Afghanistan 20 years on
In 2004, reporter Julia Paul was teaching media to young women in an Afghanistan free of the Taliban. What has happened in their lives in the 20 years since?
Twenty years ago, reporter Julia Paul was teaching media to young women in an Afghanistan where the Taliban were in retreat, if only temporarily. Now she has tracked down two of them again to find out how their lives have fared in the decades since. Some have fled abroad while others are still in Afghanistan, imprisoned in their homes. But even for those who have escaped, life is far from easy.
As one of the army of secular western aid workers that flooded Afghan society all those years ago, Julia discusses with the women whether or not the West should have intervened in the first place.
Producer/presenter: Julia Paul
Series producer: Rajeev Gupta
Editor: Chloe Walker
Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno
(Photo: Khatera (L) and presenter Julia Paul (R) in Afghanistan, 2004. Credit: Leslie Knott)
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