Afghanistan: The Taliban Legacy
35 minutes, 2001
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The Talibans stirred up a storm of protest when they shelled and dynamited Afghanistan's unique giant statues, the Bamiyan Bhuddas. But the Talibans have a knack for outraging the international community, whether its turning back the clock to the Middle Ages, stamping out women's rights or harboring terrorists like Osama bin Laden. looks at the Taliban legacy on the Pakistan side of the border. Over 70,000 refugees find themselves living in Jalozai, a makeshift camp without food, water or shelter. Pakistan has already taken in 2 million refugees over the last 20 years and now draws the line at helping any more. The Pakistani government even persuaded U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to cancel a trip to the camp. We got in to Jalozai to film the apalling conditions and interviewed Afghan women who escaped from the Taliban's brutal repression. Teachers, musicians and farmers who have recently fled the country paint a grim picture of life and death in their homeland. Also interviewed in the report are Ebdul Salam Zaeef, Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Pakistan, the spokeswoman for the Association of Afghan Women, Francesc Vendrell, U.N. mediator in the conflict, and Montserrat Feixas, the UNHCR's representative in Pakistan. text...