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Am putting together a training/LPD program for our soldiers, and am looking for an introductory documentary program (1-2 hours) on Afghanistan that captures the background of the conflict and the major issues as a gateway for a general audience unfamiliar with the conflict.
I watched National Geographic's "Inside the Taliban" and thought it was pretty good (but noted numerous over-generalizations and flaws) - any better suggestions?
Frontline has done some pretty good documentaries IMO.
Here's one on the new Taliban.
Korengal and Afghan policy (2008)
A reporter "embeds" with the Taliban
Here's a list of all their programs. There are more on Afghanistan, but not sure how good the ones are prior to 2008 or so.
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Originally Posted by Entropy
Thanks. I've seen those three save the first - the probelm is, save to some extent "Obama's war", is that they don't provide a comprehensive intro to Afghanistan or a summary of the last 30 years and how they shape the current conflict. I'm kind of looking for a video version of Ahmed Rahshid's Taliban, with a bit of post-2001 thrown in. The NatGeo video above seems to be the best fit so far.
There was a History Channel documentary from the Wings series regarding the Hind helicopter that actually went pretty in-depth into the Soviet operations against the Mujahedin overall. I think most if not all of it is available on YouTube. Let me get you some links.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cavguy