Rory Peck Awards 2010 C4: Paul Refsdal - Taliban: Behind The Masks

Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal tells how he joined a band of Taliban fighters in the Afghan mountains, surviving battles and hostage-taking. Part of a series celebrating the work of freelance cameramen who film extraordinary events from around the world.

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[khan4118]

@mustafaamini89 what does the hazaras do with TALIBAN in mazarsharif they peace talk with TALIBAN and when TALIBAN come in mazarsharif they killed 10000 thousand TALIBAN and in kandouz the hazara killed pushtoon and rape thier womans and took thier womans in hazaaras army camp and give torture to these womans and cut thier body parts and these womens gone mad from thier torture therefore TALIBAN are the German Nazis for hazara

[hamza786h]

mastafa lol hazara are only 10% and the taliban are fighting to defind there country thes are the same people who against russain

[mustafaamini89]

Oh of course they are human, but in every group of people you get bad guys as well as good ones. I'm an Afghan myself and I come from a minority ethnic group in afghanistan called the Hazara which is only 20 odd percent of the population in Afghanistan and we always had to defend our rights against the Taliban but we where outnumbered by the Talib forces and that's when we actually saw how cruel they were. They were no different to the German Nazi.

[evildeathmonkey1]

@MissErika79 Well some of them might be. Others are hardcore religious fanatics. From what I understand there is no real united Taliban, but rather a number of militia groups. All with their own motives and agenda's.

[evildeathmonkey1]

@KingJamesNBK187 lol, you're just pissed of that these Taliban dudes didn't turn out to be the blood thirsty demons you were told they were. They turned out to be humans.. shockerrrrrr.

[KingJamesNBK187]

I dont give him props at all. he is a fool to believe you can trust murdering scum like them and got kidnapped and almost beheaded for it..Im just surprised he actually got away from them to tell the story..

[bluefireturtle]

It's too bad most of the Western world doesn't see them as human and thinks they should all be wiped out.

More people need to see this, millions more. Mr. Refsdal is a truly great man. He's able to put aside his differences in culture and belief and try to understand a group of people who're completely different, and not only that, he's trying to make others understand as well. Not many people in this sad world can claim that.

[MissErika79]

They're just normal folk protecting their land period

[crumcon]

its a little bit funny to find out whether taliban are human or not... lol

come on , they are just people like with different ideologist.

anyway funny conversation though

[bluefireturtle]

Paul Refsdal has my respect.