tell you how I
brought this drone to Afghanistan. Just don't

819
01:02:49,710 --> 01:02:50,710
I will.

820
01:02:51,610 --> 01:02:54,410
But I brought it precisely for such species.

821
01:02:54,790 --> 01:02:58,450
Now you will see it. Guys, this is
just beauty.

822
01:02:59,550 --> 01:03:03,550
This is incredible. And this is exactly what you need to see
from above.

823
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:19,860
Afghanistan is one of the most beautiful and
yet completely unexplored by tourists

824
01:03:19,860 --> 01:03:20,678
countries of the world.

825
01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:26,480
Where snowy mountains meet
hot sand, and the rocks, like

826
01:03:26,480 --> 01:03:29,120
waterfalls flow into green meadows.

827
01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:35,860
Where ancient relics are hidden among the mountains, and
nature changes every two hours

828
01:03:35,860 --> 01:03:40,480
roads. Many imagine
Afghanistan is like one big hot one

829
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:42,640
desert, but it's not like that.

830
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:49,080
It's colder in Kabul in winter than in Sochi or
Barcelona. And the Hindu Kush mountains could well

831
01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:53,840
would become a ski resort. But
endless wars have turned this

832
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:58,740
a picturesque region into one of the most dangerous
territories on the planet.

833
01:03:59,020 --> 01:04:04,840
Note that in these wars the Afghans never
were not conquerors, but always

834
01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:08,460
they knew what they were fighting for. That's all for this.

835
01:04:13,770 --> 01:04:17,350
Monuments of past wars stand
roadsides.

836
01:04:18,190 --> 01:04:23,030
Here is an artifact from Soviet times, which
Afghanistan has a lot of tanks left.

837
01:04:23,470 --> 01:04:26,510
Once upon a time he apparently controlled it
gorge.

838
01:04:27,190 --> 01:04:29,610
Strategic direction for
Jalalabad.

839
01:04:30,370 --> 01:04:37,230
Well, now it’s just a tourist
exhibit near which Afghans

840
01:04:37,230 --> 01:04:38,230
taking pictures.

841
01:04:41,070 --> 01:04:45,210
Another artifact left behind
foreigners trying to conquer

842
01:04:45,210 --> 01:04:50,270
Afghanistan. This time it's the Americans.
Humvee, look at it

843
01:04:50,270 --> 01:04:56,930
hung the Taliban flag on top and
specially placed on the big one

844
01:04:56,930 --> 01:05:00,030
column so that it can be seen from afar.

845
01:05:00,310 --> 01:05:06,670
But it is obvious that the Afghans are very boastful
how much

846
01:05:06,670 --> 01:05:09,990
large, powerful, great countries.

847
01:05:10,710 --> 01:05:16,170
came to try to conquer
this land, and everyone ended up losing.

848
01:05:18,190 --> 01:05:22,510
Damaged foreign equipment can be
meet in the mountains and fields. Afghans

849
01:05:22,510 --> 01:05:27,290
sometimes they paint it cheerfully, and next to it
they sow the fields as if nothing had happened.

850
01:05:27,810 --> 01:05:33,970
Of course, guys, the farmer who grows
potatoes against the backdrop of destroyed tanks, this is

851
01:05:34,090 --> 01:05:37,090
in my opinion, the most powerful allegory
peace.

852
01:05:38,450 --> 01:05:42,750
What... Well, at least potatoes
will definitely win someday.

853
01:06:02,310 --> 01:06:07,990
We entered Jalalabad. This is the largest
a city in eastern Afghanistan, already...

854
01:06:08,580 --> 01:06:10,960
Almost on the very border with Pakistan.

855
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:15,080
Well, so far it’s very picturesque and beautiful.

856
01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:19,860
Okay, now let's get things out of
trunk, probably.

857
01:06:20,580 --> 01:06:23,040
The main thing is that nothing falls out there.
Yes, carefully.

858
01:06:23,780 --> 01:06:26,780
Oh yes, hold your Kalash so it doesn’t fall,
and your handbag.

859
01:06:34,730 --> 01:06:38,590
I don't think I'll ever get around to it
I'll get used to it, guys. When you open

860
01:06:38,590 --> 01:06:41,250
trunk, well, be careful so that the Kalash doesn’t
fell out.

861
01:06:41,670 --> 01:06:48,230
When I arrived at the restaurant to eat. But
just look at this restaurant.

862
01:06:48,290 --> 01:06:53,890
Look how green it is. Well there you go
Agree, not so green restaurants

863
01:06:53,890 --> 01:07:00,870
you expect to see in Afghanistan. you
just look at this riot of greenery

864
01:07:00,870 --> 01:07:02,630
in Afghanistan.

865
01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:14,760
This is a fish restaurant. Traditional
Afghani dish is now washed down by locals

866
01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:19,980
American soda, which for the first time
entered the country along with NATO troops.

867
01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:24,060
They immediately decided to treat me.

868
01:07:25,820 --> 01:07:32,520
Well, the fish is great. I took it, thanks bro.

869
01:07:33,240 --> 01:07:35,160
Take more, take more.

870
01:07:43,380 --> 01:07:47,640
In Afghanistan everyone is trying to us
invite you over and treat and feed you.

871
01:07:51,780 --> 01:07:58,620
Everyone we are here

872
01:07:58,620 --> 01:08:01,440
we meet, then they will know where we are from.

873
01:08:01,760 --> 01:08:06,260
They say join us, let's
let's sit together, let's eat together,

874
01:08:06,260 --> 01:08:07,500
share food with us.

875
01:08:08,460 --> 01:08:10,400
Simply incredibly hospitable.

876
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:16,420
We also order fish that is sold
raw right next to it and then cooked on

877
01:08:16,420 --> 01:08:17,420
in your eyes.

878
01:08:20,279 --> 01:08:23,220
This guy, in general, clearly wants to film
with me.

879
01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:28,080
He accompanies you all the way. Yes, and I took it
I have a camera now.

880
01:08:28,500 --> 01:08:31,040
If anything, guys, he's filming me.

881
01:08:32,779 --> 01:08:38,020
Here in Afghanistan I am constantly
I'm amazed at how many different faces you have

882
01:08:38,020 --> 01:08:39,220
you meet around the country.

883
01:08:40,100 --> 01:08:44,140
Someone is really bright, bright,
blue-eyed

884
01:08:46,220 --> 01:08:51,340
Afghanistan is also a crossroads
civilizations, and an isolated region where

885
01:08:51,340 --> 01:08:54,899
mountain peoples can live without contact
with each other.

886
01:08:55,260 --> 01:09:00,040
Conservatism that prohibits intertribal
marriages, and conflicts leading to

887
01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:05,560
mixing of blood. As a result
incredible combinations, for example, black

888
01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:11,420
hair and blue eyes, faces that
directly attract the camera. The most

889
01:09:11,420 --> 01:09:16,880
famous photograph of an Afghan woman in history
this one. Girl... with green eyes from

890
01:09:16,880 --> 01:09:22,180
refugee camps in Pakistan. Afghan
Monna Lisa. Her photo was published in

891
01:09:22,180 --> 01:09:26,359
National Geographic magazine in 1984.

892
01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:32,620
And in 2002, for the anniversary of the magazine, photographer,
who took the photo, Steve McCurry, decided

893
01:09:32,620 --> 01:09:34,180
find the girl.

894
01:09:35,200 --> 01:09:40,120
We checked the color of the cornea. He's almost
matches what we are looking for.

895
01:09:40,490 --> 01:09:46,310
National Geographic made a whole series about
searching for a girl, having traveled around Afghanistan and

896
01:09:46,310 --> 01:09:51,649
Pakistan, taking thousands of photos of similar faces
and after spending a long time

897
01:09:51,649 --> 01:09:54,690
investigation until finally found
her.

898
01:09:55,370 --> 01:09:59,390
Do you recognize? Do you recognize? I asked you her
do you recognize?

899
01:09:59,670 --> 01:10:02,590
And he replied, this is my mother.

900
01:10:03,390 --> 01:10:07,810
She continued to live in Pakistan, with her
family and children appeared.

901
01:10:08,050 --> 01:10:09,810
She says I remember you.

902
01:10:10,830 --> 01:10:17,790
Yes, so many years have passed. It was like this
It's unusual to see her again. And again

903
01:10:17,790 --> 01:10:18,810
see her eyes.

904
01:10:20,650 --> 01:10:26,990
New photos were taken and the identity
girls became famous. Her name is Sharbat

905
01:10:26,990 --> 01:10:30,670
Gula. It looked like the happiest
journalistic luck.

906
01:10:31,950 --> 01:10:36,170
Sharbat Gula will be extradited from
Pakistan for violating immigration rules

907
01:10:36,170 --> 01:10:37,170
legislation.

908
01:10:38,250 --> 01:10:43,290
But as soon as this story became public,
like the famous green-eyed girl,

909
01:10:43,350 --> 01:10:49,870
who became a mother was expelled from Pakistan.
She lived there for 35 years without documents.

910
01:10:50,030 --> 01:10:55,170
In Afghanistan she was greeted with honors,
but soon no one needed her.

911
01:10:55,490 --> 01:11:01,030
The photograph that made her famous
ruined her life. What's in the West

912
01:11:01,030 --> 01:11:06,770
may seem like success in Afghanistan
can lead to tragedies. And this...

913
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:08,000
We must remember.

914
01:11:16,700 --> 01:11:22,040
After a good meal it's common here
lie down and sleep.

915
01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:25,080
Husband and wife.

916
01:11:36,110 --> 01:11:37,610
Not until it’s yours on that hole.

917
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:13,100
Just look at all these clay ones
the houses we pass. People

918
01:12:13,100 --> 01:12:17,680
just relaxing near their houses along.

919
01:12:18,170 --> 01:12:24,990
A ditch with water flows through the houses, and there is a field
wheat. In fact 70% of Afghanistan

920
01:12:24,990 --> 01:12:31,970
this is not the Taliban, not some religious
organizations are just peasants. And

921
01:12:31,970 --> 01:12:38,030
these are the villages, guys,
built simply from beaten clay.

922
01:12:38,670 --> 01:12:43,630
Each house is usually surrounded by a very high
with a fence as high as this

923
01:12:43,630 --> 01:12:46,270
this one, you see, is for
no one...

924
01:12:46,810 --> 01:12:51,130
No one around saw that
happens inside.

925
01:12:52,010 --> 01:12:56,970
“My home, my fortress” is very about
Afghanistan, very much about Afghan houses.

926
01:12:59,230 --> 01:13:03,650
In the fields, as far as I could see,
only men work. To a woman

927
01:13:03,650 --> 01:13:08,490
indecent. But boys and girls are free
walk and play together.

928
01:13:12,750 --> 01:13:16,170
We arrived at the village at the very foot of
Creativity.

929
01:13:17,350 --> 01:13:24,070
And here our guide must contact
with my friends who

930
01:13:24,070 --> 01:13:25,330
take us further.

931
01:13:25,570 --> 01:13:31,770
Without this, the road is good for us, and in general for
any person is closed.

932
01:13:37,410 --> 01:13:38,990
Tell me, are we leaving here?

933
01:13:39,850 --> 01:13:42,190
Will we even leave alive?

934
01:13:42,510 --> 01:13:44,270
Now I'm not sure anymore.

935
01:13:48,590 --> 01:13:54,250
A group of Taliban are driving us through checkpoints
in the mountains at the foot of the Tora Bora complex.

936
01:13:54,610 --> 01:14:01,430
These were small caves, but in the 80s
years of the 20th century Tora Bora came to

937
01:14:01,430 --> 01:14:02,550
new level.

938
01:14:02,800 --> 01:14:08,020
The USSR sent troops to Afghanistan. Local
Mujahideen who fought the Soviets

939
01:14:08,020 --> 01:14:13,600
troops, began to receive military assistance
from the USA. Machine guns, cartridges, rocket

940
01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:19,320
systems to shoot down helicopters. And the Torah
Bora became their military camp.

941
01:14:19,500 --> 01:14:25,440
Primeval caves with US money
expanded to a real underground

942
01:14:25,440 --> 01:14:30,280
bunkers with ammunition depots,
tunnels, firing positions.

943
01:14:34,350 --> 01:14:40,290
There are snowy mountains, a golden valley below
wheat,

944
01:14:40,510 --> 01:14:46,290
clay houses. It's all very beautiful.
A mountain stream flows in a valley. On the other hand

945
01:14:46,290 --> 01:14:51,990
on the other hand, you're just scared to drive along
this mountain serpentine, which sometimes

946
01:14:51,990 --> 01:14:54,610
just two meters and a cliff.

947
01:14:55,890 --> 01:15:02,410
And on the third side, somewhere inside, you
It's downright creepy that...

948
01:15:03,020 --> 01:15:05,900
We are as far away from civilization as possible.

949
01:15:06,420 --> 01:15:11,860
We are on the border with Pakistan, where
There really is no longer any power.

950
01:15:12,340 --> 01:15:16,900
Moreover, there is no power during
millennia.

951
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:24,640
And anything can happen here.
And if you disappear, then it’s just about you

952
01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:28,200
will be forgotten. And if you want to get lost...

953
01:15:28,670 --> 01:15:33,830
then even the best intelligence services in the world with all
with their hi-tech

954
01:15:33,830 --> 01:15:40,610
the strays of the decades will look for you
and

955
01:15:40,610 --> 01:15:42,110
It’s not a fact that they will find it.

956
01:15:54,860 --> 01:15:56,860
Dude, you have such a big gun.

957
01:15:57,120 --> 01:15:58,600
An incredibly large gun.

958
01:15:58,860 --> 01:16:01,000
How did that tank get here?

959
01:16:01,700 --> 01:16:03,280
We hit him here.

960
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:06,100
There's more there.

961
01:16:06,380 --> 01:16:07,720
Here he stayed.

962
01:16:08,100 --> 01:16:11,360
These tanks stormed Toro Bora, and they
hit, right?

963
01:16:12,140 --> 01:16:17,880
Ironically, Americans who,
in fact, they built Toro Bora, then

964
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:23,800
stormed their own fortifications in 2001
year, looking for Bin Laden here.

965
01:16:25,540 --> 01:16:27,520
This whole valley was bombed.

966
01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:34,400
They bombed hard. Name any weapon. And
it was used here. But to no avail. Ben

967
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:39,060
Laden escaped from Torabora only if
admit that he was there.

968
01:16:39,520 --> 01:16:40,660
But he was there.

969
01:16:41,300 --> 01:16:47,060
Since we don't know for sure, there was
whether he is there and whether he is there now, it’s difficult for me

970
01:16:47,060 --> 01:16:48,380
answer this question.

971
01:16:49,230 --> 01:16:55,470
Bin Laden himself specifically showed that
he's here, as if teasing his enemies and showing off

972
01:16:55,470 --> 01:17:00,970
inaccessibility of Tora Bora. Here is a photo from
him from these places. One of them shows

973
01:17:00,970 --> 01:17:06,790
and the house where he lived. That's where we're going. You
the only dude, just the only one

974
01:17:06,790 --> 01:17:09,290
dude who was let in here like that.

975
01:17:10,470 --> 01:17:13,190
Stas, where have you taken me?

976
01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:17,920
I don’t know where I took us. This
revenge for Morsi, apparently.

977
01:17:19,460 --> 01:17:23,380
Did you like Morsi's captivity? Now a prisoner
there will be Taliban, my friend.

978
01:17:25,380 --> 01:17:26,520
Look.

979
01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:35,560
And this is only a small part of the people, because
that they concentrated in everything

980
01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:36,560
territories.

981
01:17:39,920 --> 01:17:41,960
Then we walk straight to the house.

982
01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:44,180
Where did Osama Bin Laden live?

983
01:17:45,140 --> 01:17:51,320
The Taliban are coming hand in hand. These fighters in general
often look paradoxical. After

984
01:17:51,320 --> 01:17:56,640
the capture of Kabul, for example, they rode
on toy cars and played around in

985
01:17:56,640 --> 01:17:57,640
gym.

986
01:18:00,140 --> 01:18:03,880
This is how the Taliban take photographs, guys.
goats.

987
01:18:04,280 --> 01:18:06,300
Very nice, I'd say.

988
01:18:08,959 --> 01:18:12,800
Only smiling people around
I have never seen a weapon.

989
01:18:13,100 --> 01:18:17,260
That is, look, I often met in
life is full of smiling people.

990
01:18:17,740 --> 01:18:23,040
Was. I have often met many in the world
armed people. It happened too. But to

991
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:26,340
they were the same people, it's just
here.

992
01:18:29,230 --> 01:18:34,950
The way they behave is absolutely
contradicts the expectation that you

993
01:18:34,950 --> 01:18:39,430
you have when you go to a meeting with
Taliban. That is, you expect to see

994
01:18:39,430 --> 01:18:46,150
some of these stern bearded men who
they will look at you like falcons,

995
01:18:46,310 --> 01:18:48,550
gimmicky glances.

996
01:18:49,240 --> 01:18:56,020
And here are just funny guys laughing,
having fun, very friendly to you

997
01:18:56,020 --> 01:18:58,540
treat you and treat you.

998
01:19:00,300 --> 01:19:05,600
Older Taliban members invite you
drink tea with them, give them some food

999
01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:10,480
you. Absolutely, absolutely, as if
these are such cuties, but at the same time with

1000
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:14,600
Kalash, with such sniper
rifles and so on.

1001
01:19:19,580 --> 01:19:21,260
It looks like it's starting to rain.

1002
01:19:21,540 --> 01:19:23,380
There goes the black carcass.

1003
01:19:32,260 --> 01:19:34,980
This is the house where Bin Laden lived.

1004
01:19:35,460 --> 01:19:37,160
This is Osama's house.

1005
01:19:37,920 --> 01:19:40,560
Not his home, but where he was sheltered.

1006
01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:46,380
And here there was another one, but in it
a bomb hit directly. This wasteland remains

1007
01:19:46,380 --> 01:19:47,380
from a bomb.

1008
01:19:48,139 --> 01:19:49,480
You live here, right?

1009
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:52,320
Yes, this is my home.

1010
01:19:52,520 --> 01:19:54,560
And you... Is this your house?

1011
01:19:54,860 --> 01:19:58,500
But people say that Osama ben lived there
Laden.

1012
01:19:58,780 --> 01:19:59,780
Yes.

1013
01:20:03,480 --> 01:20:06,460
Yes? That is, Osama bin Laden lived in your
at home?

1014
01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:16,000
Yes, he lived in my house. Was nearby
small mosque. It was bombed. On

1015
01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:20,600
in fact, behind that mosque it begins
one of the cave passages along which

1016
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:22,200
it was possible to hide in the mountains.

1017
01:20:22,700 --> 01:20:28,160
And the bombs were aimed at him. And then further
there was another cave. Her too

1018
01:20:28,160 --> 01:20:29,160
bombed.

1019
01:20:29,660 --> 01:20:34,780
A photo of Bin Laden outside the house was taken
right next to this house.

1020
01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:41,160
Do you remember the first day when you
met Osama Bin Laden? How is it

1021
01:20:41,160 --> 01:20:46,960
was it? We can't ask questions at that time.
was allowed. Such are the customs here. We

1022
01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:52,220
they called him Sheikh Sahib. But it was impossible
just ask someone. Who's there

1023
01:20:52,220 --> 01:20:58,220
Sheikh Sahib? Or ask where they live here
Arabs? He was with other Arabs.

1024
01:20:58,500 --> 01:21:01,980
But my friends let me down here and
they said it themselves.

1025
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:05,940
Meet Sheikh Sahib. We are here then
lived with my father for a while.

1026
01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:09,120
I was about 16 then or maybe
15.

1027
01:21:11,540 --> 01:21:16,840
But the people in this area, you understand,
No one even had telephones. All

1028
01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:19,480
it appeared in these places very
recently.

1029
01:21:19,820 --> 01:21:24,980
That is, no one really knew completely
what is Osama Ben Laten famous for?

1030
01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:29,460
I think he looks like Osama.

1031
01:21:35,340 --> 01:21:41,500
This is where Ayman Azzavahiri sat.
His tent was right here, you know?

1032
01:21:41,620 --> 01:21:43,300
And below there was a field.

1033
01:21:43,940 --> 01:21:46,860
And towards evening everyone was playing
football.

1034
01:21:47,470 --> 01:21:52,050
According to numerous reports, Osama
Bin Laden was a passionate fan

1035
01:21:52,050 --> 01:21:57,430
football, namely the English team
Arsenal, which I loved when I lived in

1036
01:21:57,430 --> 01:22:02,310
London in the 90s. In 2001
Arsenal management even officially

1037
01:22:02,310 --> 01:22:06,070
announced that it was banning him from visiting
your matches.

1038
01:22:06,540 --> 01:22:11,020
And on the other side, towards those trees,
this is the field where they practiced

1039
01:22:11,020 --> 01:22:15,660
shooting. They shot, carried out their
military training and after that went to

1040
01:22:15,660 --> 01:22:21,040
mosque. And this garden and this whole territory
was completely hidden in large

1041
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:24,500
trees. And during the day they sat in the shadow of these
trees.

1042
01:22:24,740 --> 01:22:31,020
We barely prayed, but all these big trees
Americans destroyed big, big

1043
01:22:31,020 --> 01:22:33,240
bombs that were dropped here.

1044
01:22:36,130 --> 01:22:40,710
Did you realize then that Osama Bin Laden
was the number one terrorist

1045
01:22:40,710 --> 01:22:45,410
looking for the CIA, FBI and all these secret
peace services?

1046
01:22:47,470 --> 01:22:48,289
No no.

1047
01:22:48,290 --> 01:22:50,150
I couldn't think of this.

1048
01:22:50,770 --> 01:22:55,170
That is, you did not suspect that he
accused of committing a huge

1049
01:22:55,170 --> 01:22:56,250
terrorist attack?

1050
01:22:58,030 --> 01:23:03,330
No, he already told you, but I tell you
I'll explain. You can try to find it

1051
01:23:03,330 --> 01:23:07,610
video on the Internet. There was a documentary
a film in which after September 11

1052
01:23:07,610 --> 01:23:10,870
journalists came to Afghanistan and
interviewed people.

1053
01:23:11,650 --> 01:23:14,170
They asked what you know about 11
September?

1054
01:23:14,670 --> 01:23:17,890
No one, almost no one in Afghanistan knew
nothing.

1055
01:23:18,130 --> 01:23:22,450
They didn't understand what it was all about. Neither
who did not have access to news or

1056
01:23:22,450 --> 01:23:25,090
social networks. There was nothing like that then.

1057
01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:26,520
Yes, even now.

1058
01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:31,080
Look how people live here. Even yours
phone and my phone. Yes, he doesn't catch.

1059
01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:32,860
There's no signal here.

1060
01:23:33,120 --> 01:23:40,000
Here people still live in the past. In the past.
But then, in 2001, the Americans came.

1061
01:23:40,060 --> 01:23:44,200
They came and started bombing your land.
How did you feel at that moment?

1062
01:23:44,440 --> 01:23:45,640
Well, how did I feel?

1063
01:23:45,900 --> 01:23:50,680
The Arabs who were here, I swear
By Allah, do not be afraid. They were ready

1064
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:55,760
die. But a weapon for resistance
They did not have such a serious enemy. A

1065
01:23:55,760 --> 01:24:00,800
we're just used to the fact that someone
comes and tries to conquer us. A

1066
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:02,060
we need to resist.

1067
01:24:06,300 --> 01:24:11,360
It was not much different from what he
and so I already heard from the story of my father,

1068
01:24:11,380 --> 01:24:13,760
and his father's father, and so on.

1069
01:24:14,380 --> 01:24:17,280
People come to conquer us, and we
we fight.

1070
01:24:17,660 --> 01:24:23,600
It's just par for the course. But he doesn't have
it was just a thought, well, you’re simple,

1071
01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:25,260
an ordinary person and you live here.

1072
01:24:25,480 --> 01:24:30,280
You could just go and pass
Americans and authorities where Ben is

1073
01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:35,400
Laden. And so save from bombing
your home and this whole area in general. I can

1074
01:24:35,400 --> 01:24:37,060
translate. Bad question?

1075
01:24:37,340 --> 01:24:40,260
Yes, I can translate it, but I wouldn't
wanted.

1076
01:24:40,640 --> 01:24:44,200
Fine. I don't want him
felt. Offended by this.

1077
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:48,880
It was very hard for me to offend someone here
dangerous. I think you understand

1078
01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:54,360
reason. But I wanted to understand why this
a simple peasant who has no

1079
01:24:54,360 --> 01:24:58,980
nothing to do with the Taliban or
jihad, nor to global politics and so on

1080
01:24:58,980 --> 01:25:05,060
further, I decided to risk my life for the sake of
a detachment of fighters led by

1081
01:25:05,060 --> 01:25:09,080
foreign billionaire who
came here once to fight with

1082
01:25:09,080 --> 01:25:10,800
The Soviet Union remained to live.

1083
01:25:11,200 --> 01:25:15,960
My question is why is he really
decided to defend Osama? Why should he

1084
01:25:15,960 --> 01:25:16,980
was to protect him?

1085
01:25:17,180 --> 01:25:22,560
In Afghanistan it is not customary to
a guest came to you, and you took him and gave him away

1086
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:28,040
foreigners or infidels. Even if all
Afghanistan will be destroyed even if

1087
01:25:28,040 --> 01:25:32,800
each of us will be killed, Afghans
they will never do that.

1088
01:25:38,690 --> 01:25:44,630
Guys, even the weather is ominous, you know,
there was some thunder, it started raining, there was lightning.

1089
01:25:44,970 --> 01:25:50,110
A place that, of course, smells of something
so ominous, some kind of mystery than

1090
01:25:50,110 --> 01:25:51,110
something scary.

1091
01:25:51,650 --> 01:25:57,170
Just imagine, in this
Osama Bin Laden lived in the very house. K

1092
01:25:57,170 --> 01:26:02,550
unfortunately, the owner of the house does not allow us to enter
inside because his wife is there and he doesn't

1093
01:26:02,550 --> 01:26:04,770
wants us to film where my wife is.

1094
01:26:05,210 --> 01:26:07,950
He is ready, or rather, to let us in, but
just without a camera.

1095
01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:13,660
Why did you decide to become a Taliban?

1096
01:26:14,240 --> 01:26:20,440
This was the time of the American occupation. I
could not come to terms with the fact that our country

1097
01:26:20,440 --> 01:26:21,920
invaded by foreigners.

1098
01:26:22,700 --> 01:26:27,520
Can you tell me what yours was like?
life when you were fighting a guerrilla war

1099
01:26:27,520 --> 01:26:30,560
with the Americans? How exactly did you live?
being Taliban?

1100
01:26:31,060 --> 01:26:36,460
In fact, it was very funny and
carefree life, glory to Allah. Yes, us

1101
01:26:36,460 --> 01:26:39,880
blocked from all sides, behind us
were chasing.

1102
01:26:40,200 --> 01:26:44,960
And my house was destroyed by bombing. But
we are still happy.

1103
01:26:48,040 --> 01:26:52,420
Can you explain to me why
times the Afghan government

1104
01:26:52,420 --> 01:26:56,060
could just give Bin Laden away
Americans? After all, the Americans said

1105
01:26:56,100 --> 01:26:59,960
hand over Bin Laden and we won't
invade. Why couldn't this be

1106
01:26:59,960 --> 01:27:01,720
do? Very good question.

1107
01:27:02,100 --> 01:27:07,520
There are many videos of people around
Mules of Amar and the world of Afghanistan

1108
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:08,700
time they told him.

1109
01:27:09,050 --> 01:27:14,370
“Hey, fifty countries are coming at us.
All NATO. Let's just give one away

1110
01:27:14,370 --> 01:27:19,150
people and we will not sacrifice our
power and the whole country. For one thing

1111
01:27:19,150 --> 01:27:24,730
person." And he said, “I don't care.
I will never betray my Islamic

1112
01:27:24,730 --> 01:27:30,010
friend. This is against my religion and
contrary to my Pashtun code.

1113
01:27:30,010 --> 01:27:34,390
I mean, there’s no way I can do it.”
What is the Pashtun Code? Explain.

1114
01:27:34,760 --> 01:27:39,080
The Pashtun code is a code of honor. U
Pashtuns have an honor code.

1115
01:27:39,420 --> 01:27:44,860
Mulaamar was a Pashtun. I am also a Pashtun. U
We have our own code of honor. And there's a lot

1116
01:27:44,860 --> 01:27:50,380
rules And one of the rules is that if someone
even your enemy enters your house, you

1117
01:27:50,380 --> 01:27:52,440
must respect him. And you...

1118
01:27:52,730 --> 01:27:57,130
must protect him, treat him
like a friend or brother.

1119
01:27:57,510 --> 01:28:02,210
Afghanistan is our home. And Osama was
guest in our house. Can't sell

1120
01:28:02,210 --> 01:28:06,570
your guests. It was unthinkable for
him. And he said if they want

1121
01:28:06,570 --> 01:28:07,970
invade, let them invade.

1122
01:28:13,840 --> 01:28:17,120
I got the impression that
The caves are basically here.

1123
01:28:17,520 --> 01:28:22,120
But they still carry strategic
some... Well, yes, we never got into the caves

1124
01:28:22,120 --> 01:28:27,620
they let me in. They said they still had an hour to go
walking, and to the mountains, and like we’re not going there

1125
01:28:27,620 --> 01:28:34,520
we'll get there. Well, it’s simple, yes, it’s clear that you yourself
caves, real Taliban caves, entrance

1126
01:28:34,520 --> 01:28:36,920
really closed because it's military
object.

1127
01:28:38,700 --> 01:28:40,020
It's a shame, but...

1128
01:28:41,100 --> 01:28:45,100
No, well, just imagine anyway, here you go
here, right here, right here, along this

1129
01:28:45,100 --> 01:28:51,400
Osama Bin Laden walked along the road, hiding from
persecution

1130
01:28:51,460 --> 01:28:54,120
when everyone was looking for him, literally
everything.

1131
01:28:54,560 --> 01:29:00,820
And his people are here, what’s most interesting is
at the same time covered, knowing that they would be

1132
01:29:00,820 --> 01:29:06,320
bomb for it. That is, no one went and
didn't report. Well, here's someone just alone

1133
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:08,800
I could go and, relatively speaking, pass.

1134
01:29:09,530 --> 01:29:10,530
But he didn’t give in.

1135
01:29:10,990 --> 01:29:16,970
Just imagine, here you are
farms, simple peasants live,

1136
01:29:16,970 --> 01:29:18,470
grow their own food there.

1137
01:29:18,930 --> 01:29:23,050
Well, it would seem to them, well, that's what, to them,
so that they don't get bombed, just go and surrender

1138
01:29:23,050 --> 01:29:24,690
person, yes, and the question is closed.

1139
01:29:25,570 --> 01:29:27,430
No, they didn't pass.

1140
01:29:28,450 --> 01:29:29,790
This is really interesting.

1141
01:29:31,640 --> 01:29:34,480
I don't know, that's what you would do
for example in this situation?

1142
01:29:34,680 --> 01:29:39,020
In your village, relatively speaking, lives
terrorist number one, and because of this the whole

1143
01:29:39,020 --> 01:29:40,020
the village is being bombed.

1144
01:29:42,900 --> 01:29:46,040
And you can either give it up or give it up
continue to hide.

1145
01:29:46,640 --> 01:29:47,700
So what would you do?

1146
01:29:48,500 --> 01:29:49,780
Write in the comments if it’s interesting.

1147
01:29:51,180 --> 01:29:54,700
I left Torabora with a strange
feeling.

1148
01:29:55,100 --> 01:30:00,280
Beautiful and at the same time sinister
a place that still holds many

1149
01:30:00,280 --> 01:30:04,240
riddles And what hides in its caves
now?

1150
01:30:04,700 --> 01:30:09,060
The weather was deteriorating, and for the night we decided
stop with our guide,

1151
01:30:09,260 --> 01:30:15,360
Taliban officer Habib. His story
the life I learned the next morning was amazing

1152
01:30:15,360 --> 01:30:20,400
me. Just like the life of an ordinary Afghan woman
the village in which we immersed.

1153
01:30:20,720 --> 01:30:24,900
But more about this in the next episode of our
travel in Afghanistan.

1154
01:30:25,320 --> 01:30:29,000
Subscribe because we are already
let's move on!

1155
01:30:48,790 --> 01:30:50,490
Grease like!