FRONTLINE Presses Taliban Officials About Conditions in Afghanistan | America and the Taliban

“We are not concerned with those issues,” the Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s largest province tells FRONTLINE’s Martin Smith about current levels of poverty and unemployment, weak healthcare, and women unhappy with the Taliban’s restrictions.

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Watch an excerpt from the beginning of “America and the Taliban,” a three-episode FRONTLINE documentary series investigating how the U.S. lost the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

Part One premieres April 4, Part Two on April 11 and Part Three on April 25, 2023.

“America and the Taliban” is a FRONTLINE production with RAIN Media, Inc. The producers are Brian Funck, Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith. The writers and directors are Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith. The correspondent is Martin Smith. The co-producer is Scott Anger. The executive producer and editor-in-chief for FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.

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