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-[phone dings]
-[woman] Oh my God. Oh my God.
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[radio sounds]
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Oh my God. [in Dari] Wait, wait.
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[in English] They are here.
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[exhales]
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[journalist] There's now more urgency
than ever to get those in danger
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out of Afghanistan
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amid reports that the Taliban
are now going door-to-door
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in an attempt to find
people on their blacklist.
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[music intensifies]
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-[shouting]
-[child cries]
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[in Dari] Dear God!
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[shouting]
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[in Pashto] Bashir!
I won't leave you here.
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I won't leave.
I won't go anywhere without you.
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Either we go together
or we won't go at all.
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[helicopter whirrs]
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[ominous music playing]
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[journalist in English] It's cost
two trillion dollars
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and many thousands of lives,
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but America's longest war
may finally be nearing an end.
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Twenty years have passed
since a US-led invasion
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ended the Taliban's
brutal rule in Afghanistan.
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Now the Taliban and the US
are negotiating in Qatar.
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[whistling and drumming]
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[Bashir in Pashto] The mayor
of Maidan Wardak, Zarifa Ghafari,
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is here to speak.
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For 50 years,
war has been imposed on Afghans.
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We don't want any more war.
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Stand beside your sisters.
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Let them be educated
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so that both men and women
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can rebuild the country together.
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Young people, you must work for it.
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Study and work. Compete with your peers.
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[tense music playing]
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Drop the weapon and take up a pen.
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This country will be built by the pen
and by education.
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-We want security!
-We want it!
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-We want education!
-We want it!
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-[Zarifa] We want peace!
-We want peace!
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-We want peace!
-We want peace!
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-We want security!
-We want security!
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-We want security!
-We want security!
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-We want peace!
-We want peace!
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[hopeful music playing]
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[Zarifa] Let's all work together.
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Both men and women,
be courageous and stand together.
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If we work hard and try our best,
we can build this country ourselves.
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Long live Afghanistan!
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Long live Afghanistan!
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[cheering and whistling]
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[car horn honks]
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[siren blares]
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[car horns honk in distance]
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[Zarifa in Dari] I applied to be the mayor
of Maidan Wardak.
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And from the first day
I applied for the position,
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I encountered problems.
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For nine months,
people tried to prevent my appointment.
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But I did not give up.
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Men have had their chance here
for the last 40 or 50 years.
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What have they achieved? Nothing.
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[traffic sounds]
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[man in Pashto] There are no female mayors
in other provinces. Why in Maidan?
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A woman! Aren't there enough men?
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Our men are as strong as trees.
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She should stay at home,
cook and do housework.
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Look after the kids.
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Not boss us around like this. [laughs]
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[market chatter]
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Please sign it,
so I can take it to the governor's office.
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Put the chair there. Welcome. How are you?
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Good morning, everyone.
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I hope you are all okay.
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I'm glad to see so many of you present.
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This is the only office working like this
out of all the others in the province.
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I want to fight
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for women's education rights here.
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And I will work for this.
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And I won't be leaving here
until you are all totally sick of me.
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Signed.
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[car engines sound]
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[ominous music playing]
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[journalist in Dari] The US
and Taliban have recently completed
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their latest round of peace negotiations
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with the aim of ending
the war in Afghanistan
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and signing an agreement
for permanent peace.
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[in English] The Taliban
wants to make a deal.
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We'll see if they wanna make a deal.
It's got to be a real deal, but we'll see.
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[in Dari] God damn this situation.
Damn it!
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[music intensifies]
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In the name of Allah. May God protect us.
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[car horns honk]
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[Massoum] I am
Mayor Zarifa Ghafari's driver,
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and I guard her 24/7.
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And I'm very happy
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to be serving a woman
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who so completely serves her country
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and her people.
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[tyres screech]
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After we pass these deserts,
we'll feel safer.
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Slow down. Drive slowly.
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Cars are heading towards us.
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[car horns honk]
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[Massoum in Pashto] I drive
above the speed limit,
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one hand on the steering wheel,
one on my pistol,
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because the road
I drive Zarifa on every day
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between Kabul and Maidan Shar
is controlled by the Taliban.
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[in Dari] She is a champion
for me and our people.
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I live every second of my life
with the memory of her.
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[alarm sounds in distance]
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[Zarifa] This is a letter I received
from the Taliban that says,
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[in Pashto] "Miss Zarifa Ghafari,
As-Salaam-Alaikum."
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"You're continuing to do pagan works
in spite of our warnings,
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and in the name of democracy
you are spreading vice in our society."
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"For the last time,
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we order you
to leave Maidan Wardak in a week."
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"Refusing to do so
will result in your assassination."
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[in Dari] But I haven't left
Maidan Wardak yet.
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Hm.
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This was sent in November 2017.
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Now it's 2020 and I'm still working.
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I'm still alive,
and, God willing, it will stay that way.
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[dogs barking and traffic in distance]
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Walk around, my little baby.
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Go on. Hurry up!
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[makes playful sounds]
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[in Pashto] Hurry up! You can do it.
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[makes playful sounds]
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[Massoum] When I first met Zarifa,
I really wanted to help her.
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I considered her my sister,
from the bottom of my heart.
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[ominous music playing]
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Zarifa is fighting
for freedom of speech in her country.
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For women's rights, for human rights.
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But within the Islamic framework.
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-[Zarifa] How long have you been here?
-[woman] Since last night.
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What should I do, my dear?
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Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.
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[car horns honk in distance]
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Take this, please.
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Bless you!
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[Massoum] Her enemies say
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that what she is doing is blasphemous.
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[car horns honking]
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[ominous music gets louder]
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[in Dari] We have been living here
for five years.
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In five years, not a single government
vehicle has come into this area.
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They haven't crossed the main road
to get here.
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We decide everything here.
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Any fighting or killing is punished by us.
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The government doesn't exist here.
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As-Salaam-Alaikum.
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[in Pashto] All good?
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[chatter]
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[Musafer in Dari] The government
has failed the people of Afghanistan.
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Ask the people here whether the government
has done anything for them.
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We are from this country
and we will serve it.
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[tense music playing]
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[Talib speaker] Brave mujahideen!
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Until we establish Islamic rule
across the whole planet,
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we will not surrender to anyone.
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I have been put here to fight people.
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I have been instructed to kill people.
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To destroy people, behead people.
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Until they believe
there is no god but Allah.
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Ah.
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[Musafer] I have been fighting
in these mountains
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since the US invasion in 2001.
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Look at me, I am 36 years old,
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but everyone thinks
I am 40 or 50 years old.
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[dramatic music playing]
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We are fighting for pure Sharia law
in this country.
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If you cut off one hand,
others will refrain from stealing.
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If you crush one person under a wall,
no one will commit homosexuality.
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If one person is stoned,
no one will commit fornication.
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This is the righteous way,
which will lead us forward.
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[Zarifa] I remember, when I was a child
during the Taliban rule,
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one day the Taliban took a woman
to Chaman Hozori stadium.
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They made her wear a blue burka.
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A man stood next to her
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and shot her in the head
with a Kalashnikov.
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I witnessed this when I was just a kid.
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[gunshot sounds]
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[dramatic music intensifies]
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We will witness these horrors again.
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The horror of the Taliban.
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The fear of the Taliban.
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[man] See how we stop our enemies
in Afghanistan.
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We pack the car with explosives
and park it in the desert.
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-Then they come to see whose car it is.
-[explosion sounds]
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Then the car explodes.
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Did it become unsafe
like it has been in the last 40 years
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because a woman like Zarifa Ghafari
walks freely around the province?
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Her husband should accompany her.
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There should not be vice in this country.
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God tells us
to kill them without hesitation.
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We're getting closer to the checkpoint.
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That side is the government.
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That's the city. This doesn't work there.
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If we have this, they will arrest us.
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They will say
the Taliban have entered the city.
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And now they will say, "No Taliban."
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[in Pashto] Hello. How are you?
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Where are you coming from?
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[Massoum] We have to move from this flat
as soon as possible.
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-It's an emergency. It's out of control.
-What do you mean?
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We're being followed.
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I'm being followed because of you.
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We are all being followed.
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-[Zarifa] Hm.
-[Massoum] I have to be extra careful.
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[Zarifa] Why didn't you inform me earlier?
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Because I didn't want you to be afraid.
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It's bad. We have to move
before they kill us.
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[Zarifa] Pick it up
from the bottom, Bashir.
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One of you hold it from the top.
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-Should we do it now or later?
-No. No.
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Let's put it on top.
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Look at what she has! [laughs]
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Mister, take this and put it over there.
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Don't ruin it. One minute!
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[Massoum] The carpets are washed,
be careful. Hurry up.
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[in Dari] Sometimes it is difficult.
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When you realise
someone is going to hurt you,
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someone is following you
or trying to make trouble for you.
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It is very tough.
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But this is life in Afghanistan.
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You just have to accept it.
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Women like me,
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we like to have self-confidence.
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In Afghanistan, if a woman
doesn't know how to drive,
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especially now,
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it must mean
her hands and legs are broken!
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[car horns honking]
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[in Pashto] Don't put more weight.
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Did you carry all of that upstairs?
No, don't do that.
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No, come on.
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Okay, give it to me. Bring it here.
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-Give it to me.
-No, it's very heavy.
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[traffic sounds in distance]
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[Bashir] Kabul has been rebuilt
so beautifully. It looks awesome.
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Show it to him.
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[laughs]
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Let him also see Kabul. Look!
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Oh.
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Look at how beautiful Kabul is.
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[whistling sounds]
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[Bashir and Zarifa in Dari] ♪ My homeland
My pride is my love for you ♪
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♪ My homeland
I will sacrifice myself for you ♪
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♪ Homeland, wherever I will be ♪
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♪ You will give me soul and spirit ♪
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-We came from this way, right?
-Yes, we did.
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Wow, what a car you have!
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Nice to meet you.
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Oh, yes… What is your name? Mohammad?
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-Is your name Mohammad?
-[boy] Yes.
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-Is she his sister?
-Yes.
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They also have a younger brother,
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younger than them.
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-She can't see anything?
-No, nothing at all.
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[Musafer] God bless you, sir,
for your hard work.
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[teacher] Please recite a verse by heart.
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I seek refuge in Allah
from the outcast Shaitan
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in the name of Allah
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful…
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[Zarifa] The Taliban doesn't want
the people of Afghanistan,
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and particularly Afghan women,
to become educated.
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[girl continues reciting prayer]
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[Zarifa] Because education
is against all those things they believe.
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[ominous music playing]
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Because educated people ask questions,
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and they are afraid of questions.
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Whenever I meet people
from different communities,
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I ask them to educate their children
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because education is the only way
out of this situation in Afghanistan.
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[in Pashto] Hello, how are you?
Are you well?
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-We thank you for coming here.
-[animals murmur]
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Thank you.
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Our girls do study. There…
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There are some classes.
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As a girl, I studied.
I have a bachelor's and a master's degree.
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When I was studying, I had to walk
an hour each way to my school in Paktika.
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There were many
suicide attacks and fights.
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My father told me not to go anymore.
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So I started going to school secretly.
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I was going to school in secret
after he went to the office.
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It was my lifetime dream
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to see that my parents are proud
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of my reputation and my achievements.
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So please educate your daughters
and send them to school.
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If you educate one girl or woman,
you save ten generations.
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[hopeful music playing]
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[teacher in English] Who wants
to give me an example?
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In the name of Allah,
do you have potato chips?
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[teacher] "Exclamatory" means "surprise."
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You surprise someone.
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[Zarifa in Dari] Education is the key
to a country's development.
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This is the battle
between ignorance and knowledge.
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The battle between light and dark.
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You know, Mum,
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I swear, sometimes
I don't want to get out of bed,
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but I get up and get on with it
because I have to.
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Oh, yes.
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In this country, anyone who works
with honesty is soon murdered.
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Unfortunately, that's how it is.
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May God protect you.
You must take care of yourself.
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[sombre music playing]
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[Zarifa] My dad is a military officer
who thinks the home is a military base.
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He gives the orders,
and we're part of his battalion.
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I had to make my father believe
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that I was capable.
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I always had to fight
against my dad's behaviour and mindset,
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even about me going to university.
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At least I changed my father's mindset.
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I think that
is the biggest achievement of my life.
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My flight is from here to Dubai,
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Dubai to France,
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and from France to the US, Washington, DC.
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[Bashir in Pashto] Me and the whole nation
are so proud of you.
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[journalist in Dari] The US has signed
a peace deal with the Taliban.
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President Trump has said that US troops
will leave Afghanistan entirely
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if the Taliban cease their violence
towards US forces.
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[Zarifa in Pashto] Bashir, the only thing
that is a bit positive in this agreement
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is that if either party
violates the agreement,
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then it will be terminated.
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Do a campaign there. Have faith in God.
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Your voice is powerful.
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Your words and messages must be heard.
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You must not cry, or I won't go.
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No, no. Go.
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[plane sounds]
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[woman in English] Our office is so proud
to work with our colleagues
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from across the world
to select a remarkable group of women
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who exemplify
exceptional courage and leadership
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in advocating for human rights,
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women's equality and social progress,
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often at great personal risk.
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[journalist in Dari] Zarifa Ghafari,
the first woman mayor,
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along with ten other women
from different parts of the world,
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was selected
for the Women of Courage award
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by the department of foreign affairs
of the United States.
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[in English] My name is Zarifa Ghafari.
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Actually I'm not a hero.
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I'm just the mayor of Maidan Shar.
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Women of my generation have not forgotten
the reign of the Taliban,
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and we are worried for the future.
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Let me ask for your continued support
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to ensure that the Afghan peace process
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does not erase
the gains that have been made
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since the dark days of the Taliban regime.
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[in Dari] That this bravery award
was received, at a global level,
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by Zarifa Ghafari, mayor of Maidan Wardak,
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represents a fundamental change
in our political system.
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[Zarifa in Pashto] Hi, dear Bashir.
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The president said my name
at the parliament inauguration ceremony!
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He said that I was a brave woman!
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And that I have made
the whole nation proud!
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[screams excitedly]
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[laughs]
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[in English] Love you! Love you!
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[in Pashto] Wow! Wow! Wow!
I am so, so, so proud.
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You're the pride of the nation
and that's enough.
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You won't die unless we are dead.
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First, I will die and then you.
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Then, we both will enter paradise
and live there forever, okay?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. [laughs]
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[Zarifa in Dari] My fiancé Bashir…
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My dear Bashir…
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Bashir is why I smile.
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[ethereal music playing]
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[laughs]
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When he realised
that I had found my mission in life,
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he stood beside me,
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and he has encouraged me in all my work.
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He has applauded, enjoyed, and celebrated.
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-This one is beautiful.
-Mm.
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These are childish.
I don't like them at all, none of them.
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This is all of them. This one.
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Who expected this would happen so soon?
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[tailor] Please get closer.
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[Zarifa in English] I am here
to select my wedding dress.
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It's amazing for me.
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[sighs]
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[laughs]
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[mimics animal noise]
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[Zarifa in Dari] I am perhaps
the luckiest Afghan woman
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to have a partner like him.
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Look at my little baby.
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Why?
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What do you mean, Dad?
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What do you mean?
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So I will just get
a house for myself, Dad.
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Okay. Thank you.
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[in English] You know,
I am dealing with shits around.
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Seriously.
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[in Dari] I'm not a kid.
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He's of that old mindset
that the groom shouldn't come to my house
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until we are married.
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The tradition is
to accompany the bride to her house,
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party there for a bit and then leave.
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Isn't it?
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Now my dad is saying
that he doesn't want this.
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What do you really want, Dad?
Just tell me.
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[Zafira's father] There's no reason.
Just do what I told you to.
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No, Dad. This is my life, for God's sake.
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What's the reason? What do you want?
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[Zafira's father] Unless you are married,
he shouldn't come to my house. That's all!
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What do you mean?
Are you kicking me out of the house?
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Are you kicking me out of the house?
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Is it your house?
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You know, life is much harder
than anyone can imagine.
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Especially the life of a girl
who wants to have everything.
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Who wants to do everything by herself.
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She is stopped
from the moment she leaves home
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until she gets to a position of power.
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It's difficult.
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I live in a society where I even
have to fight against my dad's thoughts.
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I even have to make my dad understand
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that I am a human.
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[cries]
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-[animals murmur]
-[engines sound]
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[ominous music playing]
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[chatter]
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-[people shouting]
-[horses neighing]
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[whistling and cheering]
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[journalist] Today, Zarifa Ghafari,
the mayor of Maidan Wardak,
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survived an attack.
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She said that on her way home
from Maidan Wardak,
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a car opened fire at her
in the Khushal Khan area of Kabul.
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[in Pashto] My fiancé was with me
and was driving.
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They opened fire on us
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before we were able
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to fire our gun back.
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[journalist in Dari] This is just one
of many attacks in recent weeks.
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The Taliban have been targeting
government officials in the capital
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in an effort to show the people
that the government has lost control.
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[cars honking]
[people shouting]
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[doorbell rings]
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[in Pashto] Who's that?
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[unlocks door]
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-Come on in. How are you?
-Greetings. How are you?
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[Zarifa] I have to tell you
something important.
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The Haqqani network wants to harm us.
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Initially, I didn't take it seriously,
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but since receiving this call,
I know it's serious.
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Uh…
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They said they would share it
with other departments too.
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But it's important
that you take some measures yourself.
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May God protect us.
We should be extra careful.
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[sombre music plays]
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-[people chattering]
-[alarm sounds]
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[siren blares]
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[journalist in Dari] Abdul Wasi Ghafari,
the father of Zarifa Ghafari,
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the mayor of Maidan Wardak province,
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and a strike force commander
at the Ministry of Defence,
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was assassinated yesterday by gunmen
outside his house in Kabul.
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[sombre music intensifies]
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Let the funeral car pass.
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[screaming and crying]
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[Zarifa] Uncle!
Can I see him once more, please?
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-[Zarifa's cousin] She's already seen him.
-I want to see him one last time.
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[Zarifa's uncle] Okay,
go in from that side.
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Wait. From this side.
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Rest in peace. We are here.
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We'll take care of everything.
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You're a martyr, a hero!
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We'll take care of it, Dad!
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[Zarifa's uncle] Come on, hop off.
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Come on, my dear! People are waiting.
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Come on, dear,
everything is waiting out there
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and you know it, my dear.
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[sombre music continues]
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[crying]
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[Zarifa] The Taliban
claimed responsibility for it.
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I feel guilty about what happened
to my father and family.
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If it wasn't for me,
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my father would be alive now.
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Sometimes I regret
having had bad thoughts about him.
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I miss him so much.
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[siren blaring in distance]
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[Karima] Last night, while laying down…
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I was thinking,
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it's hard to believe
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my husband has died.
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And about how easily he left us.
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He was a healthy person,
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who left home full of hope.
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And they brutally killed him.
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You lose him so easily
that you ask yourself, "Where did he go?"
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As if it was a nightmare.
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[child screams excitedly]
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[Karima] Noman wrote something.
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Should they go another round?
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[Karima] He wrote two letters at school,
one for me and one for his dad.
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He wrote, "Dear Dad,
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thank you for being with me
until I was nine years old."
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"But you left us so soon."
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He wrote one to me.
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"I'm grateful that you're still alive."
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[sombre music playing]
502
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:57,480
While reading it, I thought…
503
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:02,840
that a kid at his age
504
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:09,360
should be playing in a playground.
505
00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:19,240
But all he wanted
was for his mum to be alive.
506
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:30,840
Jump!
507
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,800
Come, go on.
508
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:37,560
Ah.
509
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,280
Hey, Mum, do this,
without thinking or crying.
510
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,240
[Karima] It's this pain
511
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:04,640
that we Afghan women have been enduring.
512
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:11,040
And every second,
we're just waiting for what's next.
513
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,120
War, war, war until now.
514
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:29,280
Many countries came here
saying they would help us.
515
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,040
Where's your help?
516
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:34,320
We're still grieving.
517
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,840
We're still suffering.
518
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,360
So why did you come in the first place?
519
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:44,400
And now that you're leaving,
what did you achieve?
520
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:51,760
[camera shutter clicks]
521
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,560
[celebratory music plays]
522
00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:16,360
[army speaker] Please cheer
for the champions of this nation!
523
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,440
[Zarifa] I am proud to be the daughter
of a military officer
524
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,240
who served for 37 years.
525
00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:30,960
I'm the daughter of someone
who was one of you.
526
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:38,040
Cowardly, despicable,
and shameless enemies
527
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,440
martyred my father.
528
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,160
[in Pashto] They are brutal cowards.
529
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:47,800
If he had died fighting,
I wouldn't be sad.
530
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:55,280
But they killed my father
right in front my little brother.
531
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,880
It was cowardly.
532
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:02,680
They killed him in front of our house.
533
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,520
They shot him in the back of the head.
534
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:07,840
When my father was martyred,
535
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:12,080
everyone said, "Zarifa will leave her job
in Maidan Wardak and escape."
536
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,000
But my mother told me
537
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:16,760
to keep up my struggle
538
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,080
[sombre music playing]
539
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:21,520
and to continue as long as I can speak.
540
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:23,600
[reciting the Quran]
541
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:43,920
[in Dari] Take a deep breath, focus…
542
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:44,880
[in English] Fire.
543
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,960
[in Dari] …and pull the trigger.
544
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,320
[Biden in English] I'm now the fourth
United States president
545
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,840
to preside over
American troop presence in Afghanistan.
546
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:12,760
I will not pass
this responsibility on to a fifth.
547
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:19,320
US troops will be out of Afghanistan
before we mark the 20th anniversary
548
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,800
of that heinous attack on September 11th.
549
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,120
It's time for American troops
to come home.
550
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:43,520
[explosions sound in distance]
551
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,240
[Zarifa in Dari] Here we go.
552
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:53,800
Both sides are exchanging "gifts."
553
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,680
Since morning.
It's been like this for a week now.
554
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,160
The situation is bad.
555
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:03,280
The army went to retake
the other district.
556
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:04,920
-Jaghato?
-It's recaptured.
557
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:12,920
[gunshots sound]
558
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,800
[journalist] As the Taliban react
559
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,120
to the news
of imminent US troop withdrawal,
560
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,520
violence is continuing across the country.
561
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:32,400
[Massoum] A lot has changed
in the last year.
562
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:38,400
There's more insecurity, mafia, theft.
563
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:40,360
So a lot has changed.
564
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,640
War swallows the helpless and poor.
565
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,360
If you join the government,
the Taliban kills you.
566
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,840
If you join the Taliban,
the government kills you.
567
00:48:55,920 --> 00:49:01,960
Whatever your circumstances,
life here is very difficult.
568
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:08,080
[journalist] Some of the Afghan forces
were surrounded in Raghistan district.
569
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,120
These soldiers have told the media
570
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,560
that they lack food and equipment.
571
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:20,240
The Taliban are trying to cut off
connections with the big cities.
572
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:22,320
[sombre music playing]
573
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,160
[Zarifa] The provinces
are falling one by one.
574
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:40,800
The Taliban claim that 80% of the country
is under their control.
575
00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:52,720
[Massoum in Pashto] Politicians begged
for money from the world,
576
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,800
and put it in their own pockets.
577
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,880
And people are upset
with the government because of this,
578
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,960
and so they are supporting the Taliban.
579
00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:19,360
[Musafer in Dari] The international
community says
580
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,880
they brought money to help Afghanistan.
581
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,720
Where in Afghanistan did they help?
582
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:24,680
[animals murmur]
583
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:29,080
They lied to the people of Afghanistan
by saying they'd help us.
584
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:32,600
We haven't seen any of their support.
Look around here.
585
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,120
There are no bridges, no road,
no clinic, no doctor, and no school.
586
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,200
We will build this country ourselves.
587
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:49,000
[in Pashto] Get those 20 people
ready over here.
588
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:54,600
You are the new recruits
for this new unit.
589
00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:56,080
[in Dari] Where is his coat?
590
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:57,960
Give him his coat.
591
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,080
[in Pashto] Give him his coat.
592
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,800
-Have they brought towels?
-No, they haven't.
593
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,680
All right, just put on your headscarf.
594
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,280
You've got a big head. It doesn't fit.
595
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:11,800
You tied it upside down.
596
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,600
[in Dari] They sewed it wrong.
597
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:16,920
[in Pashto] They made it like this.
598
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:26,560
You have all witnessed
the occupiers come to Afghanistan.
599
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:32,400
The occupiers have looted Afghanistan.
600
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,600
They looted the whole of Afghanistan.
601
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:38,400
They destroyed people's houses.
602
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,280
[Massoum] I am from a small village
in the countryside,
603
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,320
just like most of the Taliban.
604
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:53,000
Talib is my brother, Talib is my cousin.
605
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:56,560
The Taliban are from the same blood as me.
606
00:51:58,480 --> 00:51:59,960
The way they have chosen,
607
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:02,480
I don't agree with it.
608
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,120
Taliban are Afghans,
609
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,280
just misled Afghans.
610
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:13,560
[in Dari] Hey, let's play football.
611
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:16,600
Come here, boys!
612
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:19,000
Come on.
613
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:23,640
Come on, come on.
614
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:30,760
The government area
has kidnappings and robberies.
615
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:32,680
Come on.
616
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,800
Our territory is 100% safe.
617
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:39,760
You can travel anywhere, day and night.
618
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:42,680
You deserve a yellow card!
619
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:44,760
[sombre music playing]
620
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,080
In Afghanistan,
you have to pick up the gun.
621
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:53,640
A voice alone does nothing.
622
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,520
[cheering]
623
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:02,560
[siren blares]
624
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:10,600
[car horns honk]
625
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:14,440
[Zarifa] What's going on?
626
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,160
[Massoum] It's a car accident.
627
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:18,720
[Zarifa] Is it a car accident
or are they fighting?
628
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:21,280
No, move forward.
629
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,600
I'll park there. I'll see what's going on.
630
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:27,000
[in Pashto] It's a protest.
631
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:32,120
[Zarifa in Dari] I'm fine. Thanks,
Commander. How are you? Thank you.
632
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,920
[army commander] There's a protest
happening on the Kabul-Maidan road.
633
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:39,240
Last night, three civilians were killed
in a military operation by the 001 unit.
634
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:40,400
Okay.
635
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,480
[shouting]
636
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:05,000
[man in Pashto] He was just a labourer,
nothing more than that.
637
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:09,000
He was a tractor driver.
638
00:54:09,720 --> 00:54:11,720
Why did they kill him?
639
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:18,320
They shot him dead last night.
It's not fair!
640
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:20,360
Clear the way!
641
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:24,080
This innocent person has been killed.
642
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,920
We don't want the puppets of America!
That pimp!
643
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:31,400
Long live the mujahideen (Taliban).
644
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:40,000
[Zarifa] The route is shut
because of a mission.
645
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:43,080
There is fighting going on in Kunj.
646
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:45,280
[Bashir] Stay in the car.
647
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:49,120
Let's see what happens. Trust in God.
648
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,160
[car horns honking in distance]
649
00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:12,000
[in Dari] The rice is yours.
650
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:12,960
[laughs]
651
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:14,800
-Is it rice?
-No, beans.
652
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:16,840
[laughing]
653
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:21,760
[Zarifa] Are there Taliban inside Mazar?
654
00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:26,120
[Zarifa's sister] In one or two provinces,
where the Taliban are in control,
655
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:30,480
I heard that they are forcing
the young girls and women
656
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:34,720
to get married to them.
657
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:39,600
Worst-case scenario,
if I have to, I will marry a Talib,
658
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:44,880
and then I'll become a Talib and kill him.
659
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:47,320
I know what I am going to do.
660
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:50,520
-We live on the 6th floor right?
-Yes.
661
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:53,440
One of the lifts has a net,
but the other one doesn't.
662
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:54,880
We'll open it.
663
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,360
I'll jump first, then her,
664
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,200
and then she can jump on me
665
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:04,600
because she doesn't want to die,
but we would.
666
00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:07,160
She'll fall on top of us
so she doesn't feel any pain.
667
00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:10,240
I'll die first and then others.
668
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:14,040
Otherwise, we'll have to hide our phones,
669
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:18,080
wear burkas and sit in our houses.
670
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:21,960
Isn't it better to marry a Talib
than throw yourself from the building?
671
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:24,760
No, the lift shaft is better.
672
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:26,800
[laughs]
673
00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:33,240
[ominous music playing]
674
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,880
[Zarifa] The Taliban were lashing a woman
675
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:49,160
just because she had
no male companion outside.
676
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:56,800
I don't know where humanity,
logic, or Islam instructs it.
677
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,800
What's going to happen
after the withdrawal?
678
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,480
[sirens blare]
679
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:13,040
[journalist in English] An explosion
rocked a school in Kabul today.
680
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:18,480
That's the price girls pay
just for going to school in Afghanistan.
681
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:23,120
Islamic extremists
are against education for girls.
682
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,560
As international forces pull out,
683
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:29,120
the extremists are killing
those who want to learn.
684
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:36,680
[Zarifa in Dari] Hello, good morning.
685
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:40,120
Excuse me, Doctor.
686
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:44,080
Look who came.
687
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:48,720
The mayor of Maidan Wardak
came a long way to meet you.
688
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:52,000
She wants to see how you feel.
689
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:55,240
Be strong.
690
00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:58,440
Dear, my dear.
691
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,600
Alaikum-Salaam, my dearest sister.
692
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:06,280
-Are you okay?
-[student] Yes, thanks.
693
00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:07,920
Where were you when the attack happened?
694
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:09,800
[student] We'd just
been let out of school.
695
00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,320
We took two steps forward,
then it exploded.
696
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,160
I was horrified and scared.
697
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:17,520
I didn't know if I was dead or alive.
698
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:21,240
I was just hoping my mother
wouldn't be terrified and I could go home.
699
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,200
-What year are you in?
-Upper sixth.
700
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:25,440
Upper sixth?
701
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:29,760
So when you've finished school,
I'll see you in university, okay?
702
00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:43,640
We Afghans don't stop
at one or two people.
703
00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:48,000
They killed dozens of kids.
704
00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:53,520
If a lion hunts,
it kills and eats just one.
705
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:59,920
It does not hunt the whole family.
706
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:07,040
I don't want my family
to pay for my choices anymore.
707
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:13,880
These books are mine.
708
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:16,520
[in Pashto] Saliheen,
I will tell you. Put it there.
709
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:34,400
Hello, brothers, how are you?
710
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:37,880
I am being transferred to Kabul
for a new job.
711
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,280
I wanted to say goodbye to you all
before I left.
712
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:43,720
If I ever offended anyone,
please forgive me.
713
00:59:45,240 --> 00:59:48,320
I wish you all the very best of luck.
714
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:50,400
[calm music playing]
715
00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,760
Thank you very much.
716
00:59:56,840 --> 00:59:58,080
[popper pops]
717
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:02,680
Thank you very much. Keep well!
718
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:13,360
Thank you very much, dear Haji Saib.
719
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:18,960
You can go. I will follow.
720
01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:42,760
[phone rings]
721
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,600
[Massoum] She got a new job
at the Ministry of Defence,
722
01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:53,360
but she won't take me with her.
723
01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:58,160
[in Dari] Why did I lose my job?
724
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:00,920
Did I have any flaws?
725
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:09,720
Didn't I help her in her hour of need?
726
01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:16,440
Wasn't I ready to devote myself for her?
727
01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:18,720
On the contrary…
728
01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:26,400
I shielded her from bullets
when we were ambushed.
729
01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:30,360
[in Pashto] But now
I have been left behind.
730
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:35,920
[in Dari] I sacrificed myself for her
731
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:41,000
and made myself an enemy
of the whole Islamic Emirate (Taliban).
732
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,120
That was my biggest sacrifice for her.
733
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:48,200
[sombre music playing]
734
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:54,600
[sighs]
735
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:12,680
[Zarifa] I got a new job
at the Ministry of Defence.
736
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:18,000
Go downstairs. I will come.
737
01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:25,920
I tried to keep Massoum as my driver,
738
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:31,560
but the ministry had strict rules
739
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:39,040
and it did not allow me to have
a driver who wasn't in the military.
740
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:41,920
[traffic sounds]
741
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:50,880
Unfortunately, Massoum thinks
that I betrayed him.
742
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:02,240
When you see that the world betrays you,
743
01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:08,800
you see everyone as a traitor,
and you think everyone betrayed you.
744
01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:18,040
I'm head of the department
for the martyred and disabled.
745
01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:20,240
That's my car and I hold an ID card.
746
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:23,680
I'm looking for the families of soldiers.
747
01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:27,360
I'm listing their names.
The Ministry of Defence will help them.
748
01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:32,120
-Father's name?
-[woman] Mohammadullah.
749
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:33,800
-[in Pashto] What?
-[woman] Mohammadullah.
750
01:03:33,880 --> 01:03:35,240
-Mohammad…
-[woman] Mohammadullah.
751
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:40,760
Where was your son stationed?
Do you have documents?
752
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:45,400
[in Dari] I'm looking
for the families of soldiers.
753
01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:47,240
We're trying to help you.
754
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:49,760
[woman] All we need is shelter.
755
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:52,440
Were any of your family members
in the national army?
756
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:53,520
[man] No, sister.
757
01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:58,440
Hello, sir. Was your son
in the national army?
758
01:03:58,520 --> 01:03:59,520
No.
759
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,440
[Zarifa] We're searching for the families
of the national army.
760
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,000
Your father's name is Mohammad Noor?
761
01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:07,440
My husband's in the army.
His brothers were martyred.
762
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:11,240
[man] Excuse me, sister,
what list are you writing?
763
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:13,320
[Zarifa in Pashto] Bashir, take this one.
764
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:16,360
[woman in Dari] Two family members
were murdered.
765
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:20,080
[Bashir] The ones responsible for police
will come tomorrow.
766
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:23,760
I can't register families of the police.
767
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:25,600
Can you hear?
768
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:29,120
I cannot do anything!
769
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:31,200
[sombre music playing]
770
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:42,120
What do I do, my dear?
Please, do something.
771
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:44,880
Tell me, what am I meant to do, my dear?
772
01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:46,240
That's up to you.
773
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:47,440
I'm so underprivileged.
774
01:04:47,520 --> 01:04:49,920
My son is mentally ill.
One of my sons went missing.
775
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:51,720
My husband was killed in the fighting.
776
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:55,240
I will leave. God bless you.
777
01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:58,600
God bless your father.
778
01:05:21,480 --> 01:05:24,880
[journalist] The Taliban took control
of many districts today.
779
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:28,160
That means they control
most of the country
780
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:32,800
except the largest cities.
781
01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:39,480
[Massoum in Pashto] I am unemployed now.
782
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:44,160
[sighs]
783
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:46,760
There are thousands
of young people like me,
784
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:48,160
burning in this hell.
785
01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:54,880
[in Dari] The biggest disaster
is disappointment.
786
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,480
[sombre music playing]
787
01:06:19,720 --> 01:06:21,080
[journalist 1 in English] US forces
788
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:23,240
have left their main military base
in Afghanistan,
789
01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:27,200
the hub for a 20-year mission
against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda,
790
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:29,880
as US involvement
fighting terrorists in the country
791
01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:31,520
is coming to an end.
792
01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:34,280
[journalist 2] Most NATO forces
have quietly left
793
01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:38,640
ahead of the American president's promise
they'd be gone by September 11th.
794
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:41,480
[journalist 3] Meanwhile, fighting
continues in the city of Kandahar,
795
01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:43,880
the country's second-largest city.
796
01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:46,680
This has left the Afghan capital of Kabul
797
01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:49,760
increasingly isolated
from the rest of the country.
798
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:51,880
With security rapidly deteriorating,
799
01:06:51,960 --> 01:06:55,040
Washington is urging Americans
to leave immediately.
800
01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:58,720
[journalist 4] The Taliban
are on the brink of capturing
801
01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:00,480
the city of Lashkar Gah.
802
01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:02,800
[journalist 5] The Taliban
are rapidly advancing
803
01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:05,200
towards the Afghan capital, Kabul.
804
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:07,440
Another strategically
important provincial…
805
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:12,000
[journalist 6] The Taliban has just taken
two provincial capitals in just two days.
806
01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:14,920
[journalist 7] The speed of their advance
has surprised almost everyone.
807
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,280
[journalist 8] Now it feels
it is inevitable
808
01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:19,360
that the capital city is going to fall.
809
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:21,240
[Zarifa] Oh my God. Oh my God.
810
01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:23,960
Oh my God. [in Dari] Wait, wait.
811
01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:25,440
[dramatic music playing]
812
01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:26,560
[in English] They are here.
813
01:07:28,520 --> 01:07:31,000
[journalist] Afghanistan's
president, Ashraf Ghani, has gone.
814
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:32,920
He has left the country.
815
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:36,120
He escaped as Taliban leaders
push for what they claim
816
01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:38,960
is a peaceful transfer of power
here in Kabul.
817
01:07:40,720 --> 01:07:43,760
[journalist 2] Twenty years after the West
declared war on the Taliban,
818
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:46,760
they are back in control of Afghanistan.
819
01:07:46,840 --> 01:07:50,080
Taliban fighters entered
the Afghan capital this morning.
820
01:07:51,280 --> 01:07:53,560
[UN official] I'm very worried
about what's happening.
821
01:07:53,640 --> 01:07:56,000
Have you been in touch
with the US embassy?
822
01:07:57,080 --> 01:07:58,920
[Zarifa] If you can please recommend
823
01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:02,200
me and my family and my husband
824
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:05,800
to anywhere, especially to the US Embassy,
825
01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:09,160
I'll be happy.
826
01:08:09,240 --> 01:08:10,520
Thank you.
827
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:11,440
[phone beeps]
828
01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:13,520
[dramatic music intensifies]
829
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:16,440
[car horns honking]
830
01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:21,560
[in Dari] I don't know why
we have been sentenced to this.
831
01:08:21,640 --> 01:08:26,000
I know I won't survive if I stay.
832
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:31,720
I don't want to leave.
833
01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:39,280
I don't have an alternative.
834
01:08:41,720 --> 01:08:43,720
-[shouting]
-[helicopters whirring]
835
01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:46,240
[child cries]
836
01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:51,880
[journalist in English] Helicopters
are filling the air over Kabul
837
01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:55,760
as diplomats and foreigners
try to escape Afghanistan.
838
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:58,080
Around the airport, the people wait.
839
01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:00,840
This wasn't how it was supposed to end.
840
01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:04,800
[in Dari] They are leaving.
841
01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:07,960
-[Zarifa] Where are they going?
-[Bashir] Kabul is being evacuated.
842
01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:16,040
-[in English] Big one. The big one.
-[sighs]
843
01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:21,440
[Zarifa in Pashto] We'll only leave
if we can get out together.
844
01:09:21,520 --> 01:09:22,760
Or we don't go.
845
01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:29,120
I built this home with so much hope.
846
01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:31,840
I was so hopeful for life.
847
01:09:34,480 --> 01:09:35,520
[Bashir] It's okay.
848
01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:38,640
God is kind.
849
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:43,520
[sombre music playing]
850
01:09:47,440 --> 01:09:50,120
We can't keep you here.
851
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:56,520
[Zarifa] Bashir,
I will not leave you here.
852
01:09:56,600 --> 01:10:00,360
I won't leave.
I won't go anywhere without you.
853
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:03,520
Either we go together
or we won't go at all.
854
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:19,800
[helicopter whirring]
855
01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:37,320
[in English] Hey, guys. I'm in.
856
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:40,040
I'm in with all of my family members.
857
01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:48,120
[in Dari] I'm leaving everything, Mum.
This is utter cowardice.
858
01:11:54,040 --> 01:11:56,040
[engines sound]
859
01:12:18,840 --> 01:12:19,960
[door opens]
860
01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:22,760
[door shuts]
861
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:50,200
[in English] I have a small amount of sand
of my country.
862
01:12:51,720 --> 01:12:53,600
I have it with me, you know?
863
01:12:58,760 --> 01:13:01,320
It's been a few nights. I'm far away.
864
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:06,360
And I'm not able to sleep
without touching it.
865
01:13:07,360 --> 01:13:09,400
I need to have it at my hand.
866
01:13:10,560 --> 01:13:12,320
It's really hard.
867
01:13:13,160 --> 01:13:16,400
They took everything away, you know?
868
01:13:17,040 --> 01:13:18,320
I had everything.
869
01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:20,800
I had everything and now I have nothing
870
01:13:20,880 --> 01:13:23,600
than a small amount of sand in my hand.
871
01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:33,880
[dog barking]
872
01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:47,160
[whistles]
873
01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:54,120
[in Pashto] Sometimes I celebrate
and laugh, my friend.
874
01:13:54,200 --> 01:13:57,120
Sometimes I am sad and cry, my friend.
875
01:13:57,200 --> 01:13:59,520
Sometimes, I fly like a bird.
876
01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:03,520
Sometimes, I am the salt
rubbed into your wounds.
877
01:14:07,400 --> 01:14:08,600
[car horns honking]
878
01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:14,920
The sudden regime change is strange.
879
01:14:15,720 --> 01:14:18,000
No one could have imagined it.
880
01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:23,680
Will Afghanistan see another invasion?
881
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:26,600
Will we return to war?
882
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,520
Will we be bombed again?
883
01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:33,800
Will they put me in prison
in the name of the Taliban
884
01:14:33,880 --> 01:14:35,200
or as a terrorist?
885
01:14:35,280 --> 01:14:36,240
It is not clear.
886
01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:42,640
The future is now totally uncertain.
887
01:14:43,240 --> 01:14:45,480
-[dogs barking]
-[car horns honking]
888
01:14:50,200 --> 01:14:51,200
[baby cries]
889
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:52,400
[laughs]
890
01:14:58,120 --> 01:14:59,400
[squeaks]
891
01:14:59,480 --> 01:15:04,160
I am happy because I am still
892
01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:08,880
beside my daughter, who is my whole life.
893
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:11,120
I will do anything to protect her.
894
01:15:11,200 --> 01:15:13,200
[sombre music playing]
895
01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:34,800
[chanting on TV]
896
01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:37,480
[protesters in Dari] Freedom, freedom!
Is our basic right!
897
01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:40,840
[journalist] Today women protesters
took to the streets of Kabul,
898
01:15:40,920 --> 01:15:44,280
saying the Taliban
were oppressing women's freedoms.
899
01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:51,640
[protesters] The Taliban government
is not legitimate without women's rights.
900
01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:53,720
[shouting]
901
01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:05,040
Seeing this, I have two feelings.
902
01:16:06,480 --> 01:16:10,960
First, that these women are very strong
903
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:12,800
and I am proud of them.
904
01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:19,200
Second, that I am sad
905
01:16:20,160 --> 01:16:23,560
not to be among them.
906
01:16:37,880 --> 01:16:40,280
[journalist 1 in English] The World
Food Programme warned today
907
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:44,600
Afghanistan is facing
a catastrophe of hunger.
908
01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:47,720
Its economy has collapsed.
909
01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:51,720
International finance organisations
froze Afghan assets
910
01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:54,600
after the Taliban takeover of Kabul.
911
01:16:55,240 --> 01:16:57,080
[journalist 2 in Dari] Sanctions
on the Taliban
912
01:16:57,160 --> 01:16:58,720
have meant food prices have increased
913
01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:01,040
throughout Afghanistan.
914
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:06,280
Many NGOs and businesses left
at the same time as the foreign forces,
915
01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:13,000
so homelessness, poverty, and unemployment
916
01:17:13,080 --> 01:17:15,000
are on the rise.
917
01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:18,800
[chattering]
918
01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:22,360
Listen to what I am saying.
I do not have the resources.
919
01:17:22,440 --> 01:17:25,200
When I find the resources--
You listen to what I say.
920
01:17:25,280 --> 01:17:29,720
Poverty is at its peak.
Please, do not bother me anymore.
921
01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:32,920
I do not have the capability.
I am helpless.
922
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:37,960
[woman] Call Sadia.
923
01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:39,040
I am Sadia.
924
01:17:39,560 --> 01:17:41,720
[car horns honking]
925
01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:44,160
This is Simia.
926
01:17:44,240 --> 01:17:48,480
Look at what these poor and needy people
are going through.
927
01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:52,800
All of them are in need
of a single loaf of bread.
928
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:55,360
Why? What was the reason?
929
01:17:55,440 --> 01:17:57,720
Who committed treason in this country?
930
01:17:57,800 --> 01:17:59,200
[woman] May God damn them!
931
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,280
[sombre music playing
932
01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:13,160
[Massoum in Pashto] Here,
we are living in the dirt.
933
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:21,280
Some of the jobless have become addicts.
934
01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:22,960
[dog barks]
935
01:18:24,160 --> 01:18:28,760
Aren't poor people human beings?
936
01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:32,600
Don't they also have hearts and needs?
937
01:18:50,520 --> 01:18:53,680
Oh! No, no, no, no…
938
01:18:55,520 --> 01:18:57,520
[yells]
939
01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:04,200
♪ Our city is full of the poor ♪
940
01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:09,040
♪ It does not deserve bombing ♪
941
01:19:13,880 --> 01:19:18,920
I worked with someone
who went on the world stage
942
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:23,360
and called the Taliban a dark government.
943
01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:28,160
I don't know what they think of me.
944
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:33,040
I don't know what the future holds.
945
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,000
Life or death, only God knows.
946
01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:53,680
-[music playing]
-How are you? All well?
947
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:56,560
You don't have any guns, right? Move.
948
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:01,640
[Massoum] You know what's good about it?
949
01:20:02,160 --> 01:20:03,000
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD
950
01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:04,240
It's the freedom.
951
01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:07,360
After taking the car from Maidan,
952
01:20:07,440 --> 01:20:09,800
there wasn't a police checkpoint
to stop me.
953
01:20:10,320 --> 01:20:12,200
In the previous regime,
954
01:20:12,280 --> 01:20:16,360
I was a driver for Zarifa.
955
01:20:16,440 --> 01:20:18,520
Zarifa was a mayor here?
956
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:20,440
Yeah, she was a nasty woman!
957
01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:23,720
-He is a mujahid?
-I was a mujahid then as well.
958
01:20:23,800 --> 01:20:27,160
Yeah, right!
Not a mujahid, a woman's driver!
959
01:20:27,240 --> 01:20:29,280
I was a driver for the municipality.
960
01:20:29,360 --> 01:20:33,120
There was a woman in charge here.
She was doing literally everything.
961
01:20:33,200 --> 01:20:35,760
You shouldn't have served her, my friend.
962
01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:37,000
No.
963
01:20:37,080 --> 01:20:41,800
No. The problem is politics is dirty.
964
01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:44,280
We made an ambush on her,
965
01:20:44,360 --> 01:20:46,320
but God saved him.
966
01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:48,560
I was this close to the bullet.
967
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:52,560
[in Dari] Hey, come here!
968
01:20:53,080 --> 01:20:54,720
This is the person who shot me.
969
01:20:55,560 --> 01:20:57,400
[in Pashto] On that day,
970
01:20:59,200 --> 01:21:01,280
I was almost killed.
971
01:21:01,920 --> 01:21:03,480
It's good that I survived!
972
01:21:03,560 --> 01:21:05,560
[laughs]
973
01:21:21,480 --> 01:21:22,640
[Karima in German] "Father."
974
01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:27,920
[in Dari] Uh… V has the sound of F, right?
975
01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:29,760
[in German] "Father."
976
01:21:31,200 --> 01:21:33,840
"Father."
977
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:38,120
[in Dari] Together
we've learned "Guten tag. Guten tag."
978
01:21:45,960 --> 01:21:48,960
[Zarifa in Pashto] It's been four months,
and I'm sick of it.
979
01:21:50,160 --> 01:21:53,840
Even if the world explodes,
980
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:56,280
I must go back once.
981
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:58,840
I will spend one night there.
982
01:21:59,440 --> 01:22:03,400
I must do this
at least to awaken my generation,
983
01:22:03,480 --> 01:22:07,360
and, specifically, to awaken my gender.
984
01:22:07,440 --> 01:22:08,720
I can't not do this.
985
01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:11,320
And if they kill you?
986
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:15,160
[Zarifa] If I die,
987
01:22:15,240 --> 01:22:17,400
I will die for a reason.
988
01:22:22,240 --> 01:22:23,880
[sombre music playing]
989
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:27,640
[Bashir in English] I am with you.
990
01:22:33,080 --> 01:22:35,160
[phone dial tone sounds]
991
01:22:36,480 --> 01:22:38,720
-[Zarifa in Pashto] Hello.
-[Taliban contact] How are you?
992
01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:42,440
[Zarifa] Now about my return,
993
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:47,240
I want to put politics aside.
994
01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:52,040
[Taliban contact] In general,
there are no obstacles.
995
01:23:12,120 --> 01:23:17,320
[Zarifa in Dari] Now that Kabul
is under the control of the Taliban,
996
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:22,080
Afghanistan no longer
makes the news headlines.
997
01:23:25,680 --> 01:23:29,640
People are talking about Ukraine.
998
01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:33,480
And the Taliban are using this opportunity
999
01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:38,560
to become worse again.
1000
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:45,320
They have imprisoned
the protesting girls and women.
1001
01:23:46,160 --> 01:23:51,360
They promised to reopen
the girls' schools, but they haven't.
1002
01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:59,120
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD
1003
01:24:01,240 --> 01:24:02,560
[in English] Oh my God!
1004
01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:11,760
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD
1005
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[knocking on door]
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[in Dari] Hello!
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[in Pashto] Oh God. Come here all of you!
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[kisses]
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[TV presenter in Dari] My guest
is Zarifa Ghafari,
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the former mayor of Maidan Wardak.
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-Ms Ghafari, thank you for joining us.
-[Zarifa] Thank you.
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[TV presenter] You've returned to Kabul.
What's the purpose of your visit?
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The Taliban need to work
to gain the approval
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of more than half the population,
the women.
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I call upon all elders and rulers
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in the current government of Afghanistan,
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if they still have
any women protesters in jail,
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to set them free for their human dignity.
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We, women, are ready for a dialogue.
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Let's have a dialogue
to resolve our issues.
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Here is a question
addressed directly to you personally.
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Have you forgiven your father's murderers?
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If it heals any pain,
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and prevents other Zarifas
from becoming orphans
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or another Abdul Wasi from dying,
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then yes.
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[phone dings]
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"Zarifa Ghafari was a nobody."
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"It is obvious
how she got the position as a mayor."
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"She has no humanity and no morality."
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[breathes deeply]
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[phone dings]
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Some people are saying
that I have made a huge mistake.
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People are saying I have done a deal
with my father's murderers.
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It makes me disappointed.
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[phone dings]
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Anyone who wants to help the people
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is accused of whitewashing the Taliban.
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But I still believe
that I am doing the right thing.
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And I am sure that I am not wrong.
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[chanting Arabic prayer]
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[sombre music playing]
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[Massoum in Pashto] Now I see the people
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who were holding guns against me
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and who wanted to kill me.
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I'm not sure if the way they laugh with me
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is a laugh of love or hate.
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Does life or death
lie behind this laughter?
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My destiny awaits me behind the laughter.
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[Zarifa in Dari] The people of Afghanistan
didn't choose this for themselves.
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This government was imposed on us
by the international community.
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[water running]
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[in Pashto] Bring that over here for me.
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[Zarifa in Dari] The people of Afghanistan
have been condemned
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to live in hell.
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[in Pashto] Ladies,
I am the owner of this school.
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[in Dari] This is not just about learning,
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but also to see how I can help you,
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if you decide to start something
on your own in the future.
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What matters is to use this opportunity
to learn something.
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We will stand strong, work and struggle.
We do it for ourselves.
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ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTION FOR AFGHAN WOMEN
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[hopeful music playing]
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[in Pashto] Here is a little rice,
sugar, and some oil.
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Give it to this woman, please.
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[in Dari] Who's ever seen
a female suicide bomber?
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Who?
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In this country, whenever there was a war,
the men started it.
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-Let's pray for our country's prosperity.
-[man] Amen.
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Pray that a woman becomes president
to rebuild this country.
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Let's lock all men up at home
and tell them not to leave the house,
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otherwise our Islam will be at risk.
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Men, leave now!
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Otherwise, my religion will be endangered
by the sight of you.
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No, I'm joking with you.
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Should I take down
this woman's number?
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Yes!
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Don't make yourself so tired.
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I am from this country.
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This is my place.
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I need to be here to help.
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I am joining this storm.
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Let's see where it will head.
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But I have faith.
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[chattering]