Afghanistan: The Wounded Land | show | 2020 | Official Trailer
Look at 40 years of war through the eyes of those who suffer most from it - the women of Afghanistan. The documentary be | dHNfZUNHUWFNVWVNenc
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - I used to judge the world just in black and white,
00:08 but no, it's more complicated than you thought.
00:12 (dramatic music)
00:15 (speaking in foreign language)
00:25 (dramatic music)
00:30 (speaking in foreign language)
00:34 - We don't learn from the mistakes
00:38 that we have done in the past.
00:40 - On a cold winter day in December, 1979,
00:47 the Soviet Army entered Afghanistan.
00:51 - This is a callous violation of international law.
00:57 - Over 100,000 Soviet troops are stationed in Afghanistan.
01:02 They have modern equipment, modern weapons,
01:04 and modern means of transportation.
01:06 (guns firing)
01:13 When the Mujahideen's assault begins,
01:17 the Soviet soldiers realize they are helpless.
01:20 - Jihad represented a hope to the Afghani people.
01:27 - Carrying your Kalashnikov and fighting against your enemies.
01:32 (guns firing)
01:35 - I saw and saw, my goodness, like flying dragons.
01:40 More than a million people died in that war.
01:45 Have you ever seen a donkey burning
01:55 the house of another donkey?
01:56 No.
01:57 - The Soviet Army planned to restore order in Afghanistan
02:05 without major fighting,
02:07 but as it faced a growing resistance in the mountains,
02:10 a short mission turned into an endless war.
02:15 In the struggles of the Soviet Army,
02:21 Reagan saw an opportunity to give the enemy a final blow.
02:25 (shouting)
02:28 - They choose the most conservative people
02:33 and make them monsters just to get rid of this US system.
02:38 (guns firing)
02:41 I will never forgive them.
02:45 Mujahideen destroyed the dream of the nation.
02:50 (helicopter whirring)
02:53 - Taliban must act and act immediately.
03:10 Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.
03:14 - 9/11, none of them were Afghan.
03:18 None of them were Afghan.
03:20 All of them have been in Afghanistan.
03:22 And what we got is the bombing.
03:24 (explosion booms)
03:28 - I want my country back.
03:47 My people back.
03:49 Would you think that's too much?
03:52 (dramatic music)
03:55 (explosion booms)
03:58 (dramatic music)
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04:15 [BLANK_AUDIO]