Afghanistan - My Kabul 2 of 3 - BBC Culture Documentary

Afghanistan - My Kabul 2 of 3 - BBC Culture Documentary, recorded 20.02.2011 In this BBC documentary, journalist and native Afghani Tahir Qadiry revisits his hometown of Kabul. Qadiry meets with not only the historians and politicians, but also the workers, children, and homemakers who represent the over-four-million people who live in Kabul today. Ultimately, the document comes to the point that Kabul consists of many varying regions, classes of people, and amount of progress versus traditionalism.

It is evident from the documentary that Kabul is beginning to reach out to the modern age but various factors keep parts of the city from progressing. Narrow streets, hundred year old architecture, and poor sanitation systems seem to encourage old customs and little advancement. The people, though incredibly accepting and welcoming to Qadiry and his crew, still hold many of the fundamental values from Taliban occupation. With all its residents, it has become impossible to manage pollution and the documentary estimates that over 3000 people die every year from poor sanitation. Many families have to go all the way to the central part of the city just to carry water to their homes (Qadiry at one point tries to help a man to carry his water jugs but he can barely make it a few feet up a hill). Although an influx of foreign aid has begun to help reconstruct the new city, many parts have yet to see the money trickle down.

However, the most central areas of Kabul such as Shahr-e-now are not only progressive and urban but thriving, erudite and expensive. This district is much more progressive in its architecture, styles of clothing, successful corporations, building of public schools and private universities, and rapidly growing use of technology. After much music, cinema, and television had been banned under strict Taliban regime, the residents of Kabul are enjoying making progressive change and converting to a more westernized lifestyle.

For more information and to join the Forum, see http://2020afghanistan.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-kabul-explores-varying-sides-o... .

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[BelenTainamt170]

ha wer will mit mia schreiben

[warylailo]

@drippingvenom1 what is ur problem?

[drippingvenom1]

@warylailo go on darl, talk dirty to me.. love it..

[warylailo]

@drippingvenom1 im not a dude and u should do some research, he married a woman called roxana after falling in love with her. she is from bakhtar in afghanistan. now kiss my ass

[drippingvenom1]

warylailo how you dooinn ;) btw thnx for the compliment :P fancy a hug ay?

[drippingvenom1]

@warylailo Alexander never fell for an afghan woman, it is a fictional creation of yours dude..

[warylailo]

Alexander the great did NOT build it, he tried to take it it over after taking india but found it a real challenge n then he fell in love with afghan woman

[warylailo]

Boy in blue at 6.38 handsomeeeeee

[afghans4eva]

@dosenboden asyou heard him .he is also talking about all those other issues so please stop disagreeing without knowing the concept

[dosenboden]

there are millions of other problems and s much poverty in the country. they should start solving those, but instead they want a modern western life, they cant afford that.