PBS - FRONTLINE "Behind Taliban Lines" Part 3 of 4

PBS - FRONTLINE "Behind Taliban Lines" Part 3 of 4
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Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi's extraordinary 10 days living and filming with an insurgent cell allied with Al Qaeda to sabotage a key U.S./NATO supply route.
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Behind Taliban Lines follows a disparate group of insurgents -- some are Taliban; most are members of warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami militia. This small group of fighters represents the war's reality -- inside Afghanistan alone there are well over 150 distinct groups that are considered Taliban, or are aligned with them and/or Al Qaeda. They have different goals, but the one thing that unites them is the war against foreign occupiers. This map highlights some of the Taliban's primary leaders, their areas of operation, and which ones could be potential participants in U.S. reconciliation efforts.

In Behind Taliban Lines, FRONTLINE provides a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the growing insurgency in Afghanistan -- a first-ever film among these militants as they travel from village to village, picking up support and weapons, imposing sharia law and collecting taxes as they open up a new battlefront in Afghanistan's northern provinces.

"We have around 3,000 to 4,000 Hezb-i-Islami men in the north," a commander named Kalakub tells Quraishi."People come to us from all over Afghanistan. They come from Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan. We get special mujahids from abroad, but we're not allowed to talk about them." Quraishi believes that these special mujahids are mainly Arabs from Yemen and Saudi Arabia trained by Al Qaeda.

Indeed, as the men of Central Group proceed toward their target, Quraishi meets a young bomb maker from Uzbekistan who says he was trained by Al Qaeda. "America started this war in Afghanistan so that European countries like England and America would be safe," he tells Quraishi. "But they should know that once the mujahideen conquer Afghanistan, we'll aim for the Middle East and Europe."

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[TheElephant79]

I would kill the Precher first. I just dont like him.

[berlinkeks]

@TheElephant79 : Ahhh..."killing" is just such a cruel word...let's tell it "sanitary conditions improvement"!

[2WorldWar2]

and that bomb maker guy said not even the american technology can find out what they use?? LOOOLL that stupid fuck the US has bombs that could be shot from thousands of feet in the air and go right through your window buddy. just cuz u can make an IED doesnt mean ur a genious lol

[thesolimanz]

70 percent of Afghsnistan supports Taliban and increasing

they dont want Americans.



[chololot121]

Martyrdom sucks.........

[landwarrior82]

The thing I observed is that when they were going for the mission. They were laughing and joking at each other. They were confident and have the cause to fight for. This is the reason that these fighters r successful and American is not winning the war because they have NO CAUSE.

[evildeathmonkey1]

@182parker They don't wonder why that bomb in part two didn't go off at first do they?... Jamming device perhaps? ''It's over their heads'' hahaha funny man.

[182parker]

i love how that guy says ''americans even dont understand what we make, its over their heads'' im pretty sure splitting an atom and developing a nuclear device is over these arabs heads

[D0CKTORDEATH]

I WISH THAT BOMB BLEW RIGHT UP IN THEIR FACES!

[2WorldWar2]

@thewhitewolf53 protect them??? from what? its not like US is killing villagers so the insurgents have to protect them wtf. the Americans are trying to get the support of the people by HELPING them and they can do a much better job then some ragheads. US builds schools, hospitals, and roads. what do the insurgents do? NOTHING

[thewhitewolf53]

@bf2chewy

Its funny how terrorists are defined. If you want to go literally, than George Washington was a terrorist by dictionary definition.

If you watch American media, like I'll assume you do, than yeah you would consider these men terrorists.

In my opinion they are just protecting their home and they have the support of the villagers.