Afghanistan: My Return to the Valley of Death
(2016, original release: 2015)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
1187011
LANGUAGE
English
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An exclusive look at the world of the Pashtuns, Afghanistan’s largest ethnic group. Fifteen years ago, when war broke out Merwais left his home in the Kunar Province for a new life in Europe. He returns to the notorious Valley of Death, the dangerous tribal area bordering Pakistan, to find out what happened to his friends and family after the American invasion. Travelling to an area closed to most western journalists, he tries to find out why the Taliban are such an enduring force in Afghanistan and are only getting stronger. What are the prospects for peace in the coming years?

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Film

Originally produced by Java Films in 2015

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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