Behind Taliban Lines Analysis

In the documentary Behind Taliban Lines, a brave Afghan journalist named Najibullah Quraishi, risks his life by accepting the invitation as guest to visit the Taliban regime in northern Afghanistan. An exceptional outcome of the visit is a documentary of what the insurgents’ day-to-day lives consisted of. The events that are shown take place in the areas of Afghanistan where the Taliban forces started to increasingly run their operations against opposing forces (Doran). Beginning with the background history of the Taliban, in their initial emergence, they were known to have been located near the southern border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to the film, however, not all of the Taliban are located in this particular area. The Taliban insurgents in
The U.S. scuffle against terrorism and terrorist groups became even stronger after several more attacks from Al-Qaeda were made against them. This led them to draw an even stronger connection between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. It became obvious after a time that Osama Bin Laden had formed a firm bond with the Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammed Umar. The two men’s bond was perceived to be strong by most individuals. Despite U.S. and its allies pressures against the Taliban, Mullah Umar never gave in to their demanding requests to give up the location of the Al-Qaeda leader. In unison with when this film was released, it was known that despite attempts made by the U.S. and other forces throughout the nineties, the Taliban still held ground in Afghanistan well into the next century. Violence continued to spread to all regions of Afghanistan, and the pressure placed on the U.S. to relinquish the terrorists increased even more after the September 11th attacks against the United States world trade center, as well as other American sites in