On the Front Lines With the Taliban
Fault Lines reports from the Taliban stronghold of Charkh District, just an hour outside Kabul. Reporter Nagieb Khaja gains unprecedented access to Taliban fighters as they attack an Afghan National Army (ANA) base, and he investigates what the ANA are up against as U.S. troops withdraw this year.
Reporter Nagieb Khaja gains unprecedented access to the Taliban as they launch an attack on an Afghan National Army Base in Charkh District, just an hour outside of the Afghan capital Kabul. Khaja follows a dawn raid as the Taliban pound the ANA base with rockets and machine guns, and he witnesses suicide attackers attempt to enter through the main gates. ISAF planes circle overhead, and Khaja is concerned that they will engage. He watches the Taliban deal with losing men and interviews a local Talib about what he does when he’s not engaged in warfare.
Fault Lines interviews retired U.S. Four-Star General Jack Keane and Kurt Volker, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2008 to 2009), to get their analysis on the battle and what the future holds for Afghanistan. "On the Front Lines with the Taliban" gives a rare look into the internal workings of the Taliban and illustrates some of the issues facing the Afghan National Army as the U.S. withdraws its troops.
Credits for Clover Films
SENIOR PRODUCER: Jamie Doran
CORRESPONDENT: Nagieb Khaja
DIRECTOR: Nagieb Khaja
PRODUCER: Nagieb Khaja
PRODUCER: Tom Greenwood
CAMERA: Nagieb Khaja
FIELD PRODUCER / 2nd CAMERA: Aziz Ahmad Tassal
ADDITIONAL CAMERA: Hamid Mangal
TRANSLATION: Ajmal Safi
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Tracey Doran-Carter
ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Laura Kramer
EDITOR: Tom Greenwood
ADDITIONAL EDITING: John Moratiel
FIXER: Atequllah Masod
Credits for Fault Lines
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Mathieu Skene
COMMISSIONING PRODUCER: Lucy Kennedy @lucymkennedy
SENIOR PRODUCER: Carrie Lozano @carrielozano
SENIOR PRODUCER: Reem Akkad @reemakkad
SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER: Kristen Taylor @kthread
PRODUCER: Laila Alarian @LailaAlarian
PRODUCER: Nafeesa Syeed @NafeesaSyeed
PRODUCER: Samuel Black @potter_black
ADDITIONAL CAMERA: Joel Van Haren @joelvanharen, Paul Abowd @PaulAbowd
DIGITAL PRODUCER: Nikhil Swaminathan @sw4mi
ASSOCIATE DIGITAL PRODUCER: Danielle Powell @DanielleJenene
EDITOR: Warwick Meade @warwickmeade
EDITOR: Jennifer Beman @jbwpost
RESEARCH & PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE: Melissa Etehad @melissaetehad
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