Afghanistan under the Taliban | DW Documentary

Despite the Taliban’s promises of peace and stability, Afghanistan is on its knees. When the militant Islamists took Kabul a year ago, life changed dramatically, especially for women.
Our reporters travel to Afghanistan to find out what life is like under Taliban rule. In a small village in the rural province of Maidan Wardak, they meet Dr. Roshanak. She used to be a member of parliament and always worked to maintain cordial relations with the Taliban.
In the capital Kabul, our reporters spend time with Aisha, who used to work for a UN project and dreamed of a career in politics. Now she feels “like a prisoner”.
They also meet the desperate potters of Istalif, whose business crumbles under the worsening economic crisis. And they encounter members of the Taliban who blame the West for hunger and poverty.
Their return to power is the result of America’s longest war, which started barely a month after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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[@blacksheepdog6969]

The Afghan Army had 330,000 personnel and billions of dollars in American weapons and equipment, yet in the face of only 80,000 Taliban almost all of them drop their weapons, surrender en masse, or ditch their uniforms and return to civilian life. Truth is, they had everything they needed to defeat the Taliban, they just didn't want to.

[@Islamic_Emerate_of_Afghanistan]

If they can defeat taliban then why they didn't? There were lots of Americans, neto and made in America Afghan troops but they couldn't, Actually no one can defeat taliban, they are born to die, if you think world can defeat taliban then come again to Afghanistan, you will see your failure again

[@drg.naufal]

It was fake army

[@sssl9528]

Are you really that naive to believe as a country as racist and corrupt as U.S genuinely was interested in keeping Afghanistan peaceful and wanted nation building? 😅

[@THESOHAILKHAN1992]

The money was no more there on the table Air support was gone

[@munirehhoseinzadeh5398]

You were not here but I was, and I saw everything by my own eyes. Our people were fighting agaunst Taliban with limmited equipments till we heared no one is in givernmental offices. It was another plan of US. They handed over Afg to Taliban. Taliban didn't fight, it was a drama only.

[@Pomi3001]

Kabul does not equal Afghanistan. It was a bubble of western prosperity while the rest of the population was subject to constant fighting and fear. It is normal they welcomed any sort of order that would end their situation. Safety (as in not getting your family killed) is the most basic human need..

[@myahsoodinim8570]

Well put. First things first for all of the people. Women will win their freedoms in Afghanistan, but the change must come from within Afghanistan, by Afghan lights, and it will take time. But in the meantime, all must eat.

[@AdiGV]

Let's talk about Palestine under Israel, shall we?

[@CM-hl4je]

How would you feel if another man broke into your home, forced your wife and daughters to turn their back on you. Then when you and your son fight back , your son is killed you are chained up in the basement, and when your neighbours ask the new man what happened he tells them you are a te****ist planning to attack them and manipulates your defensive actions into the image of unreasonable violence

[@wa1346]

Taliban never ensured anyones safety, they literally blew themselves up in the middle of a bazaar

[@hoboryan3455]

Two bad things can happen at the same time.

[@andreirusu6998]

Prefect example of the saying "Sell your freedom to get security you get neither"

[@jenniferhampton5171]

True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice. I found this quote by mother of social work profession, Jane Addams.

[@Zergul_Zai]

And?

[@kuromistan645]

​@@Zergul_Zai and what?

[@Zergul_Zai]

@@kuromistan645 they just talk nice..

[@MuhammadAbdullah-vg7hm]

@Kurt M. that's why divine guidance came" in the form of qauran" to show us true justice, even though we are failing to implement it.

[@CrazyLeosTravelLog]

That is true, but we need it step by step. first absence of war than justice and maybe democracy. The most of time people looking to much forward and to greedy. I think with peace and with the pressure from the other contries, The women will get there rights and etc. Even in the western countries the women not always have the same right. All things need time. The problem by people in the developed countries and undeveloped is like US think it right and it is true the way they are thinking, but they never think about how long time it takes from 0 to 1 for themself. Look back in the histories and look how the original people lives now and how many left?

[@behrozzafar8447]

some important fact checks by an afghan: first of all, the first afghan parliament was LITERALLY the most corrupted parliament ever in the short republic period; secondly, Dr roshanak was always notorious for taking money from the govt and the Americans that apparently she hates; besides that, she was a literal warlord, grabbing people's lands in wardak province and things like that

[@peiershen8221]

well i hope you guys enjoy your new government. Congrats you won.

[@behrozzafar8447]

@@peiershen8221 no I’m absolutely not enjoying it lol, I escaped Afghanistan 5 months ago

[@kumarj4693]

Her obvious love for material is apparent in the way she dresses, eats and lives in a grandiose house when compared to the surroundings, where for hundreds of miles, an impoverished people live in a marginalized region.

[@milesinnz]

@@kumarj4693 I still have not seen any photos of starving Taliban.. funny that...

[@dl6860]

Afghanis need voices of reason like you.

[@saifullahsikandary1124]

You should've asked this lady (Roshana Wardak) was it possible for her if she was in Afghanistan under TBs previous regime. How did she got her MD and became a doctor? Definitely not in Afghanistan under TB..

[@myahsoodinim8570]

Women are attending medical schools in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

[@hanzalaomar9915]

So? What if she didn't have that MD? Being a mother and wife is far more important.

[@cyberfunk3793]

@@hanzalaomar9915 No it's not. What is important is for the women to have the right to choose, instead of illiterate barbars that live in a 1400 year old fantasy choosing for them.

[@jameswalker68]

@@hanzalaomar9915 Not every woman wants to be a mother or wife. Shouldn’t that be her choice?

[@nikkismith2858]

I was thinking the same thing. But it might be allowed for gyancology as it is immodest for a man to examine a woman that closely / intimate ly

[@samshousestudiosproduction]

We are so proud to be Malaysian. We also the Muslim country but we manage our Countries in proper ways. Women also got their own wright.... Taliban should learn something from the Economic Muslim Country like Malaysia, Brunei & Indonesia. Taliban should change their mind to be fair to all of their Citizens. Islam teach us to be fair to everyone.....

[@gusposey8218]

All Muslims should be ashamed, as should all religious people. This is what faith does to a society.

[@jamlooli7565]

Muslim men should have to wear burka and hijab… Muslim women standup…use ur men to fight talibans..look at Ukraine…foreigners cannot support forever Tell ur men to show balls not corruption

[@ManuLMalik]

Assalamualeykum from Germany brother, just visited Malaysia last year. Went to KL of course, Langkawi, Camerun Highlands and plenty of small towns because of wedding purpose. Let me tell you what most impressed me: I went to a mosque for Fajr outside of KL even then there were 50 people praying. We stood in a small village in Langkawi far from the tourists, even there were 30 people inside the mosque for Fajr. Friday prayer in Shah Alam left me in tears when I prayed with 20.000 people at the Sultan Salahuddin Mosque. There's religious kindergardens called "little Khalifs". People have big families and hold up family values, almost 98 percent of women wear proper Hijab. Even the Petronas Towers where build in the image of two Mosque Towers. In any Shopping Mall or Gas Stations there are prayer rooms filled with people. In the Television they show Qur'an and other Stuff all day around, in the Shops they don't play music they play Qur'an (even in the tourist shops on Langkawi). U feel save even in the poorest neighborhoods. Drugs and Alcohol are almost no where to be found. People are nice and always smiling. Malaysia is a Diamond of a Muslim country, may Allah SWT bless Ur country.

[@samshousestudiosproduction]

@@ManuLMalik Waalaikummussallam, thanks my brotha for your traveling to our country. Very appreciate it.... hope so U will come again. Everyone are wcome at anytimes.

[@ManuLMalik]

@@CINADAPmusuhkita Amin Amin Brother assalamualeykum from Germany

[@JB-ti7bl]

Superb documentary. As an American, I don't know what to think. I hate to see women with those damn full head coverings, but 20 years of our intervention did ZERO to change it. Change must come from within.

[@Murtini2023]

I know you won't believe this but they choose to wear the full head covering. Taliban made it a legal requirement to wear the head scarf only.

[@thegentlemansclubshow2277]

I hated that same woman complaining about her children starving to death because nobody is giving her more than a load of bread. Surely, there is a way you could find one additional morsel of food.

[@dom11229]

Wdym zero to change it? The girl in the video literally was talking about before the Taliban took over she was free to be herself and was happy

[@crazycat1232]

All we did is kill people their. Made it unsafe for most afghans and now ukraine is suffering the same fate as Afghanistan.

[@orangezt75]

You can't change people culture. Instead changing them, feed them when they are hungry. You guys were there because Afghanistan sits on USD3 trillions minerals.

[@gruntymchunchy1527]

The women at 6:40 who speaks about feeding her children, at 6:38 she hits a child for taking bread that she clearly wanted for her children. This is seriously bleak and depressing.

[@exvai4150]

She hit her daughter because she was robbed by the child , why do your minds only look on the bad side ?

[@dafuggful]

@@exvai4150 how is your description the good side?!

[@afghanwarrior]

your filthy state made afghanistan like this

[@exvai4150]

@@dafuggful And the bad side is that you distort the image of the citizens. There are those who died of hunger and do not steal, unlike the first world who steal for the sake of luxury.

[@MegaPrams]

That boy snatched food from the girl, and she got hit by her mom also for incompetence. Such is the grave situation of females in the country

[@ahmadthePathan]

All the best for Afghanistan - wish peace, justice and prosperity and happiness.

[@RealNeutronStar]

"""""You yourself wanted to live in Islam and now you are living, this was your choice and no one can help you because of your own fault.""""" 🔥

[@muhammadhussain5854]

@@RealNeutronStar we don't need yur useless opinions we are happy with islam because it's our religion you have no right to attack a sovereign country on their culture and values mind your own business

[@2170william]

@@muhammadhussain5854 From here in the Pacific Northwest, wishing you and your fellow countrymen, women and children all the best.

[@takiyaazrin7562]

@@muhammadhussain5854 Silly people support Taliban 1. Banning boxing 2. Banning music 3. Banning drawings 4. Banning photography 5. Banning movies 6. Banning women high-heeled shoes that produce a sound 7. Banning women showing their hair 8. Banning women wearing perfume 9. Banning women going out 10. Banning women to breathe after stoning

[@junjiito6619]

Wherever Islam go its bring disaster with him

[@Trgn]

Every situation here is just Vietnam War on replay again. The post reunification hardship was the worst. Focusing on internal reconciliation and rebuilding is the only way to move forward. I wish all the best to Afghan people.

[@shadyvnfan]

true

[@MR-Entertainment33341]

I'm really crazy to watch DW. I love their documentary. They come up with true news. Thanks for everything.

[@AhmadullahTanha]

The hardest and painful thing in this documentary is, this doctor is one of our relatives. Served in the local clinic during the Taliban government back in 1990s (the only female doctor in entire province) and then during all this period. Let us not take it to the politics here, but she spent all her life serving to the women - it is clear and obvious that we need women doctors in our society as a Woman in that culture and society cannot tell about some of their sicknesses to the male doctors (you know culture) and hopefully girls are allowed to study and work as soon as possible. Communities requires women, I don't know where them "Taliban" are getting that from not to allow girls to go to schools. Islam and Quran says it louder "Studying and learning is obligatory since you open your eyes until you die to every single human being." The countries they look up to, not what we say - they allow freely women to study, work, and have their own freedom, then why the only country on earth do not do this?

[@Kihalchal786]

They follow the hanafi school of thought and that will be quite different than Saudi arabi, Qatar in terms of rulings(like should women drive, go without a male family member) A good example: in hanafi fiqh women do not require permission of wali(father, brother) for marriage but in hanbali fiqh which is in saudi and neighboring countries marriage is invalid without the consent of male guardian I dont think any non arab looks at them (arabs) for governance purposes after the fall of Baghdad Yes they have to check and balance what is being teached in the political science in womens equality chapter They have to look for the romance stories in english and remove them as well in short reframe the western curriculum which goes againt their beliefs

[@afghanwarrior]

shes a feminist and she should sit at home

[@faiezcader5681]

Culture

[@onewotldgovernmentonlywhen9044]

The Quran also contradicts itself a lot and Abraham and Ishmael would never agree with Islam

[@justj8565]

@@onewotldgovernmentonlywhen9044 - where and how the does the Quran contradict itself? Examples please!

[@mayito9100]

I'm an Air Force veteran and I'm just so glad I never had to fight in Afghanistan. My friends don't deserve taking bullets for these people. The Bush Administration made a huge mistake sending out troops to war against the Taliban inside Afghanistan.

[@peaceful_servent_of_Allah]

Its good you are genius

[@--Skip--]

The British and Soviet Union could not conquer Afghanistan with all their war atrocities. In our arrogance, the USA thought we could beat the Afghans with our democratic ways? Not a chance.

[@danmiller2177]

To much money and corruption by united states government contracts... Incompetent individuals run the war in Afghanistan....The real blame is the democrats and republicans elite in Washington DC.... The war in Afghanistan and Iraq was big Freud by democrats and republicans elite in Washington DC.... Ukraine is the next Afghanistan of European union....The incompetent individuals running united states does have a real clue about how things really works...only thing they think is you can throw money on problem and fix it.... The America public taxpayers money spend on both wars could paved the America streets with gold... Only individuals made money was the American government contracts.... The same individuals that gives money to democrats and republicans elite in Washington DC.....

[@hln6821]

You would have never taken bullets for these people, you would have taken them for the military complex. You were never a saviour but always a criminal.

[@mayito9100]

@@hln6821 -That's why I never went to any war. I got trained and educated by the Air Force and got out of there as soon as I could. I guess I was lucky there were no conflicts in my time there.

[@FarmanAli-mq4qq]

On which satellite the DW English TV channel is? Firstly it was Asia satellite side but now I cannot find it in Pakistan. Please help me.

[@RhinoJoeOutdoors]

I truly wish the best upon Afghanistan!

[@spaceballs44]

Yea, but wishes never work, action is the only way.

[@TheFitnessPapadaOonmeangpia]

#LoveTheEssenceOfTheGospel 🔥🔥🔥💝💝💝💘🏩🏩🏩🍞🍞🍸🔌😋😍🧁🍨🍥🎀🍡🚀💝💘💘🥂🧅🎂

[@maassrddd]

​@@spaceballs44 why they live this way of life before global super powers even existed

[@PapaTanGh0stNI9htM4R3S0nMaInSt]

May god bless all of the peoples of Afghanistan and their nation for a future of peace, prosperity and cohesion.

[@milesinnz]

Allah has gone on holiday and does not care about Afghanistan anyway...

[@cyberfunk3793]

If their god existed, don't you think the place would be a bit better of by now? One of the most % islamic country on the planet and such disaster zone.

[@milesinnz]

@@cyberfunk3793 same with their mates in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen... all crying for evil western aid, and all trying to get to evil western countries to be ruled by the white man...

[@mujeebnizamkhel5892]

Thanks you so much

[@finnthechao]

@@milesinnz nobody cares about your delusions infidel

[@QueenetBowie]

Interviews with women who have fled Afghanistan after the Taliban take over “The Taliban are terrible, they treat us like animals, they won’t let us go to school and I had to flee because I was scared for me life. Why didn’t the Americans stay and protect us?” Interview with women inside Afghanistan “Everything’s great! We always loved the Taliban and didn't like the Americans!”

[@peaceful_servent_of_Allah]

Only those people are against taliban who want green card .... And western loss the war battle and now they are trying to start war on media but we don't care ... We don't know media we know the ground reality

[@jacer5677]

both of them are saying what they have to say right ?

[@wa1346]

Because the Taliban will punish them for telling the truth. Go ask someone who lives in North Korea the same question versus a defector. You will get the same result.

[@tpeterson9140]

So? They might have different opinions on the situation. Pretty obvious someone who have fled did it for a reason and someone who stays do it for another reason.

[@myahsoodinim8570]

The women who fled Afghanistan have been telling us that they would have been killed in a bloodbath by the Taliban. Was there a bloodbath? No. That one is easy to verify.

[@reservoir_learning]

There is a big difference between a rogue fighter and an efficient administrator.....

[@arbaz79]

Amazing Documentary 👌.

[@civilengineer3349]

The fact that far more Afghans fled Afghanistan when the Taliban took over than travelled to Afghanistan at the same time is evidence enough

[@starcapture3040]

The fact that the Taliban was Created By the West and whenever it is the time it is always used is fascinating scheme

[@starcapture3040]

@§pec 0ps. With USA and Western sponsorship

[@invertedv12powerhouse77]

@@starcapture3040 the USA supported the Mujahideen. Which split after the war with the USSR. You know who does support the taliban? Pakistan

[@starcapture3040]

@@invertedv12powerhouse77 Both they do and both are corrupted and bloody thieves

[@lettucesalad3560]

Mostly Saudi Arabia supported the Mujahideen

[@shakyinc671]

Her cows look better fed than most people their these days. Can't believe she is sat to there in luxury. And I bet her clinic isn't free

[@sebi2439]

The easy answer to this is because we the US are using food and other goods as a war on them just like we cry about Russia using gas as a war on the EU we are all hypocrites

[@eilois]

the most woke liberturd comments I've ever seen... Does human can eat cow food who literally could scraps anything on dump sites? Does cow a pet that produces nothing? Liberal country have it worst like literally one throwing a single meal for hundreds of dollars... Feeding pets premium food and premium meat that human could consumed... But yeah let's talk about a woman who serve the country instead of.extreme filth rich 1% in U.S who literally still have homeless and one of the worst worst crime rates in a developed country....

[@Asdfhjkl998]

And she talk about Islam , how sad how sad Perfect Muhammed stays if your neighbour is hungry and you are in comfort soo you are not not a Muslim

[@user-mr5bl1ub3y]

Her clinic is free and the house is of her husband why don’t ask why America is freezing afghanistan even if they are terrorist the children have nothing to do with them

[@Asdfhjkl998]

@@user-mr5bl1ub3y absolutely my dear Absolutely 😢😢😢😢😢🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️

[@JW-uy2on]

Thank you for also interviewing Afghan men. They always get excluded from the conversation.

[@readthrough978]

4:03 the female doctor describes a jungle where wilde animals live and prosper depending on their ability to fight. This women only supports tiliban because they're from her own tribe and she's not discriminated against. She's not mistreated like the nonpashtuns.

[@tauhiduliqbal9968]

Please be rational during passing comments. May ALLAH SWT bless all of us.

[@joexavier4070]

May be she dont want to die from a suicidal attacks

[@captrockh2055]

Yes,she would think differently if she was trying to study to be a doctor,an the carpet got ripped out from under her. She has a good job,think of all the younger generation that aren't to work,or walk around alone for that matter.

[@tkatrich3]

Yeah the women are going to be screwed when all the ones who were allowed to be educated die off.

[@mayito9100]

The greatest challenge of this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you are right, but not knowing enough about the subject to know you are wrong…

[@jacer5677]

that's so dumb

[@linmal2242]

@@jacer5677 Agreed

[@urzarak]

i think what ur trying to describe is the dunning kruger effect.

[@budgetking2591]

one thing is clear, the Taliban can't rule a country.

[@miladhemat221]

Then what if sombody is really right and he thinks so aswell?

[@Hillers62]

Taliban: "Cover yourself, cook in kitchen, make babies (only boys), and don't go outside...we give you good life"

[@khabibnurmagomedov9707]

This is ridiculous! 😂you have no idea what are you talking about? Do you?

[@hermanrowell3081]

all that stuff about the untouchables in India probaly isn't true either

[@khabibnurmagomedov9707]

@@hermanrowell3081 no, they are true! Indians are our immediate neighbors. Taliban also sucks. But, they are thousand miles away. However I just objected on the part 'make babies ( only boys )'.

[@chihirostargazer6573]

@@khabibnurmagomedov9707 But they do want only boys. They do not value women... only as slaves. It's disgusting.

[@pipipupu5104]

@@hermanrowell3081 are you dumb or what untouchables have reservations in India. The constitution of India was written by an untouchable

[@fractal_gate]

This was the most balanced report on this issue I've seen. Bravo.

[@huzaifafarrukh]

No, this wasn't! believe me. Things are much different then the perspective of these 4 guys

[@fractal_gate]

@@huzaifafarrukh Link to a better report?

[@ihavetospeakwhatsonmymind792]

@@huzaifafarrukhyou’re most likely a man , and we can’t believe anything you say.

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@huzaifafarrukhmullah should stop talking

[@huzaifafarrukh]

@@pipipupu5104 Can you phrase down the details, please? I didn't understand

[@x4ace_1874]

My heart aches for my Afghan brothers and sisters. I have grown up watching this beautiful nation getting destroyed. My own country Pakistan and other regional powers played a dirty role.

[@shashlek5751]

Afghanistan has always been destroyed. It is for good. They blame everything on Pakistan 💩

[@arman3291]

Are you sure Pakistan is a regional power? Half of pskistani people are dealing with malnutrition and the other half by the floods! Be wise please!

[@songoku3716]

Pakistan saved Afghanistan, first from soviets, but pakistan shouldn’t have helped America war in Afghanistan.

[@akhandbharat1593]

It's like this for thousand years. When Islam came to Afghan it was already over

[@x4ace_1874]

@@arman3291 You like it or not but its a fact Pakistan and India both are regional military powers. People of both countries are suffering though Pakistan is not alone.

[@budgetking2591]

She blames the West for abandoning Afghanistan, meanwhile before the West ever interferd women in Afghanistan never had any rights already.

[@robertosicam6240]

We were trying to make it better, fair society

[@RostamBahadur]

Afghan women had their rights before 1992 when the US supported Mujahedeen and Islamists to take over the power and instill the Sharia.

[@gokulm92]

There is good picture of Taliban leaders in the White House… Was G.Bush a terrorist ?

[@robertosicam6240]

@@RostamBahadur so there was no Taliban then?

[@machirim2805]

she should also blame the Afghan government and her countrymen, they were corrupt and refused to fight

[@simonscowled9925]

Archaic stone age country with ak47s

[@GamerZone3]

That’s what you get after 20 years of war with US.

[@MaTara01]

Blessed by Allah. Stop being jealous & criticising the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and its true heroes the Taliban.

[@SumGuy554]

@@MaTara01 ur country is hungry

[@MaTara01]

@@SumGuy554 you don't know which country I belong to. Allah provides for this world, not the corrupt, godless West, which is well on its way to doom. Inshallah.

[@samuelbullard8978]

@@MaTara01 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@shawnosborn7729]

So sad could never imagine treating a woman like that so alien to me God bless them

[@WordsVerse]

Wow balanced documentory, may be for the safety of the reporters. 👍

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@hello855]

The amount of Muslim comments defending the Taliban just shows the deeply rooted problems of Islam.

[@aldindurakovic8828]

No. It shows that Shaaria Woman rights are better than Female decadence from the West .....

[@englishexpert1989]

What is wrong with Taliban?

[@ebrahimanjumakash9036]

It shows deeply rooted problems in others minds upon islam

[@ia8968]

I'm Muslim and I don't support Taliban. Talibans are extremists. They're the people who make Islam look bad. It's completely ok for a woman to study and work in Islam. In face, it is compulsory for woman to get education be it scientific or religious. The Prophet's wife was a businesswoman. It's not ok to force people in Islam. People have the choice to do whatever they want. Telling someone something or preaching things are ok, but not forcing. Islam doesn't support killing too. However, under circumstances, it's fine to wage a war. I even wonder what Quran did the Talibans read. I feel like Talibans are just insecure, they want to control women in every aspect. So are many Muslim men! But that has got nothing to do with Islam! They twisted the religion in their favor.

[@wirginiamobillio]

The amount of people that defend USA and it's actions shows just how psychotic people in the west and India are

[@devmiles]

It really says something about the support base of a power when all those men need to carry weapons to keep that in check. I think most of the population hate the taliban. They have nothing to do with the origins of Afghanistan. They keep the population hostage with their own beliefs and views. Nothing new in the world but really hard to change. In some time from now there will be a new civil war, resistance and seperation. I really wish Afghan people the best, they have gone through so much.

[@catdog7497]

I get it - Afghans are angry with the US for "abandoning them" and leaving them defenseless against Taliban rule. But it was our blood that bought your freedom. It is not our responsibility to die for your freedoms as a woman. That is only something you can do - as a citizen and woman of Afghanistan. You must fight now, for those freedoms you wanted us to fight for you. It is no longer our fight.

[@quantumballs1488]

Your country destroyed Afghanistan

[@norman6694]

@@quantumballs1488 the taliban destroyed Afghanistan

[@catdog7497]

@@quantumballs1488 there was nothing to destroy in the first place. they were doing that part all on their own with decades of tribal and civil war. they never stopped long enough to even build a country. their entire economy relied on US taxpayer money because able bodied men didn’t want to work and women who were eager to work weren’t allowed to.

[@mujeeburrahman3352]

I become very sad by seeing last part No customer in bazaar.

[@amirrg859]

what an amazing documentary you are a very brave crew for going there and recording this footage

[@myahsoodinim8570]

Foreign reporters have been going in and out of Afghanistan all year and have faced no problems from the Taliban.

[@Andreas-gh6is]

@@myahsoodinim8570 "no problems" is an understatement. They don't get murdered and kidnapped as often anymore. And yes, the Taliban used to do that, actually. Not sure how you can celebrate them for doing this just a little less.

[@adamkhan1744]

@@Andreas-gh6is I'd say it's fair game for killing Afghan women and children.

[@spacelion6318]

They like pure Islam. Let em enjoy

[@patrickznoble662]

Don't always blame the west or American. Your mindset n governence is also responsible

[@Iburumahtangga69]

Yes indeed. Their mindset

[@sayedabdullahhashimi9621]

Salute to ur courage

[@isad625]

Nice reporting DW news 👍👍

[@bulevartz]

I was in Afghanistan in 2011-2013. The winter is harsh, they are hungry right now, I'm afraid a lot will die from starvation. So sad.

[@bunnylarese2161]

Last year we were told everyone in Afghanistan would starve, then all of the sudden Afghanistan was out of the news and the country didn’t starve to death.

[@bunnylarese2161]

@@nightmark2120 why won’t this happen again, certainly we can’t let these people starve?

[@myahsoodinim8570]

They didn't starve last winter because the UN listened and sent in millions of dollars worth of food.

[@myahsoodinim8570]

@@nightmark2120 Who is the "they" who "decided to have the Taliban". The women, the children? Should we starve them all and freeze their economy with sanctions? Think about it a little. That isn't good for the Afghans or the rest of the world.

[@rana123asif]

True,, everyone worries of women education,, and dont worry for their life and food,,

[@leoobroin3804]

Great report. Thank you.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@stanleym9695]

The gun in beginning has no bullets in it just links…..

[@Vicky-jv9us]

Thank you so much for your wonderful job I hope some day we get longer each other. I’m so glad for the freedom we have here in USA 🇺🇸 I hope everyone have that opportunity. Please take care your self 💙💙💙

[@shahabrahimi1495]

An American is talking about peace 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jafrulislam4392]

America is the main culprit for the situation of Afghanistan because Afghanistan once was more civilised but USA destroyed all this things in an excuse of security.... 😡

[@ernststavrosblofeld366]

@@shahabrahimi1495 a Muslim talking about peace before exploding in to thin air.

[@emlive2290]

@@ernststavrosblofeld366 What about Hiroshima Japan? Have shame

[@takiyaazrin7562]

@@emlive2290 Mauritania (Islamic country) still practice sex slavery to this day

[@wickstorm_records]

I can smell them through the screen. Please stay there.

[@redsqrds3980]

They want you to stay where u are not the contrary

[@Ahmed-dj8jq]

Ey yo spare them by not returning 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 please bro tell your govt

[@Booker830]

Cruel taunt.

[@rileygilles2736]

Dude in the opening scene was there for show. Belt was fed through weapon without any ammunition in the belt

[@lawrencebishton9071]

Example of varying attention and aspect ratio is realistic when a perplexing re,outsource is energy gathering it can be difficult to express my interest and particles of witch degrees are motion and currently suffering a flow stagnant in our motions and overactive excitation it can be be erratic in setting down whats what and when.

[@saifullahsikandary1124]

There's always security in a graveyard.

[@AIfixmath]

Nope! there is nothing to steal in the graveyard.

[@behrozzafar8447]

@@AIfixmath both, both are good points not gonna lie😂

[@mushken65]

@@AIfixmath you did not understand his metaphor

[@bckstrtby200]

Taliban or pro-Taliban, they have the mentality of fight and war.

[@adamvifrye2690]

lol 0:06 like the first image in this show, shows a guy with literally no bullets connected to his gun.

[@abdullodin9381]

proud of. mermon wardak .You are one of rare Afghan Lady.wish you all the best

[@shwetapandey3778]

I stand in solidarity with the Afghan women, their plight is heartwrenching. I pray Afghan women find their freedom and life back soon.

[@plexoduss]

Are prayers not the source of their problems? Religion is surpressing them, but maybe their god is real and you should join them. I don't know. Still don't know why god chose one illeterate guy in the desert to send Gabriël to, why not more and more often, was god that lazy or pre-occupied. What is Gabriël doing the rest of the centuries? I don't understand it, maybe you can ask your god?

[@RickDSanchez]

Let their blood brothers, and father starve and beat them. Let the world laugh and smile. Beg for foreign occupation for protection.

[@sjishah]

@@plexoduss religion is not surprising them, even Taliban are not surprising them but the culture running from 1000's year are doing in some part of Afghanistan not all of them. Your knowledge is very little on this topic, the woman who talk about the woman rights actually plans for the asylum in the west and those documentary /reports make their case easy. But its in the favour of Westren media and ignorant society to blame others.

[@shwetapandey3778]

@@plexoduss I don't have to pray to a specific God... It's more of a phrase to express how deeply and acutely I feel for the women. Also please don't try to make every statement about religion.

[@tonyyayo320]

@@plexoduss cmon tell us more about the USA or the, civilized' western country you come from? It seems that you don't have a clue about anything what's happen in Afghanistan and just write something in the internet because in, real life' you haven't a voice. Sitting in your cellar and talk crap you dumb.. XD

[@yaqoobattal]

The lady doctor did not say a single word about women's rights, girls' education, and freedom of speech. I think she is quite happy to see that no lady doctor will be in society in the future.

[@adamkhan1744]

Because that's the only thing to talk about in the world ?

[@7_years_and_]

She is happy no one will take her job and her children can study abroad to become next doctors.

[@Lessontobe]

She gave me the creeps.

[@janiejakmides3123]

@graveplott47 they probably want to but they have to think about what happens to their families if they get killed by the Taliban

[@okwatever3582]

Now you see cultures that never introduced women rights and girls education like many western cultures did.

[@SteynGun79]

FreeAfghanistan 🇮🇳❤️🇦🇫 from 🇮🇳

[@sulakchettri2831]

Love that book. How to make beautiful plants and beautiful crops. New agriculture systems in Afghanistan ❤

[@jaapspruitenburg6625]

7:23 Problem of the TB is it their narrow perspective and narration. You can't blame NATO for not being able to feed your people. The women had ten children which means you need more food than you are able to harvest. At the same during the TB hadn't power several women studied agriculture but aren't accepted as equal so their knowledge is erased. You want to keep them dumb, so stand up for your own failures as well. If this is the nation you want, this is exactly your result.

[@myahsoodinim8570]

The country had been racked by war for 44 years. It hadn't been able to feed itself since shortly after the Soviet invasion. It has relied on massive US spending to keep itself going for the last 20 years. We jerked the carpet out from under Afghanistan a year ago, blocked development aid, confiscated its foreign cash reserves, put it under sanction, and ostracized it. Do you really blame the Taliban for having created that situation and for not having been able to fix it within a year?

[@jaapspruitenburg6625]

@@myahsoodinim8570 When the TB took over they wanted to kill everyone who worked with organizations from abroad. They impose litterally their religious believes on others. You can do so, but then don't complain that other countries won't help you. The US first went in to get revenge for 9/11, if that was smart can be a discussion. But most other army's came in to rebuild and keep people safe so a generation would be able to grow up educated. And read more books instead of this single religious one. We all wanted the country to be stable, some even suffered their life for it or still suffering mentally. Only they say as well some weren't willing to fight for it. And being traumatized rather chewing qat all day... As long as the women prefer boys because they are able to fight the different cultures inside this area will keep clashing all the time.

[@mohammadmainulhossainkhan5476]

Why did NATO bomb Afghanistan? Why did they try to change afghan society?

[@mohammedabdulahad3918]

Yes thieves like you are not blame

[@jaapspruitenburg6625]

@@mohammadmainulhossainkhan5476 Maybe because they searched for a guy called Osama and a group of terrorists who operated outside their borders. While Afghanistan did nothing to prosecute him. So as government, play stupid games win stupid prizes. The bombing is done to prevent deaths from people who came to help and the battle is mostly won in the air. They tried to change it in a democracy because it is the worst system except for any other system. Lots of NATO countries were personally asked within the government to help the peacekeeping and rebuild the country. So when there is a risk the NATO brings protection with them, that were the rules of engagement Afghani's aggreed with. The idea that cultural change happens over 20 years is just imagination, it will take at least some generations. Also I spoke some refugees and a women activist of the group protesters, who can't study anymore, and they don't feel safe because they now see trigger happy bad guys on the street, instead of some well trained military. Imagine what you would do if everything you did gets destroyed and this person comes to beg for help... than you would let them complain but know you held up your part of the deal. Exactly what NATO is doing. So complaining and blaming doesn't gonna help, but together work hard might do...

[@gnarmarmilla]

Thank you DW for giving us this perspective and for talking to these people in person. As an American, I am often praying for the peace and prosperity of Afghanistan. This government is oppressive to their women and they will not succeed if they do not relent from doing that and let these blessed and magnificent women study in college so they can be the next Marie Curie. Much mineral wealth in Afghanistan, I hope that God will protect it from greedy foreign investors and that He will use it to build up their society for good.

[@henli-rw5dw]

Why? They hate the West after what was done to them. It's not to your interest that they rise.

[@henli-rw5dw]

Also Uncle Sam took 7 billion, their entire currency reserve, gave half to victims of 9-11 and kept the rest. Meanwhile, they suffered a very harsh winter. So yeah, you don't really want them to rise.

[@AIfixmath]

Sanctions are as much brutal as the regime is... I don't see any difference between the regime under sanction and the regime imposed the sanctions. We are murdering Afghan poor kids and girls. Malnourishment is on the top. For God sake release Afghan liquidity so that they can buy food from outside world and finish hunger.

[@wigdocter]

Where was God when it got destroyed?

[@CordeliaWagner]

Do you pray to the christian god or Allah?

[@zulmayafghan606]

My dear Afghans It's better to fight for something in life than to die for nothing. ❤❤❤🤍❤❤❤May God bless all Afghans and Afghanistan. ❤🤍❤ and may God help and protect the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

[@takiyaazrin7562]

Silly people support Taliban 1. Banning boxing 2. Banning music 3. Banning drawings 4. Banning photography 5. Banning movies 6. Banning women high-heeled shoes that produce a sound 7. Banning women showing their hair 8. Banning women wearing perfume 9. Banning women going out 10. Banning women to breathe after stoning

[@asifruman2705]

@@takiyaazrin7562 that's all haraam and satanic

[@Bazzemboi]

@@asifruman2705 problem is most of it is BS, for example photography was never haram cos cameras did not even exist at the time. Not to mention drawing in animate stuff is ok

[@asifruman2705]

@@Bazzemboi drawing living beings is haraam as there's a hadith where it says making figures is job of Allah swt and not of any creation. If someone does then on the day of judgement allah rabbul izzat will ask him to give life to that entity. How can that person give life which is not at all possible? That's a sin and punishment you know right?. Since photography is also a kind of making figures so it should be discouraged. Yes making photos of nature, scenery and non living beings is totally good and okay. Thanks.

[@Bazzemboi]

@@asifruman2705 ik thats what I meant by in animate things

[@MDahmed-kg4fm]

DW is 1000% better channel for true news and ground reporting...

[@alihaider-pv2hs]

When there is security and peace prosperity will also be there one day......

[@Afghan_Adventures_with_Ejaz]

Afghans are resilient and tough. 🇦🇫❤

[@thetruthsayer8347]

Afghans are suffering and dying.

[@thetruthsayer8347]

@Farhad Ahmadi the west has done nothing to you. Nobody owes the Taliban a damn thing. If you choose to function like an archaic regime, don’t come crying about the west.

[@Geniusignotus]

@Farhad Ahmadi My Afghan friend, along with his family, fled to Canada with his family following the Taliban's violent resurgence last year He says the Taliban are to blame for the national poverty and starvation by, among other things, banning secondary education for Afghan women and silencing the country's ethnic and religious minorities

[@thetruthsayer8347]

@Farhad Ahmadi lol enjoy your Afghanistan. As far as you don’t harbor terrorists that threaten the west, I promise, you have absolutely nothing we want.

[@Geniusignotus]

@Farhad Ahmadi 🤣 'Cradle of science and knowledge'?? Mate, it's called the 'graveyard of empires' for a reason; this is also a sign of the fate of Taliban's presence in the country Now while it's true that the ancient Silk Road passed through Afghanistan, that doesn't mean the region's gonna flourish anytime soon

[@mianajmadparvez4424]

Afghans are facing hunger but are not begging to world. They are truly following 'to die with hunger is not a crime but to live on begging is a shame'.

[@sadiagulraiz264]

It is not alright to think that the job in the private sphere of home is more difficult than to work in the public sphere. Both arenas have their own challenges as well as advantages. The real concern should be that women must not suffer from any kind of oppression, whether they prefer to join the job market or like to stay at home. They must feel privileged anywhere they go, and everything they chose to do.

[@andyreznick]

Excellent reporting, DW. Thanks.

[@RealNeutronStar]

"""""You yourself wanted to live in Islam and now you are living, this was your choice and no one can help you because of your own fault.""""" 🔥

[@siratal-mustaqim2614]

You mean propaganda

[@Geniusignotus]

@@siratal-mustaqim2614 no that's Islam

[@coupdegras107]

These people live in the stone age.

[@ttt3258]

Kensington Ave , Philadelphia ... watch on youtube 🧐

[@glenncordova4027]

Stone age with rocket launchers

[@coloneljpgaming]

@@glenncordova4027 🤣🤣🤣🤣😩😭

[@marksoliva2332]

At the 7:06 time I like how the Minister of Vice & Virtue is wearing "Prada" eyeglasses while his people are starving... Otherwise, great report!

[@MiaKarimov]

Couldnt agree more , such a powerful quote. But people of afghanistan has been throogh so much war that most are happy to live in injust but free of war socity

[@sitthapromwasphornsaran5736]

DW documentary has always been a great source of info.

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded a video on Iranian military

[@AhTu1306]

Agree

[@dontmail7123]

This is how religion can destroy whole nation

[@omarsaad361]

So the wars have no relation to what is happening right now?

[@michaelbrady9170]

As-Salaam-Alaikum. Anyone else wonder how the Lady physician who reportedly supports the Taliban regime ever had the opportunity to attend a medical school and become her province's only female physician? Maybe when she said that she is happy to live under the Taliban government she is pleased that there will be no other female doctors to compete against her business..., maybe yes maybe no. She certainly looks very relaxed and well fed.

[@kodvavi150]

Universities were open for woman under the 90s rule. They have problems with 6-12 class education of woman. Don't know why, lol

[@shzarmai]

Poor Afghan people 😢 😞 😔 😕

[@mrasare733]

❤I love dw documentaries a lot ❤

[@brit7627]

I watch them everyday

[@madmax5841]

Tell me you're a normie without telling me

[@DWDocumentary]

We appreciate your support!

[@emandas5640]

@@DWDocumentary please show Pakistani flood crisis

[@Gus-cg9yp]

Make the detiotions that you want for your country BUT why do you expect the money from abroad ???

[@keyboardmouse7699]

Nobody is asking for handouts, just need sanctions removed for the afghan people to eat (including women which the West cares very deeply about)

[@nanouekonzo5581]

Exactly

[@Gus-cg9yp]

@@keyboardmouse7699 Yes hey are, why do they specct having the good life ruling while the rest feed their people. Maybe is the way women have to live there, Why do we have to tell them HOW ??

[@adamkhan1744]

Because Americ froze 9 billion of Afghani peoples money.

[@civilcircle204]

this video bring tears in my eyes, after seeing the situation of women lots of Prayers from Pakistan Mardan

[@haroonnezami8101]

Never let the feelings of some naive and unknowledgeable person represent the situation of a country, It’s called misrepresentation.

[@Pickled73]

Does the good doctor honestly believe that the last 20 years before the final betrayal were not a testament to the great freedom that Americans brought to Afghanistan. As long as the American forces were there Afghan women were free to study and live but as soon as they were pulled out everything went to back to 1999. I do not understand the lack of gratitude to the brave heroes of the American Armed Forces.

[@myahsoodinim8570]

Afghanistan is and always has been a male dominated society. Women in Afghanistan face greater restrictions under the Taliban than under the prior government, but they were hardly "free to study and live" under the last government either. After 20 years under the old government, female literacy only got to 30% (according to UNESCO). Now, at least, they live in a country at peace.

[@zakiyasarkar2029]

lol.Was she supposed to show her gratitude for Bombing her village

[@thegreatest1176]

@@zakiyasarkar2029 bombing her village that had terr0rist who wanted to oppress the women.

[@ricksanchez8584]

Was she supposed to show gratitude to the U.S for funding the Taliban and bringing them to power?

[@myahsoodinim8570]

@@ricksanchez8584 The US never funded the Taliban. You are thinking of the Mujahideen of the 1980's whom we supported against the Soviets. The Taliban only emerged in 1994, after we ended our involvement. Most of the Mujahideen leaders fought the Taliban and formed the core of the government that the US set up after its invasion. Only a fraction of the Mujahideen joined the Taliban.

[@n0tfr0mth1sw0rld]

😢😢😢 This is so unbelievable tragic for women and girls

[@grimreaper2129]

Keep crying

[@CarlBland-tn1jo]

Wrong un ​@@grimreaper2129

[@navylaks2]

The Afghans wanted the US out now they have this. They must talk to their neighbours Iran, Pakistan and China if they need anything. It's not our problem any more

[@janurbanek2565]

I'm having the "aunt Lydia" vibe from the first 8 mins...

[@robybybye2119]

Hope the best for Afghan people

[@joehaterson7918]

Unfortunately there is no hope for Afghanistan

[@donquijotedelamancha3529]

Once again religions doing what they are meant to do: separate and tell people how to live their lives.

[@hanzalaomar9915]

That was the west

[@jacer5677]

i wonder who stole Afghanistan's money and practically imposes a siege warfare on them

[@thejamaicanpolak3988]

@@hanzalaomar9915 Your a great example 👍

[@Rokaishi]

Just like any rule with different variations on every country, Human need guidance, even you & me, so people can live in harmony,

[@lgull1]

some

[@myelinsheathxd]

The title should be Afghanistan under the Afghanistan , not by USA or Russia

[@jonwinder6622]

15:40 im not gonna lie id legit buy that pottery that dude was making

[@simnarajabrayil250]

People r moving forward, these are running back. My heart aches for these people 😢

[@WendyQallab]

Very sad they are back in power.

[@WendyQallab]

The Taliban has no redeeming gualties. Their treatment of women is disgraceful.

[@metalextras]

DW again become the voice for the voiceless and highlights a hope among Afghan women... The powerful women of Afghanistan will become the beacon of such movement...

[@areebachewa8318]

The women need to train themselves as Army as what the Kurdish women have done to fight the ISIS and why not the Afghan women if they do not want them to rule Afghanistan

[@hanzalaomar9915]

Propaganda

[@hanzalaomar9915]

@@areebachewa8318 try it. See how that turns out.

[@jacer5677]

@@areebachewa8318 you really think that a female army can do something ? what a joke man. as for Kurdish fighters, all of them women and men are nothing without american aid. it has always been a strategy of USA to create civil wars by backing an ethnic minority against everyone else in the country. And then it steals resources, just like what's happening in Syria right now

[@madmax5841]

DW again failed to mention that menin Afghanistan have it worse than women

[@danishraza8749]

Hello!! Please does any know any NGO working to help people to leave Afghanistan

[@mujeeburrahman3352]

Most shop is open but there no single customer. So sad 😭

[@stupifyingstupedity2112]

Humanity is a long march

[@neggas-]

3:15 "because you have 10 kids , is there a Cow?" lol that went straight to her face

[@safaasulaiman]

I would love to visit Afghanistan one day.. i was in Pakistan in masturat jamaat, i prayed @least 1 tashkil mus be Afghanistan, the nearest i was, was Mardaan.. In Shaa Allah one day 🤲

[@nijiltechnical9211]

Very sad to see beautiful kids begging... Please anyone change the situation.

[@vahidleo2637]

People can live there but I dont think anyone from west countries would decide to live there.

[@redsqrds3980]

They dont want westerners they've seen enough of them

[@aminuaidara8601]

The Western countries have too much blood in their hand

[@hermanrowell3081]

no junk food no service station every 5 miles no driveby shootings no obesity problem no litter everywhere nor animal habit and enviornment destruction nothing like the West

[@afghanwarrior]

west is destroyed trough spiritual trough fatness trough honor they are nothing

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

@@hermanrowell3081 move to afghanistan if you love it so much.

[@user-uk1zj6rv1d]

We have got our bodies to serve and protect us, our faces to express our emotions and see them in other people. How come men there are allowed to have that luxury of life and women are not?

[@bitchass7173]

How would we know? It's the way these backwards people live.

[@hermanrowell3081]

it's instinctive to dominate men have always sought to dominate females seen in patriarchal societies so men create male dominate societies and make sure the prophets of their religion and god also believe in male domination or at least is interpreted as such. men are also highly threatened by the females sexuality and leads to oppressive and exzazzarated culture control patterns take a look at the animal kingdom of the dominate male

[@hermanrowell3081]

sorry to be blatant many males feel women are inferior when it comes to competency the diversity of sex sets up a male verses female situation testosterone vrs estrogen it's the law of the land to be solved by culture

[@bitchass7173]

@@hermanrowell3081 Stop it, get some help...

[@hermanrowell3081]

@@bonnie7898 what ever is said i think we know whoes brains it is that are over heating. to me this isn't about what people call (feminism) it's about the correct treatment of people and being fair. my sister's have had their own autos sense the early 70's go as they please taking care of family affairs visite who they want and they are very capable i never worry about them because i know there is no need to yes their married now have grand children and capable of making their own choices plus their very decent and moral women

[@tareqhasan7377]

I am surprised western media repeatedly said about the hunger, but why west dont return Afghanistan's money to them to make their country prosper.

[@arhumdewan1224]

6:38 look at the woman pushing that poor girl 😢

[@fahadforever]

Best of luck for Afghanistan, in sha allah

[@jamacismacil2596]

I am so sorry what happen this country, Especially women and Innocent Beautiful girls, whole country is turmoil, Confusion and uncertainty, Even when I was young i heard the Radio and television Afghanistan's Problems, they are our Brother and sisters.

[@Sami-rp7mf]

I hate to tell you but it's the Islmaic religion.Most mulims don't want to talk about it but teue

[@DarkAngel-pt1cq]

@@Sami-rp7mf “Islamic religion” Imaoo what? How many wars did Muslims start in the last 2 decades? How many countries did we invade? How many millions did we call in the name of freedom?

[@neuroversse]

​@@DarkAngel-pt1cq Western imperialism devastated Afghanistan, but the misogyny and oppression women have to endure are a direct consequence of adherence to Islam. There is no denying this.

[@DarkAngel-pt1cq]

@@neuroversse direct consequences? There are many Muslim countries that are prospering and women are doing good. Who told you that not being allowed to walk in a bikini is oppression? Of course there are some extremist out there. However, to blame the whole religion is just ignorance.

[@DarkAngel-pt1cq]

@@neuroversse Why you think everybody want follow the western ways though? What make your way of life the right way? What have that resulted in? Most western countries are full of generations of bastards, where nobody knows who their dad/mom is. That’s is one consequence of unlimited freedom and you got realize other cultures don’t want end up there.

[@susanjackson6521]

“ Give me liberty or give me death” Patrick Henry

[@myahsoodinim8570]

It's isn't it really "Give them death till they're given liberty."? We have Afghanistan under sanctions on trade, finance, travel, commerce and development aid. We've made human rights a condition of lifting those sanctions. That is strangling the economy and reducing the country's ability to feed its citizens - just after a war, and during a drought. That conditionality has already started to kill a few men, women and children. The Taliban are largely to blame, but we're are nevertheless saying "Give them death till they're given liberty."

[@crimson4066]

8:00 the irony of the Taliban saying "we want autonomy. let us live and make our own choices" but not letting half of his country (women) do the same What a ridiculous oaf