{"id":31,"date":"2006-02-13T21:46:51","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2006-02-13T21:46:51","modified_gmt":"2006-02-13T11:46:51","slug":"taliban-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Unembedded in Afghanistan, a documentary filmmaker finds disturbing stories of U.S. abuse.<\/p>\n

Away from the glare of the media, in the most remote and dangerous parts of Afghanistan, U.S. marines are on a mission to hunt down the Taliban. But in many places their security sweeps are proving counterproductive. More and more villagers are alleging they have been abused by marines.<\/p>\n

Carmela Baranowska’s “Taliban Country” is a rare and damning insight into what U.S. forces are doing in remote Afghanistan. For three weeks, Carmela was embedded with the U.S. Marines in their remote forward operating Base.<\/p>\n

Watch the video here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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