Movie

My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan

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7.0average critics score, out of 1020211h 30m

Documentary

19 October 2001. The first U.S. soldiers set foot in Afghanistan -- special forces team ODA 555, nicknamed Triple Nickel. Their objective: find and kill Osama bin Laden -- the mastermind behind the attack on the United States that destroyed New York's World Trade Center and killed 3,000 people. The rulers of Afghanistan -- the Taliban -- have refused to hand bin Laden over. So begins a war in one of the world's poorest countries. The Taliban retreat, regroup and fight on. Today they are about to retake power. So what has been the cost of these twenty years and was it money and blood well spent? Afghanistan continues to seek peace and join the world while battling the twin threats of tribalism and terrorism. The biggest enemy -- poverty -- remains as potent as ever.

Directed by:

Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi