1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,360 Oh my God. Wait, wait. 4 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,760 Dear God! 5 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:22,880 Bashir! I won't leave you here. 6 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:26,720 I won't leave. I won't go anywhere without you. 7 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,640 Either we go together or we won't go at all. 8 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,320 The mayor of Maidan Wardak, Zarifa Ghafari, 9 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,000 is here to speak. 10 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,760 For 50 years, war has been imposed on Afghans. 11 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,280 We don't want any more war. 12 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,320 Stand beside your sisters. 13 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,680 Let them be educated 14 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,320 so that both men and women 15 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,400 can rebuild the country together. 16 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,720 Young people, you must work for it. 17 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,400 Study and work. Compete with your peers. 18 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,280 Drop the weapon and take up a pen. 19 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,160 This country will be built by the pen and by education. 20 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,520 -We want security! -We want it! 21 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,520 -We want education! -We want it! 22 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,600 - We want peace! -We want peace! 23 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,600 -We want peace! -We want peace! 24 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,480 -We want security! -We want security! 25 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,360 -We want security! -We want security! 26 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,720 -We want peace! -We want peace! 27 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,240 Let's all work together. 28 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,320 Both men and women, be courageous and stand together. 29 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:13,040 If we work hard and try our best, we can build this country ourselves. 30 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,280 Long live Afghanistan! 31 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,920 Long live Afghanistan! 32 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,960 I applied to be the mayor of Maidan Wardak. 33 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,400 And from the first day I applied for the position, 34 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,200 I encountered problems. 35 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:22,720 For nine months, people tried to prevent my appointment. 36 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,760 But I did not give up. 37 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:32,960 Men have had their chance here for the last 40 or 50 years. 38 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,440 What have they achieved? Nothing. 39 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,600 There are no female mayors in other provinces. Why in Maidan? 40 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,920 A woman! Aren't there enough men? 41 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,480 Our men are as strong as trees. 42 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,360 She should stay at home, cook and do housework. 43 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:53,920 Look after the kids. 44 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Not boss us around like this. 45 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,360 Please sign it, so I can take it to the governor's office. 46 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,680 Put the chair there. Welcome. How are you? 47 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,520 Good morning, everyone. 48 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,560 I hope you are all okay. 49 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,080 I'm glad to see so many of you present. 50 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,400 This is the only office working like this out of all the others in the province. 51 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,200 I want to fight 52 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:33,800 for women's education rights here. 53 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,080 And I will work for this. 54 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:44,360 And I won't be leaving here until you are all totally sick of me. 55 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Signed. 56 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,600 The US and Taliban have recently completed 57 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,720 their latest round of peace negotiations 58 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:13,000 with the aim of ending the war in Afghanistan 59 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,080 and signing an agreement for permanent peace. 60 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,480 God damn this situation. Damn it! 61 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,560 In the name of Allah. May God protect us. 62 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,560 I am Mayor Zarifa Ghafari's driver, 63 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,640 and I guard her 24/7. 64 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,280 And I'm very happy 65 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,480 to be serving a woman 66 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,400 who so completely serves her country 67 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:08,880 and her people. 68 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:23,320 After we pass these deserts, we'll feel safer. 69 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,040 Slow down. Drive slowly. 70 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,360 Cars are heading towards us. 71 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,240 I drive above the speed limit, 72 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,720 one hand on the steering wheel, one on my pistol, 73 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,480 because the road I drive Zarifa on every day 74 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,240 between Kabul and Maidan Shar is controlled by the Taliban. 75 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:07,400 She is a champion for me and our people. 76 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,320 I live every second of my life with the memory of her. 77 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,800 This is a letter I received from the Taliban that says, 78 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,680 "Miss Zarifa Ghafari, As-Salaam-Alaikum." 79 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:45,320 "You're continuing to do pagan works in spite of our warnings, 80 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,000 and in the name of democracy you are spreading vice in our society." 81 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,320 "For the last time, 82 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:56,720 we order you to leave Maidan Wardak in a week." 83 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,440 "Refusing to do so will result in your assassination." 84 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,040 But I haven't left Maidan Wardak yet. 85 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,760 This was sent in November 2017. 86 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,120 Now it's 2020 and I'm still working. 87 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,120 I'm still alive, and, God willing, it will stay that way. 88 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,000 Walk around, my little baby. 89 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,840 Go on. Hurry up! 90 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,200 Hurry up! You can do it. 91 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,640 When I first met Zarifa, I really wanted to help her. 92 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,280 I considered her my sister, from the bottom of my heart. 93 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:03,480 Zarifa is fighting for freedom of speech in her country. 94 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,360 For women's rights, for human rights. 95 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,640 But within the Islamic framework. 96 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,440 - How long have you been here? - Since last night. 97 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,360 What should I do, my dear? 98 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,880 Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry. 99 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,920 Take this, please. 100 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Bless you! 101 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,040 Her enemies say 102 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:42,760 that what she is doing is blasphemous. 103 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,800 We have been living here for five years. 104 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,440 In five years, not a single government vehicle has come into this area. 105 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,640 They haven't crossed the main road to get here. 106 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,360 We decide everything here. 107 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:54,880 Any fighting or killing is punished by us. 108 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,280 The government doesn't exist here. 109 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,360 All good? 110 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:25,080 The government has failed the people of Afghanistan. 111 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:30,400 Ask the people here whether the government has done anything for them. 112 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,800 We are from this country and we will serve it. 113 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,080 Brave mujahideen! 114 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:55,320 Until we establish Islamic rule across the whole planet, 115 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,080 we will not surrender to anyone. 116 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,880 I have been put here to fight people. 117 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,880 I have been instructed to kill people. 118 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,120 To destroy people, behead people. 119 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,480 Until they believe there is no god but Allah. 120 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,640 I have been fighting in these mountains 121 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,520 since the US invasion in 2001. 122 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:31,600 Look at me, I am 36 years old, 123 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:37,000 but everyone thinks I am 40 or 50 years old. 124 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:48,360 We are fighting for pure Sharia law in this country. 125 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,440 If you cut off one hand, others will refrain from stealing. 126 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,520 If you crush one person under a wall, no one will commit homosexuality. 127 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,440 If one person is stoned, no one will commit fornication. 128 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,000 This is the righteous way, which will lead us forward. 129 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,440 I remember, when I was a child during the Taliban rule, 130 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:32,160 one day the Taliban took a woman to Chaman Hozori stadium. 131 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:40,840 They made her wear a blue burka. 132 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,480 A man stood next to her 133 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:49,440 and shot her in the head with a Kalashnikov. 134 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,440 I witnessed this when I was just a kid. 135 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,840 We will witness these horrors again. 136 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,080 The horror of the Taliban. 137 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,440 The fear of the Taliban. 138 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:32,200 See how we stop our enemies in Afghanistan. 139 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:38,560 We pack the car with explosives and park it in the desert. 140 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,920 Then they come to see whose car it is. 141 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,720 Then the car explodes. 142 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,160 Did it become unsafe like it has been in the last 40 years 143 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:53,840 because a woman like Zarifa Ghafari walks freely around the province? 144 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,040 Her husband should accompany her. 145 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,880 There should not be vice in this country. 146 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,560 God tells us to kill them without hesitation. 147 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,520 We're getting closer to the checkpoint. 148 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,080 That side is the government. 149 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,280 That's the city. This doesn't work there. 150 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:25,800 If we have this, they will arrest us. 151 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,920 They will say the Taliban have entered the city. 152 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,880 And now they will say, "No Taliban." 153 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,160 Hello. How are you? 154 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,720 Where are you coming from? 155 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,280 We have to move from this flat as soon as possible. 156 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:05,920 -It's an emergency. It's out of control. -What do you mean? 157 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,400 We're being followed. 158 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,760 I'm being followed because of you. 159 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,560 We are all being followed. 160 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,840 - Hm. - I have to be extra careful. 161 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,360 Why didn't you inform me earlier? 162 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,320 Because I didn't want you to be afraid. 163 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:32,080 It's bad. We have to move before they kill us. 164 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,560 Pick it up from the bottom, Bashir. 165 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,360 One of you hold it from the top. 166 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:47,840 -Should we do it now or later? -No. No. 167 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,040 Let's put it on top. 168 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:53,000 Look at what she has! 169 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:00,920 Mister, take this and put it over there. 170 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,600 Don't ruin it. One minute! 171 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,040 The carpets are washed, be careful. Hurry up. 172 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,840 Sometimes it is difficult. 173 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,080 When you realise someone is going to hurt you, 174 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,400 someone is following you or trying to make trouble for you. 175 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:25,960 It is very tough. 176 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,680 But this is life in Afghanistan. 177 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:35,240 You just have to accept it. 178 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,880 Women like me, 179 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,760 we like to have self-confidence. 180 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,320 In Afghanistan, if a woman doesn't know how to drive, 181 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:48,880 especially now, 182 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,960 it must mean her hands and legs are broken! 183 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,560 Don't put more weight. 184 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,280 Did you carry all of that upstairs? No, don't do that. 185 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:06,440 No, come on. 186 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,840 Okay, give it to me. Bring it here. 187 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,520 -Give it to me. -No, it's very heavy. 188 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,080 Kabul has been rebuilt so beautifully. It looks awesome. 189 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,640 Show it to him. 190 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,560 Let him also see Kabul. Look! 191 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,040 Look at how beautiful Kabul is. 192 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:49,000 ♪ My homeland My pride is my love for you ♪ 193 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:54,960 ♪ My homeland I will sacrifice myself for you ♪ 194 00:20:55,040 --> 00:21:00,680 ♪ Homeland, wherever I will be ♪ 195 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,800 ♪ You will give me soul and spirit ♪ 196 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,880 -We came from this way, right? -Yes, we did. 197 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,520 Wow, what a car you have! 198 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,720 Nice to meet you. 199 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,080 Oh, yes… What is your name? Mohammad? 200 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,720 -Is your name Mohammad? - Yes. 201 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:38,560 -Is she his sister? -Yes. 202 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,320 They also have a younger brother, 203 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,840 younger than them. 204 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,240 -She can't see anything? -No, nothing at all. 205 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,920 God bless you, sir, for your hard work. 206 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,240 Please recite a verse by heart. 207 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:58,880 I seek refuge in Allah from the outcast Shaitan 208 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:03,120 in the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful… 209 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,680 The Taliban doesn't want the people of Afghanistan, 210 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,800 and particularly Afghan women, to become educated. 211 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,520 Because education is against all those things they believe. 212 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:27,480 Because educated people ask questions, 213 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,880 and they are afraid of questions. 214 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,800 Whenever I meet people from different communities, 215 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:44,040 I ask them to educate their children 216 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:49,320 because education is the only way out of this situation in Afghanistan. 217 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,360 Hello, how are you? Are you well? 218 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,800 We thank you for coming here. 219 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,200 Thank you. 220 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,640 Our girls do study. There… 221 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,600 There are some classes. 222 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:24,680 As a girl, I studied. I have a bachelor's and a master's degree. 223 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:31,560 When I was studying, I had to walk an hour each way to my school in Paktika. 224 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,880 There were many suicide attacks and fights. 225 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,840 My father told me not to go anymore. 226 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,360 So I started going to school secretly. 227 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,520 I was going to school in secret after he went to the office. 228 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:49,720 It was my lifetime dream 229 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,120 to see that my parents are proud 230 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,920 of my reputation and my achievements. 231 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,280 So please educate your daughters and send them to school. 232 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:08,240 If you educate one girl or woman, you save ten generations. 233 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,880 Education is the key to a country's development. 234 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,240 This is the battle between ignorance and knowledge. 235 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,160 The battle between light and dark. 236 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,400 You know, Mum, 237 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:18,280 I swear, sometimes I don't want to get out of bed, 238 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:23,720 but I get up and get on with it because I have to. 239 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,440 Oh, yes. 240 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:30,920 In this country, anyone who works with honesty is soon murdered. 241 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,760 Unfortunately, that's how it is. 242 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,960 May God protect you. You must take care of yourself. 243 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:05,720 My dad is a military officer who thinks the home is a military base. 244 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:13,200 He gives the orders, and we're part of his battalion. 245 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,960 I had to make my father believe 246 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,480 that I was capable. 247 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,320 I always had to fight against my dad's behaviour and mindset, 248 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,120 even about me going to university. 249 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:44,320 At least I changed my father's mindset. 250 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,800 I think that is the biggest achievement of my life. 251 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,600 My flight is from here to Dubai, 252 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,760 Dubai to France, 253 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,360 and from France to the US, Washington, DC. 254 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,040 Me and the whole nation are so proud of you. 255 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:33,760 The US has signed a peace deal with the Taliban. 256 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:39,400 President Trump has said that US troops will leave Afghanistan entirely 257 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,240 if the Taliban cease their violence towards US forces. 258 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:49,200 Bashir, the only thing that is a bit positive in this agreement 259 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:55,960 is that if either party violates the agreement, 260 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,280 then it will be terminated. 261 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:03,080 Do a campaign there. Have faith in God. 262 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,000 Your voice is powerful. 263 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,160 Your words and messages must be heard. 264 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,800 You must not cry, or I won't go. 265 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,600 No, no. Go. 266 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,440 Zarifa Ghafari, the first woman mayor, 267 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,520 along with ten other women from different parts of the world, 268 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,560 was selected for the Women of Courage award 269 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,800 by the department of foreign affairs of the United States. 270 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,080 That this bravery award was received, at a global level, 271 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,920 by Zarifa Ghafari, mayor of Maidan Wardak, 272 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,920 represents a fundamental change in our political system. 273 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,160 Hi, dear Bashir. 274 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,000 The president said my name at the parliament inauguration ceremony! 275 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,480 He said that I was a brave woman! 276 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:09,040 And that I have made the whole nation proud! 277 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:17,080 Wow! Wow! Wow! I am so, so, so proud. 278 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,360 You're the pride of the nation and that's enough. 279 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:24,200 You won't die unless we are dead. 280 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,000 First, I will die and then you. 281 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:30,400 Then, we both will enter paradise and live there forever, okay? 282 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,480 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 283 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,400 My fiancé Bashir… 284 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:38,800 My dear Bashir… 285 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,760 Bashir is why I smile. 286 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,640 When he realised that I had found my mission in life, 287 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,760 he stood beside me, 288 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,840 and he has encouraged me in all my work. 289 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:18,240 He has applauded, enjoyed, and celebrated. 290 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,640 -This one is beautiful. -Mm. 291 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:32,320 These are childish. I don't like them at all, none of them. 292 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,840 This is all of them. This one. 293 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,640 Who expected this would happen so soon? 294 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,320 Please get closer. 295 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,040 I am perhaps the luckiest Afghan woman 296 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,840 to have a partner like him. 297 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,720 Look at my little baby. 298 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:31,640 Why? 299 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:34,920 What do you mean, Dad? 300 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,680 What do you mean? 301 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:42,280 So I will just get a house for myself, Dad. 302 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,600 Okay. Thank you. 303 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:55,880 I'm not a kid. 304 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:01,880 He's of that old mindset that the groom shouldn't come to my house 305 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:07,120 until we are married. 306 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,520 The tradition is to accompany the bride to her house, 307 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,600 party there for a bit and then leave. 308 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:15,520 Isn't it? 309 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,160 Now my dad is saying that he doesn't want this. 310 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,080 What do you really want, Dad? Just tell me. 311 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,160 There's no reason. Just do what I told you to. 312 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,120 No, Dad. This is my life, for God's sake. 313 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,440 What's the reason? What do you want? 314 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:38,200 Unless you are married, he shouldn't come to my house. That's all! 315 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,160 What do you mean? Are you kicking me out of the house? 316 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,840 Are you kicking me out of the house? 317 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,560 Is it your house? 318 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:05,400 You know, life is much harder than anyone can imagine. 319 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:13,400 Especially the life of a girl who wants to have everything. 320 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,720 Who wants to do everything by herself. 321 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:22,080 She is stopped from the moment she leaves home 322 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:27,720 until she gets to a position of power. 323 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,120 It's difficult. 324 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:38,320 I live in a society where I even have to fight against my dad's thoughts. 325 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:43,640 I even have to make my dad understand 326 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,200 that I am a human. 327 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,760 Today, Zarifa Ghafari, the mayor of Maidan Wardak, 328 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,960 survived an attack. 329 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,600 She said that on her way home from Maidan Wardak, 330 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:04,600 a car opened fire at her in the Khushal Khan area of Kabul. 331 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:10,800 My fiancé was with me and was driving. 332 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,800 They opened fire on us 333 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,520 before we were able 334 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:23,400 to fire our gun back. 335 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:29,000 This is just one of many attacks in recent weeks. 336 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:33,440 The Taliban have been targeting government officials in the capital 337 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:39,840 in an effort to show the people that the government has lost control. 338 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:53,640 Who's that? 339 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:06,520 -Come on in. How are you? -Greetings. How are you? 340 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,320 I have to tell you something important. 341 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,720 The Haqqani network wants to harm us. 342 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,520 Initially, I didn't take it seriously, 343 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,320 but since receiving this call, I know it's serious. 344 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:27,960 They said they would share it with other departments too. 345 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,200 But it's important that you take some measures yourself. 346 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:38,040 May God protect us. We should be extra careful. 347 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,840 Abdul Wasi Ghafari, the father of Zarifa Ghafari, 348 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,320 the mayor of Maidan Wardak province, 349 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:31,360 and a strike force commander at the Ministry of Defence, 350 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:36,720 was assassinated yesterday by gunmen outside his house in Kabul. 351 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,640 Let the funeral car pass. 352 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,720 Uncle! Can I see him once more, please? 353 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,080 - She's already seen him. -I want to see him one last time. 354 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,240 Okay, go in from that side. 355 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,280 Wait. From this side. 356 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:12,160 Rest in peace. We are here. 357 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,360 We'll take care of everything. 358 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,680 You're a martyr, a hero! 359 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,080 We'll take care of it, Dad! 360 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,760 Come on, hop off. 361 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,680 Come on, my dear! People are waiting. 362 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,680 Come on, dear, everything is waiting out there 363 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,240 and you know it, my dear. 364 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,560 The Taliban claimed responsibility for it. 365 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:12,920 I feel guilty about what happened to my father and family. 366 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,480 If it wasn't for me, 367 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,480 my father would be alive now. 368 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:31,600 Sometimes I regret having had bad thoughts about him. 369 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,120 I miss him so much. 370 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,480 Last night, while laying down… 371 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,520 I was thinking, 372 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,320 it's hard to believe 373 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:28,760 my husband has died. 374 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,120 And about how easily he left us. 375 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:37,520 He was a healthy person, 376 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,360 who left home full of hope. 377 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,240 And they brutally killed him. 378 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:49,600 You lose him so easily that you ask yourself, "Where did he go?" 379 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,160 As if it was a nightmare. 380 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,040 Noman wrote something. 381 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,520 Should they go another round? 382 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:25,000 He wrote two letters at school, one for me and one for his dad. 383 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,320 He wrote, "Dear Dad, 384 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:33,840 thank you for being with me until I was nine years old." 385 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,960 "But you left us so soon." 386 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,240 He wrote one to me. 387 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,440 "I'm grateful that you're still alive." 388 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:57,480 While reading it, I thought… 389 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:02,840 that a kid at his age 390 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:09,360 should be playing in a playground. 391 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:19,240 But all he wanted was for his mum to be alive. 392 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:30,840 Jump! 393 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,800 Come, go on. 394 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,280 Hey, Mum, do this, without thinking or crying. 395 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,240 It's this pain 396 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:04,640 that we Afghan women have been enduring. 397 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:11,040 And every second, we're just waiting for what's next. 398 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,120 War, war, war until now. 399 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:29,280 Many countries came here saying they would help us. 400 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,040 Where's your help? 401 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:34,320 We're still grieving. 402 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,840 We're still suffering. 403 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,360 So why did you come in the first place? 404 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:44,400 And now that you're leaving, what did you achieve? 405 00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:16,360 Please cheer for the champions of this nation! 406 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,440 I am proud to be the daughter of a military officer 407 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,240 who served for 37 years. 408 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:30,960 I'm the daughter of someone who was one of you. 409 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:38,040 Cowardly, despicable, and shameless enemies 410 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,440 martyred my father. 411 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,160 They are brutal cowards. 412 00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:47,800 If he had died fighting, I wouldn't be sad. 413 00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:55,280 But they killed my father right in front my little brother. 414 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,880 It was cowardly. 415 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:02,680 They killed him in front of our house. 416 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,520 They shot him in the back of the head. 417 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:07,840 When my father was martyred, 418 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:12,080 everyone said, "Zarifa will leave her job in Maidan Wardak and escape." 419 00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,000 But my mother told me 420 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:16,760 to keep up my struggle 421 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:21,520 and to continue as long as I can speak. 422 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:43,920 Take a deep breath, focus… 423 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,960 …and pull the trigger. 424 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,240 Here we go. 425 00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:53,800 Both sides are exchanging "gifts." 426 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,680 Since morning. It's been like this for a week now. 427 00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,160 The situation is bad. 428 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:03,280 The army went to retake the other district. 429 00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:04,920 -Jaghato? -It's recaptured. 430 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,800 As the Taliban react 431 00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,120 to the news of imminent US troop withdrawal, 432 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,520 violence is continuing across the country. 433 00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:32,400 A lot has changed in the last year. 434 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:38,400 There's more insecurity, mafia, theft. 435 00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:40,360 So a lot has changed. 436 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,640 War swallows the helpless and poor. 437 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,360 If you join the government, the Taliban kills you. 438 00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,840 If you join the Taliban, the government kills you. 439 00:48:55,920 --> 00:49:01,960 Whatever your circumstances, life here is very difficult. 440 00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:08,080 Some of the Afghan forces were surrounded in Raghistan district. 441 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,120 These soldiers have told the media 442 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,560 that they lack food and equipment. 443 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:20,240 The Taliban are trying to cut off connections with the big cities. 444 00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,160 The provinces are falling one by one. 445 00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:40,800 The Taliban claim that 80% of the country is under their control. 446 00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:52,720 Politicians begged for money from the world, 447 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,800 and put it in their own pockets. 448 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,880 And people are upset with the government because of this, 449 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,960 and so they are supporting the Taliban. 450 00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:19,360 The international community says 451 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,880 they brought money to help Afghanistan. 452 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,720 Where in Afghanistan did they help? 453 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:29,080 They lied to the people of Afghanistan by saying they'd help us. 454 00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:32,600 We haven't seen any of their support. Look around here. 455 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,120 There are no bridges, no road, no clinic, no doctor, and no school. 456 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,200 We will build this country ourselves. 457 00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:49,000 Get those 20 people ready over here. 458 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:54,600 You are the new recruits for this new unit. 459 00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:56,080 Where is his coat? 460 00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:57,960 Give him his coat. 461 00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,080 Give him his coat. 462 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,800 -Have they brought towels? -No, they haven't. 463 00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,680 All right, just put on your headscarf. 464 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,280 You've got a big head. It doesn't fit. 465 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:11,800 You tied it upside down. 466 00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,600 They sewed it wrong. 467 00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:16,920 They made it like this. 468 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:26,560 You have all witnessed the occupiers come to Afghanistan. 469 00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:32,400 The occupiers have looted Afghanistan. 470 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,600 They looted the whole of Afghanistan. 471 00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:38,400 They destroyed people's houses. 472 00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,280 I am from a small village in the countryside, 473 00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,320 just like most of the Taliban. 474 00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:53,000 Talib is my brother, Talib is my cousin. 475 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:56,560 The Taliban are from the same blood as me. 476 00:51:58,480 --> 00:51:59,960 The way they have chosen, 477 00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:02,480 I don't agree with it. 478 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,120 Taliban are Afghans, 479 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,280 just misled Afghans. 480 00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:13,560 Hey, let's play football. 481 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:16,600 Come here, boys! 482 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:19,000 Come on. 483 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:23,640 Come on, come on. 484 00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:30,760 The government area has kidnappings and robberies. 485 00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:32,680 Come on. 486 00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,800 Our territory is 100% safe. 487 00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:39,760 You can travel anywhere, day and night. 488 00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:42,680 You deserve a yellow card! 489 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,080 In Afghanistan, you have to pick up the gun. 490 00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:53,640 A voice alone does nothing. 491 00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:14,440 What's going on? 492 00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,160 It's a car accident. 493 00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:18,720 Is it a car accident or are they fighting? 494 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:21,280 No, move forward. 495 00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,600 I'll park there. I'll see what's going on. 496 00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:27,000 It's a protest. 497 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:32,120 I'm fine. Thanks, Commander. How are you? Thank you. 498 00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,920 There's a protest happening on the Kabul-Maidan road. 499 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:39,240 Last night, three civilians were killed in a military operation by the 001 unit. 500 00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:40,400 Okay. 501 00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:05,000 He was just a labourer, nothing more than that. 502 00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:09,000 He was a tractor driver. 503 00:54:09,720 --> 00:54:11,720 Why did they kill him? 504 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:18,320 They shot him dead last night. It's not fair! 505 00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:20,360 Clear the way! 506 00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:24,080 This innocent person has been killed. 507 00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,920 We don't want the puppets of America! That pimp! 508 00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:31,400 Long live the mujahideen (Taliban). 509 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:40,000 The route is shut because of a mission. 510 00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:43,080 There is fighting going on in Kunj. 511 00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:45,280 Stay in the car. 512 00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:49,120 Let's see what happens. Trust in God. 513 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:12,000 The rice is yours. 514 00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:14,800 -Is it rice? -No, beans. 515 00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:21,760 Are there Taliban inside Mazar? 516 00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:26,120 In one or two provinces, where the Taliban are in control, 517 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:30,480 I heard that they are forcing the young girls and women 518 00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:34,720 to get married to them. 519 00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:39,600 Worst-case scenario, if I have to, I will marry a Talib, 520 00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:44,880 and then I'll become a Talib and kill him. 521 00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:47,320 I know what I am going to do. 522 00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:50,520 -We live on the 6th floor right? -Yes. 523 00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:53,440 One of the lifts has a net, but the other one doesn't. 524 00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:54,880 We'll open it. 525 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,360 I'll jump first, then her, 526 00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,200 and then she can jump on me 527 00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:04,600 because she doesn't want to die, but we would. 528 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:07,160 She'll fall on top of us so she doesn't feel any pain. 529 00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:10,240 I'll die first and then others. 530 00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:14,040 Otherwise, we'll have to hide our phones, 531 00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:18,080 wear burkas and sit in our houses. 532 00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:21,960 Isn't it better to marry a Talib than throw yourself from the building? 533 00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:24,760 No, the lift shaft is better. 534 00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,880 The Taliban were lashing a woman 535 00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:49,160 just because she had no male companion outside. 536 00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:56,800 I don't know where humanity, logic, or Islam instructs it. 537 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,800 What's going to happen after the withdrawal? 538 00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:36,680 Hello, good morning. 539 00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:40,120 Excuse me, Doctor. 540 00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:44,080 Look who came. 541 00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:48,720 The mayor of Maidan Wardak came a long way to meet you. 542 00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:52,000 She wants to see how you feel. 543 00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:55,240 Be strong. 544 00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:58,440 Dear, my dear. 545 00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,600 Alaikum-Salaam, my dearest sister. 546 00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:06,280 -Are you okay? - Yes, thanks. 547 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:07,920 Where were you when the attack happened? 548 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:09,800 We'd just been let out of school. 549 00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,320 We took two steps forward, then it exploded. 550 00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,160 I was horrified and scared. 551 00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:17,520 I didn't know if I was dead or alive. 552 00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:21,240 I was just hoping my mother wouldn't be terrified and I could go home. 553 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,200 -What year are you in? -Upper sixth. 554 00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:25,440 Upper sixth? 555 00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:29,760 So when you've finished school, I'll see you in university, okay? 556 00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:43,640 We Afghans don't stop at one or two people. 557 00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:48,000 They killed dozens of kids. 558 00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:53,520 If a lion hunts, it kills and eats just one. 559 00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:59,920 It does not hunt the whole family. 560 00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:07,040 I don't want my family to pay for my choices anymore. 561 00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:13,880 These books are mine. 562 00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:16,520 Saliheen, I will tell you. Put it there. 563 00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:34,400 Hello, brothers, how are you? 564 00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:37,880 I am being transferred to Kabul for a new job. 565 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,280 I wanted to say goodbye to you all before I left. 566 00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:43,720 If I ever offended anyone, please forgive me. 567 00:59:45,240 --> 00:59:48,320 I wish you all the very best of luck. 568 00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,760 Thank you very much. 569 00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:02,680 Thank you very much. Keep well! 570 01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:13,360 Thank you very much, dear Haji Saib. 571 01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:18,960 You can go. I will follow. 572 01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,600 She got a new job at the Ministry of Defence, 573 01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:53,360 but she won't take me with her. 574 01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:58,160 Why did I lose my job? 575 01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:00,920 Did I have any flaws? 576 01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:09,720 Didn't I help her in her hour of need? 577 01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:16,440 Wasn't I ready to devote myself for her? 578 01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:18,720 On the contrary… 579 01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:26,400 I shielded her from bullets when we were ambushed. 580 01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:30,360 But now I have been left behind. 581 01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:35,920 I sacrificed myself for her 582 01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:41,000 and made myself an enemy of the whole Islamic Emirate (Taliban). 583 01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,120 That was my biggest sacrifice for her. 584 01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:12,680 I got a new job at the Ministry of Defence. 585 01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:18,000 Go downstairs. I will come. 586 01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:25,920 I tried to keep Massoum as my driver, 587 01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:31,560 but the ministry had strict rules 588 01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:39,040 and it did not allow me to have a driver who wasn't in the military. 589 01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:50,880 Unfortunately, Massoum thinks that I betrayed him. 590 01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:02,240 When you see that the world betrays you, 591 01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:08,800 you see everyone as a traitor, and you think everyone betrayed you. 592 01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:18,040 I'm head of the department for the martyred and disabled. 593 01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:20,240 That's my car and I hold an ID card. 594 01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:23,680 I'm looking for the families of soldiers. 595 01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:27,360 I'm listing their names. The Ministry of Defence will help them. 596 01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:32,120 -Father's name? - Mohammadullah. 597 01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:33,800 - What? - Mohammadullah. 598 01:03:33,880 --> 01:03:35,240 -Mohammad… - Mohammadullah. 599 01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:40,760 Where was your son stationed? Do you have documents? 600 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:45,400 I'm looking for the families of soldiers. 601 01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:47,240 We're trying to help you. 602 01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:49,760 All we need is shelter. 603 01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:52,440 Were any of your family members in the national army? 604 01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:53,520 No, sister. 605 01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:58,440 Hello, sir. Was your son in the national army? 606 01:03:58,520 --> 01:03:59,520 No. 607 01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,440 We're searching for the families of the national army. 608 01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,000 Your father's name is Mohammad Noor? 609 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:07,440 My husband's in the army. His brothers were martyred. 610 01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:11,240 Excuse me, sister, what list are you writing? 611 01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:13,320 Bashir, take this one. 612 01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:16,360 Two family members were murdered. 613 01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:20,080 The ones responsible for police will come tomorrow. 614 01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:23,760 I can't register families of the police. 615 01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:25,600 Can you hear? 616 01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:29,120 I cannot do anything! 617 01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:42,120 What do I do, my dear? Please, do something. 618 01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:44,880 Tell me, what am I meant to do, my dear? 619 01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:46,240 That's up to you. 620 01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:47,440 I'm so underprivileged. 621 01:04:47,520 --> 01:04:49,920 My son is mentally ill. One of my sons went missing. 622 01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:51,720 My husband was killed in the fighting. 623 01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:55,240 I will leave. God bless you. 624 01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:58,600 God bless your father. 625 01:05:21,480 --> 01:05:24,880 The Taliban took control of many districts today. 626 01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:28,160 That means they control most of the country 627 01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:32,800 except the largest cities. 628 01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:39,480 I am unemployed now. 629 01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:46,760 There are thousands of young people like me, 630 01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:48,160 burning in this hell. 631 01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:54,880 The biggest disaster is disappointment. 632 01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:23,960 Oh my God. Wait, wait. 633 01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:21,560 I don't know why we have been sentenced to this. 634 01:08:21,640 --> 01:08:26,000 I know I won't survive if I stay. 635 01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:31,720 I don't want to leave. 636 01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:39,280 I don't have an alternative. 637 01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:04,800 They are leaving. 638 01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:07,960 - Where are they going? - Kabul is being evacuated. 639 01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:21,440 We'll only leave if we can get out together. 640 01:09:21,520 --> 01:09:22,760 Or we don't go. 641 01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:29,120 I built this home with so much hope. 642 01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:31,840 I was so hopeful for life. 643 01:09:34,480 --> 01:09:35,520 It's okay. 644 01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:38,640 God is kind. 645 01:09:47,440 --> 01:09:50,120 We can't keep you here. 646 01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:56,520 Bashir, I will not leave you here. 647 01:09:56,600 --> 01:10:00,360 I won't leave. I won't go anywhere without you. 648 01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:03,520 Either we go together or we won't go at all. 649 01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:48,120 I'm leaving everything, Mum. This is utter cowardice. 650 01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:54,120 Sometimes I celebrate and laugh, my friend. 651 01:13:54,200 --> 01:13:57,120 Sometimes I am sad and cry, my friend. 652 01:13:57,200 --> 01:13:59,520 Sometimes, I fly like a bird. 653 01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:03,520 Sometimes, I am the salt rubbed into your wounds. 654 01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:14,920 The sudden regime change is strange. 655 01:14:15,720 --> 01:14:18,000 No one could have imagined it. 656 01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:23,680 Will Afghanistan see another invasion? 657 01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:26,600 Will we return to war? 658 01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,520 Will we be bombed again? 659 01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:33,800 Will they put me in prison in the name of the Taliban 660 01:14:33,880 --> 01:14:35,200 or as a terrorist? 661 01:14:35,280 --> 01:14:36,240 It is not clear. 662 01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:42,640 The future is now totally uncertain. 663 01:14:59,480 --> 01:15:04,160 I am happy because I am still 664 01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:08,880 beside my daughter, who is my whole life. 665 01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:11,120 I will do anything to protect her. 666 01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:37,480 Freedom, freedom! Is our basic right! 667 01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:40,840 Today women protesters took to the streets of Kabul, 668 01:15:40,920 --> 01:15:44,280 saying the Taliban were oppressing women's freedoms. 669 01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:51,640 The Taliban government is not legitimate without women's rights. 670 01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:05,040 Seeing this, I have two feelings. 671 01:16:06,480 --> 01:16:10,960 First, that these women are very strong 672 01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:12,800 and I am proud of them. 673 01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:19,200 Second, that I am sad 674 01:16:20,160 --> 01:16:23,560 not to be among them. 675 01:16:55,240 --> 01:16:57,080 Sanctions on the Taliban 676 01:16:57,160 --> 01:16:58,720 have meant food prices have increased 677 01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:01,040 throughout Afghanistan. 678 01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:06,280 Many NGOs and businesses left at the same time as the foreign forces, 679 01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:13,000 so homelessness, poverty, and unemployment 680 01:17:13,080 --> 01:17:15,000 are on the rise. 681 01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:22,360 Listen to what I am saying. I do not have the resources. 682 01:17:22,440 --> 01:17:25,200 When I find the resources-- You listen to what I say. 683 01:17:25,280 --> 01:17:29,720 Poverty is at its peak. Please, do not bother me anymore. 684 01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:32,920 I do not have the capability. I am helpless. 685 01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:37,960 Call Sadia. 686 01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:39,040 I am Sadia. 687 01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:44,160 This is Simia. 688 01:17:44,240 --> 01:17:48,480 Look at what these poor and needy people are going through. 689 01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:52,800 All of them are in need of a single loaf of bread. 690 01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:55,360 Why? What was the reason? 691 01:17:55,440 --> 01:17:57,720 Who committed treason in this country? 692 01:17:57,800 --> 01:17:59,200 May God damn them! 693 01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:13,160 Here, we are living in the dirt. 694 01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:21,280 Some of the jobless have become addicts. 695 01:18:24,160 --> 01:18:28,760 Aren't poor people human beings? 696 01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:32,600 Don't they also have hearts and needs? 697 01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:04,200 ♪ Our city is full of the poor ♪ 698 01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:09,040 ♪ It does not deserve bombing ♪ 699 01:19:13,880 --> 01:19:18,920 I worked with someone who went on the world stage 700 01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:23,360 and called the Taliban a dark government. 701 01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:28,160 I don't know what they think of me. 702 01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:33,040 I don't know what the future holds. 703 01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,000 Life or death, only God knows. 704 01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:53,680 How are you? All well? 705 01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:56,560 You don't have any guns, right? Move. 706 01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:01,640 You know what's good about it? 707 01:20:02,160 --> 01:20:03,000 THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD 708 01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:04,240 It's the freedom. 709 01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:07,360 After taking the car from Maidan, 710 01:20:07,440 --> 01:20:09,800 there wasn't a police checkpoint to stop me. 711 01:20:10,320 --> 01:20:12,200 In the previous regime, 712 01:20:12,280 --> 01:20:16,360 I was a driver for Zarifa. 713 01:20:16,440 --> 01:20:18,520 Zarifa was a mayor here? 714 01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:20,440 Yeah, she was a nasty woman! 715 01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:23,720 -He is a mujahid? -I was a mujahid then as well. 716 01:20:23,800 --> 01:20:27,160 Yeah, right! Not a mujahid, a woman's driver! 717 01:20:27,240 --> 01:20:29,280 I was a driver for the municipality. 718 01:20:29,360 --> 01:20:33,120 There was a woman in charge here. She was doing literally everything. 719 01:20:33,200 --> 01:20:35,760 You shouldn't have served her, my friend. 720 01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:37,000 No. 721 01:20:37,080 --> 01:20:41,800 No. The problem is politics is dirty. 722 01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:44,280 We made an ambush on her, 723 01:20:44,360 --> 01:20:46,320 but God saved him. 724 01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:48,560 I was this close to the bullet. 725 01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:52,560 Hey, come here! 726 01:20:53,080 --> 01:20:54,720 This is the person who shot me. 727 01:20:55,560 --> 01:20:57,400 On that day, 728 01:20:59,200 --> 01:21:01,280 I was almost killed. 729 01:21:01,920 --> 01:21:03,480 It's good that I survived! 730 01:21:21,480 --> 01:21:22,640 "Father." 731 01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:27,920 Uh… V has the sound of F, right? 732 01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:29,760 "Father." 733 01:21:31,200 --> 01:21:33,840 "Father." 734 01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:38,120 Together we've learned "Guten tag. Guten tag." 735 01:21:45,960 --> 01:21:48,960 It's been four months, and I'm sick of it. 736 01:21:50,160 --> 01:21:53,840 Even if the world explodes, 737 01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:56,280 I must go back once. 738 01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:58,840 I will spend one night there. 739 01:21:59,440 --> 01:22:03,400 I must do this at least to awaken my generation, 740 01:22:03,480 --> 01:22:07,360 and, specifically, to awaken my gender. 741 01:22:07,440 --> 01:22:08,720 I can't not do this. 742 01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:11,320 And if they kill you? 743 01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:15,160 If I die, 744 01:22:15,240 --> 01:22:17,400 I will die for a reason. 745 01:22:36,480 --> 01:22:38,720 - Hello. - How are you? 746 01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:42,440 Now about my return, 747 01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:47,240 I want to put politics aside. 748 01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:52,040 In general, there are no obstacles. 749 01:23:12,120 --> 01:23:17,320 Now that Kabul is under the control of the Taliban, 750 01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:22,080 Afghanistan no longer makes the news headlines. 751 01:23:25,680 --> 01:23:29,640 People are talking about Ukraine. 752 01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:33,480 And the Taliban are using this opportunity 753 01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:38,560 to become worse again. 754 01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:45,320 They have imprisoned the protesting girls and women. 755 01:23:46,160 --> 01:23:51,360 They promised to reopen the girls' schools, but they haven't. 756 01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:59,120 THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD 757 01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:11,760 THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD 758 01:24:17,160 --> 01:24:20,520 Hello! 759 01:24:20,600 --> 01:24:26,760 Oh God. Come here all of you! 760 01:24:37,320 --> 01:24:39,320 My guest is Zarifa Ghafari, 761 01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:41,320 the former mayor of Maidan Wardak. 762 01:24:41,400 --> 01:24:43,880 -Ms Ghafari, thank you for joining us. - Thank you. 763 01:24:43,960 --> 01:24:46,960 You've returned to Kabul. What's the purpose of your visit? 764 01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:50,600 The Taliban need to work to gain the approval 765 01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:53,200 of more than half the population, the women. 766 01:24:53,280 --> 01:24:57,520 I call upon all elders and rulers 767 01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:02,400 in the current government of Afghanistan, 768 01:25:02,480 --> 01:25:06,360 if they still have any women protesters in jail, 769 01:25:06,440 --> 01:25:10,600 to set them free for their human dignity. 770 01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:13,720 We, women, are ready for a dialogue. 771 01:25:13,800 --> 01:25:17,960 Let's have a dialogue to resolve our issues. 772 01:25:18,040 --> 01:25:21,600 Here is a question addressed directly to you personally. 773 01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:25,000 Have you forgiven your father's murderers? 774 01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:28,680 If it heals any pain, 775 01:25:28,760 --> 01:25:33,040 and prevents other Zarifas from becoming orphans 776 01:25:33,120 --> 01:25:36,440 or another Abdul Wasi from dying, 777 01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:37,520 then yes. 778 01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:50,520 "Zarifa Ghafari was a nobody." 779 01:25:50,600 --> 01:25:55,520 "It is obvious how she got the position as a mayor." 780 01:25:55,600 --> 01:26:00,160 "She has no humanity and no morality." 781 01:26:07,160 --> 01:26:10,360 Some people are saying that I have made a huge mistake. 782 01:26:11,480 --> 01:26:16,280 People are saying I have done a deal with my father's murderers. 783 01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:18,320 It makes me disappointed. 784 01:26:21,520 --> 01:26:26,080 Anyone who wants to help the people 785 01:26:27,160 --> 01:26:31,960 is accused of whitewashing the Taliban. 786 01:26:34,720 --> 01:26:40,560 But I still believe that I am doing the right thing. 787 01:26:41,080 --> 01:26:45,800 And I am sure that I am not wrong. 788 01:27:12,280 --> 01:27:17,600 Now I see the people 789 01:27:18,440 --> 01:27:20,320 who were holding guns against me 790 01:27:21,120 --> 01:27:22,920 and who wanted to kill me. 791 01:27:26,720 --> 01:27:29,920 I'm not sure if the way they laugh with me 792 01:27:30,640 --> 01:27:33,440 is a laugh of love or hate. 793 01:27:34,280 --> 01:27:38,280 Does life or death lie behind this laughter? 794 01:27:42,280 --> 01:27:45,760 My destiny awaits me behind the laughter. 795 01:27:56,120 --> 01:28:01,480 The people of Afghanistan didn't choose this for themselves. 796 01:28:01,560 --> 01:28:07,120 This government was imposed on us by the international community. 797 01:28:10,760 --> 01:28:13,440 Bring that over here for me. 798 01:28:16,040 --> 01:28:20,120 The people of Afghanistan have been condemned 799 01:28:20,200 --> 01:28:23,760 to live in hell. 800 01:28:46,720 --> 01:28:52,200 Ladies, I am the owner of this school. 801 01:28:52,280 --> 01:28:55,120 This is not just about learning, 802 01:28:55,200 --> 01:28:58,200 but also to see how I can help you, 803 01:28:58,720 --> 01:29:03,120 if you decide to start something on your own in the future. 804 01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:09,840 What matters is to use this opportunity to learn something. 805 01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:15,080 We will stand strong, work and struggle. We do it for ourselves. 806 01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:18,120 ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTION FOR AFGHAN WOMEN 807 01:29:21,480 --> 01:29:25,480 Here is a little rice, sugar, and some oil. 808 01:29:26,520 --> 01:29:28,520 Give it to this woman, please. 809 01:29:31,320 --> 01:29:34,000 Who's ever seen a female suicide bomber? 810 01:29:34,600 --> 01:29:35,800 Who? 811 01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:39,720 In this country, whenever there was a war, the men started it. 812 01:29:39,800 --> 01:29:46,320 -Let's pray for our country's prosperity. - Amen. 813 01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:49,360 Pray that a woman becomes president to rebuild this country. 814 01:29:49,440 --> 01:29:54,080 Let's lock all men up at home and tell them not to leave the house, 815 01:29:54,160 --> 01:29:56,040 otherwise our Islam will be at risk. 816 01:29:56,120 --> 01:29:57,560 Men, leave now! 817 01:29:57,640 --> 01:30:00,760 Otherwise, my religion will be endangered by the sight of you. 818 01:30:00,840 --> 01:30:04,440 No, I'm joking with you. 819 01:30:04,520 --> 01:30:06,560 Should I take down this woman's number? 820 01:30:06,640 --> 01:30:07,920 Yes! 821 01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:09,640 Don't make yourself so tired. 822 01:30:14,680 --> 01:30:16,160 I am from this country. 823 01:30:17,480 --> 01:30:19,240 This is my place. 824 01:30:20,080 --> 01:30:24,040 I need to be here to help. 825 01:30:26,360 --> 01:30:27,960 I am joining this storm. 826 01:30:29,080 --> 01:30:31,360 Let's see where it will head. 827 01:30:31,440 --> 01:30:32,960 But I have faith.