Afghanistan, Merchants of the Valley | Deadliest Journeys

Afghanistan is one of the most closed countries on the planet, a secret country with rare images. The “Roads of the Impossible” teams followed Afghan drivers, who are fighting for their survival and that of their families. Indispensable heroes without whom goods and foodstuffs would not circulate. The train is non-existent and air freight is way too expensive.
In this country where everything needs to be rebuilt, drivers face barely maintained roads, some of which rise to more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
Azathoula and his Bedford are not unworthy: the truck may date from 1966, but the driver rushes in with 17 tonnes of bananas.
In the mountains, on the roofs of collective taxis, men, animals and goods swing. Ali Assan is one of the few to dare to ride in the snow on this narrow track.
Director : Paul COMITI

[@voiceofsilence208]

As someone from Afghanistan, I must acknowledge that the remote areas of the country face significant challenges, and these issues have been persistent. However, the documentaries you produce tend to focus exclusively on the negative aspects, emphasizing only the problems and hardships. It is equally important to highlight the beauty, culture, and positive aspects of Afghanistan. By providing a more balanced portrayal, you can help people around the world appreciate Afghanistan not only for its struggles but also for its rich cultural heritage and stunning landscapes.

[@ArthurDavis89]

@@voiceofsilence208 you are expecting the enemies of Afghanistan to say something good about it?

[@user731akdj]

The main thing we need to focus on is the Islamic terrorism coming out of Afghanistan and other Islamic countries.

[@user731akdj]

You would think the taliban would take care of their own people but it’s not the case. The taliban terrorize their own people and make them suffer and disappear if they talk too much. No wonder no crime occurs in 🇦🇫 because if you open your mouth you disappear.

[@voiceofsilence208]

@@user731akdj These Islamic extremists were brought to power by the East and the United States, but it is the people of Afghanistan who suffer the most, not foreign countries.

[@user731akdj]

@@voiceofsilence208 No, you're wrong. the islamic terror organization taliban is following the quran, which teaches to terrorize and subjugate the nonbelievers. islamic terror organizations were aleays there. they just used this opportunity to build their terror organizations. now, isis, taliban, and other Islamic terror organizations are following the quran to the dot.

[@Bulletguy07]

She may live in a cave but Frishta the young lady teacher speaks English with amazing fluency. ❤👍

[@AlanAlan-jc9sf]

Crazy pashton people 😢

[@ali8967]

@@AlanAlan-jc9sf They are Hazara people

[@ArthurDavis89]

@@ali8967 the hazaras are the most hard working and they put a lot emphasis on education. Unfortunately as a minority group they have suffered a lot. The Pashtoons are the majority and they have always had the levers of power one way or another. Pashtoon will give his life to protect you if you ask him for help. He would have no problem killing you if dishonor him, his woman or his country. They are very emotional people.

[@muniurimiru1955]

Wow, this was a country that I wasn't expecting Best Documentaries would feature! I absolutely love you guys and the amazing work you do in documenting all these countries.💯

[@auditheestar1480]

As the name suggests, Always the best documentary...Love from Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪❤️❤️

[@mustafabatoor6304]

This documentary is a powerful testament to the resilience and determination of the human spirit, especially in the face of adversity. Frishta, the young girl who teaches English language to children in Bamiyan while living in a cave herself, embodies true courage and intelligence. Her unwavering dedication to education, despite her own challenging circumstances, is deeply inspiring. She not only offers hope to her students but also shines as a beacon of strength and perseverance. This film beautifully captures the essence of her hard work and the transformative power of education in even the most difficult environments. Mustafa Batoor from Germany

[@thisislilraskal]

Just when i thought i had seen all from this series, they bless us with another episode. This channel really is the _best_ _documentary_ _channel_

[@UsmanAli-xg7ew]

Watching from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Loved everything in this documentary. Afghans are born traders I love this about them. Watching these documentaries gives you a bigger picture on everything that's going on.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

Always loved the NWFP. Greetings from Australia😅.

[@rogfusionkid]

That young woman teaching in the cave school deserves a medal, and all the support she needs.

[@AlanAlan-jc9sf]

Crazy pashton people there 😢

[@randytalley7]

Yes! I agree.

[@thetravelerke]

Best documentaries brings the the best

[@nicholaskiswili]

the best

[@studythepool]

i have always wanted to see Afghan

[@KenyaOnlineMediaa]

the best of the best

[@danielmutiso-xm1vp]

the real deal😆😆😆

[@Danielkiia]

yes

[@chingchork7633]

I am really love afghan people, wish them good luck and continue to live in peace, no more fear..!sending love from Cambodia..!!!

[@sardarpopal5742]

I am from Afghanistan, love your each and every show. Especially this one, made me emotional. One thing though, the Taliban used to disappear during winters, because they couldn’t spend the nights outside due to cold. But they would return as soon as the cold was over. That’s why winters were a lot safer compared to summers.

[@shenpa.8859]

No you are not, and don't pretend to be.

[@MaisonShiraz77]

A lot of respect for Fereshteh ( the teacher ). I wish I could do something like this for the disadvantaged children. Fereshteh means Angel in Persian and she clearly acts like an angel

[@MamboCalvin]

Much luv from Kenya 🇰🇪 best documentaries best narrator of all Simpsons...

[@IN_and_OUT]

Another episode 🥰🥰💕💕much love from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@KingCyrus-iw9yx]

I’ve watched all your documentaries except one , Uganda 🇺🇬. Kindly do one for our brothers, 🇰🇪❤️

[@ankundaruth465]

You donno how i hv waited for my country to be aired😢

[@virsalens]

thanks for this great documentary and rest in peace PAUL COMITI

[@user-df7jc6gp3z]

That statement…after hard work treat yourself to a present. After you receive your payments think of yourself first then think of others because you deserve it most and you know what you go through to earn it and never be shy to cut yourself the biggest piece

[@hekmatullahmuzaffari4625]

Thank u , from Afghanistan!

[@sachinrv1]

So nice to see the young teacher speaking fluent english. This channel has the best docs. Like your content

[@Gregapindi]

I loved the teacher and her hard work despite adversity

[@Yumekui1166]

アフガン、平和であれば行ってみたい国ですが、現在の状態では不可能ですね、素晴らしいドキュメントです。

[@miladwolfster4309]

Afghanistan is as Peaceful as it gets right now

[@himanshusingh5214]

Wait for some years for a clearer picture to emerge from Afghanistan.

[@user-sz8km9dy5v]

I can’t understand Chinese writing 🖋️

[@walizazai5244]

It is very safe to visit now

[@TheSeattleGamer]

@@miladwolfster4309 It definitely isn't. There is an ongoing civil war still with the Northern Alliance and also a power struggle with ISIS-K in the country that the Taliban can't fully snuff out. ISIS-K has been doing suicide attacks and ambushes all over the place. They also have a growing rift with Pakistan over attacks in their provinces. This resulted in missile strikes in areas of Afghanistan by the Pakistanis. Over 40% of the population is currently food insecure since the US pulled out. Most estimates put Afghanistan as going through a severe famine by 2030. For reference, since the US arrived in 2001, the Afghan population doubled from 10 million to 20 million and their life expectancy rose by 16 years. It was the biggest jump in population and life expectancy on the planet during that two decades. This was primarily due to western medicine proliferating the area through the American's and allies there. It was the safest and best two decades in Afghanistan's history that we know of. It says something about a region when a low intensity war and being occupied by a foreign power brings your best two decades ever recorded in damn near every sector from GDP to quality-of-life index.

[@skullcrusher8221]

Thanks for uploading a new episode of deadliest roads keep uploading more new ones 🎉

[@babbarsingh6127]

how beautiful English spoken from rural Afghan people

[@user-wq1cf7ms5r]

Loved this. When i see the children and happy smiling faces it makes me so sad about the death and destruction that goes on over there. I hope they find peace one day. Bless them all

[@rockspeter]

Thank you for yet another interesting documentary

[@RobinJay52]

I love these ones with real culture value and survival

[@maysam_7807]

درود بر شما،تلاش فرشته را دوست داشتم که با از خودگذشتگی سعی داشت در درس دادن به کودکان در آن غار بدون امکانات👍❤️🇦🇫 متاسفانه از وقتی طالبان به حکومت رسیدند دیگر به دختران اجازه درس خواندن و به استادان خانم اجازه تدریس داده نمیشود زیرا از مادر باسواد نمیشود انتظار داشت که فرزندش را برای طالب بودن و حمایت از طالبان تربیت کند.به امید روزهای خوب، زنده باد فارسی زبانان دنیا✌️🇦🇫❤️🇮🇷❤️🇹🇯

[@AlanAlan-jc9sf]

Crazy people of Afghanistan 😅

[@javidniyazi118]

زنده باد افغانستان اباد 🇦🇫

[@shenpa.8859]

Taliban?

[@gawddangthatsmoist2251]

Shithole

[@Two.storke]

🐷

[@user-oj5sg9ot6y]

The best show on KZbin 👍 From Guam, USA 🇺🇸

[@juanalbertofernandez-bj4tx]

Gracias por compartir saludos desde República Dominicana

[@ajdarahmedov4870]

Salam Afqanistan . Bece 20 . 4 . 1985 .Salank Puluxumri , Pandwer , Qulbaxar , qilak Malikar , Cerikar , Baqram , Qarabaxlar... Wuravi . 🙋‍♂🙋‍♂

[@user-wy5fo9mu5t]

thanks for sharing from desert southwest 50 miles from the border with Mexico.peace hope faith and love to everyone.

[@user-cn2ny1zz4h]

Otro gran episodio,desde República Dominicana, felicidades

[@Zack-pb9nk]

Resilient people. Hope god grants them everlasting peace. For the young lady teaching children you are a blessing and good luck in your studies.

[@virsalens]

Afghanistan is full of this roads , i had traveled one time from jaghuri to kabul trough dasht e nahor roads it was so dangerous in that weather snow coverd mountains ....

[@malcolmbrown5261]

Very good documentary

[@mohameddsallah2786]

O Cinegrafista que gravar esses documentários e muito corajoso.

[@frimptop.9813]

Loving from Ghana 🇬🇭 ❤️ ♥️ this is the. Movie l watch 😊l call it real Movie Thank you.

[@Dr.Engr005]

Can you believe that this poor people are bombed by western alliance (USA, nato) for decades. Very sad

[@MatCendana]

This is a very interesting video, with witty narrative. -Selangor, Malaysia

[@abubakaryusuf5211]

The narrator is the best

[@watwomultimedia265]

30:50 this part is so touching 😥😢😞 Happy that those children the are getting educated within the premise through the help of the lady.

[@andieprabowo]

Jadi inget waktu kerja di Afghanistan tahun 2008 - 2009. Orang Afghan ke orang Indonesia itu mereka sangat menghormati dan meanggap orang Inonesia terutama Muslim sebagai sodara(ini pengalaman saya pribadi saat bekerja di Afghan) ikut perusahaan multinasional.

[@kaysgallery2169]

I really love watching these episodes

[@philipbrazill2155]

Beautiful country and mountains. Too bad about isis and taliban and being so poor. Hope the country gets better for its people. Awesome documentary

[@ramongonzalez7458]

Excellent Gracias ♥️

[@BoomBoom-i4b]

อัฟกานิสถานผู้คนเป็นมิตร เป็นประเทศที่น่าท่องเที่ยว

[@interislandtv9721]

Best documentaries very informative.

[@bensononsare5563]

bring another one already exhausted all the episodes

[@Khaled_q94]

The Taliban are dominating Afghanistan now, I'm afraid they will harm this poor.

[@TrendzMax]

Mate they’re rebuilding Afghanistan, they’re doing a way better job then the government did 😂

[@AsifBhai-jt8xx]

Listen again truck driver say Taliban's charge less tax for passing

[@sahumomin3049]

They said because of the fear for thier lives

[@faisalkhan-hx7rw]

Why are you not afraid when American invade Afghanistan shame on you

[@Lee-dc3uu]

@@faisalkhan-hx7rw Shame on you , why Afghanistan supported and help hide taliban who harmed so many innocent USA people on 911, still you think its justice that Afghanistan shall pro evil taliban and not to be "invaded"???????

[@mohamedndaro1431]

for ali's second journey to the village, his eyes tell it all, the fear.

[@interislandtv9721]

Very informative thanks brother

[@saidrokh4224]

Bon visionnage.

[@PaliAha808]

Withdrawing from Afghanistan was the right thing to do. As vice president nominee Tim Walz says, _"Mind your own damn business."_ and that is exactly what we Americans should do.

[@billysunday7507]

I want to live on those mountains and never come down

[@donaldtshetlo3082]

Best documentaries, waiting South Africa edition

[@JimbaDori]

Best Wishes to afgan people

[@faisalkhan-hx7rw]

Afghanistan heaven on earth ❤

[@arash.sr7]

خداجان برای کشوردوست وبرادر افغانستان ابادی سرازیرکن

[@adrian33161]

I know the starting music and voices by head now. I watch so many of these lol.

[@randytalley7]

Seeing that young lady teaching those kids in that cave is inspiring.

[@Николай-ф2ж3д]

Был в Кабуле, талибы навели порядок!

[@SPT90]

Best document I ever watch 🎉🎉

[@rezaasakera1747]

مسل همیشه عالی❤❤❤❤

[@محمدعبدالمغني-و3ر]

أحب متابعة هذه الوثائقيات لكن من فضلكم لو يتم ترجمتها للغه العربيه

[@dipukarki8439]

Really nice place..love from nepal🇳🇵

[@colbystensland2508]

Perfect Thank you God

[@3BK235Y]

0:47- 0:50 Till this very day I didn't know that Paul Comiti had died. He died on January 14, 2022 · Paris, France (heart attack). That's so sad.

[@mo4motto]

Me too..

[@PauloHenrique-vh5nd]

I Love ur documentaries

[@ui9085]

Beautiful truck ❤

[@krj4608]

Great video. Just a bit disappointing that captions are paraphrasing most of what is said in English throughout!

[@peymanatoeghbal4150]

thanks

[@heathermichellealexis4064]

Thank you 😊

[@deepakbhatt340]

Nice Blog with good information

[@AlizeuDev]

The kitsch that this country breath through all aspects of it... is unmemorable.

[@InkiWinki]

the Young Woman in the Bamian Wall Cave Speaks a good English. Wow. Wonderful.

[@waheed502]

My beloved Afghanistan....religion destroyed you but we'll pull thru as we've always done thru history 🇦🇫🤟

[@khizar8286]

She may live in a cave but speaks better English than most of the Europeans

[@faisalmukhter5348]

amazing. ..❤

[@aresaxe5958]

I like it

[@miguelangelnievestimoteo4785]

Creo que tengo mucho que agradecer.

[@yongaschnewitz3883]

Country should spent money to fix the road for people safety 😢❤❤❤

[@nunyabuziness8421]

It's amazing how much abuse those Vehicles can take overloading them

[@exposure6673]

Unfortunately, this video was recorded before the fall of NATO and released it now. Now, the roads are much better than ever before. I visited Afghanistan last November,It's just propaganda of the western.

[@deirdrenugent1887]

The roads might be much better but the woman are not

[@megakiller84]

ประเทศที่สวยงามมาก อัฟกานิสถาน จาก🇹🇭

[@kandakamsing629]

มีแต่หัวรุนแรงแม้แต่รูปป้นมันก็ยังทำลาย😭😤

[@JPB78]

SELALU MENANTUKAN DOKUMENTER INIIIII ❤🎉😂

[@markrich4036]

Excellent,

[@MuhammadJamaluddin-k6n]

Nice

[@dag1489]

The United States has frozen Afghanistan’s central bank reserves, estimated to be around $3.5 billion, as part of its sanctions.

[@EenPkl]

smgga afganistan di rahmati allah❤❤🤲🤲

[@ArthurDavis89]

You can go any where in Afghanistan now without fear. The safest country on earth.

[@progdrum77]

Great to hear

[@ArthurDavis89]

@@progdrum77 I went to Koner last year. If anyone went to Koner from Kabul when this documentary was filmed would not have come out alive. Actually the Koneries were super nice. One gave us his phone number and invited us to his house to spend the night. We bought a small knife the shop keeper didn’t take the money because he said we were guests. I didn’t like the people in Kabul a lot this time but the villagers are beautiful honest and kind. I have no love for Taliban but they are the government now. I want them to succeed for the sake of Afghanistan. The Taliban are a million times stronger than they were in the 90’s. Actually they are 85 billion dollars worth of American Arms strong.

[@progdrum77]

@@ArthurDavis89 did you ever meet descendants from the Greeks of ancient times when you visited the villages?

[@ArthurDavis89]

@@progdrum77 No. Koner was super hot. I spent two hours and came back.

[@progdrum77]

@@ArthurDavis89 congratulations on your experience.

[@makedemocrapsafraidagain4729]

Meanwhile our genz in the west will cry if you get their pronouns wrong 🤣😂

[@claytonsagsakho9434]

Uncle Sam what about helping this country for the sake of your love for people,..

[@ShakeelaBanu-l4s]

When you shoot this video?

[@sicilian13]

The girl teaching English in cave salute to her. Hopefully UN can watch this and do something for the cave people. She spoke perfect English.

[@Shaktiman144]

Look at the Switches in truck they are like home electric light switches It is just like a Mr. beans 🔒lock on the car 😂😂

[@chandra50181]

Ini film dokumenter pembuatan tahun berapa yaa? Mohon kepada produser untuk dokumenter nya yang update dong

[@SHERKHANPATAN-o3z]

dear presenter, the mountain waters of Afghanistan, which are drunk by Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Pakistan, are not transit waters, but native water, our Afghan water from our mountains, snow accumulates in the mountains in winter and melts all summer, so the neighbors drink Afghan water and use it in life, and we were busy that war has been imposed on us, people have nothing to drink, our lands are drying up, there is no harvest, there is no water in Kabul apartments, there is nothing to flush the toilet, there will no longer be a stupid withdrawal of all Afghan water, Afghanistan will no longer use its water from its mountains correctly.

[@jackieconstrictaz628]

someone give this dude 15 snow mobiles

[@GangGangmei-wr1xu]

Anyone watching from India 🇮🇳

[@hafizsharifi974]

چرا نویشتی به زبان پشتو داره به زبان فارسی صحبت میکند صوت مردوم افغانیستان به زبان فار سی است