Transcript:

 

Reporter: Roozbeh Kaboly

 

Voice over (narration) is in bold.

 

Speakers are:

Aryana Sayeed – Singer

Massoud Hossaini – Photojournalist

Hasib Sayed – Husband and manager of Aryana

Taraneh – terror attack survivor

 

 

1:      

We're in the heart of Kabul.

This is not a military base.

 

2:      

The studios of Afghanistan's most

important TV station are located here.

 

3:      

The station's buildings are

heavily guarded out of fear of attacks.

 

4:      

Singer Aryana Sayeed is

a celebrity in Afghanistan.

 

5:      

She's also a judge

on the popular TV show Afghan Star.

 

6:   (Aryana Sayeed)

I'm not a weak willow tree

 

7:      

that quickly trembles in fear

 

8:      

whatever storm comes my way

 

9:      

I have the courage to stand tall

 

10:     

Aryana Sayeed is a brave woman.

 

11:     

She's the pride of Afghanistan.

 

12:     

She's my biggest idol.

 

13:     

She's a superstar and a heroine.

 

14:     

Aryana stands for everything

that extremists oppose.

 

15:     

She's the proponent

of equal rights for women.

 

16:     

That's why she's on top

of the Taliban's death list.

 

17:     

For 20 years, Massoud Hossaini has

been a photojournalist in Afghanistan.

 

18:     

It yielded him, among others,

the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.

 

19:     

Massoud was raised as a refugee

in neighbouring Iran.

 

20:     

After the fall of the Taliban

he returns to his home country.

 

21:      (Tolo TV- Please don’t blur the logo)

This week:

 

22:     

Which contestant is going to leave us?

 

23:      Afghan Star.

Tomorrow night, nine o'clock, Tolo TV.

 

 

24:    ( attention: in picture credit for all the photos. As Photo: AFP)

Massoud won the Pulitzer Prize

with this photo.

 

25:     

The photo goes around the world.

 

26:     

Hello, how are you doing?

- Hi, how are you?

 

27:     

What have you grown.

 

28:      (Taraneh)

Suddenly there was an explosion.

 

29:     

These are my niece, my aunt, another

aunt, my brother and my uncle's child...

 

30:     

...my uncle's grandson, myself,

my sisters and my uncle's wife...

 

31:     

Seven family members were killed

and seven were wounded.

 

32:     

So was she.

- She got wounded and lost a kidney.

 

33:     

Do you go to school?

- No, not since the attack.

 

34:      

Why not?

- I'm scared.

 

35:    

I see images in my nightmares.

 

36:     

They haunt me everywhere.

That's why I stay home. I'm scared.

 

37:     

I need to get out of here,

to a safe place.

 

38:     

Where do you want to go to?

- A country like America or Germany.

 

39:     

I don't want to stay in Kabul.

 

40:     

The Americans have been negotiating

peace in Afghanistan with the Taliban.

 

41:    

Trump wants to withdraw

the American troops.

 

42:     

Many Afghans, mainly women,

are worried...

 

44:     

...that this will increase

the Taliban's influence again.

 

45:     

Massoud has quit

being a photojournalist.

 

46:     

18 years of reporting on wars

has taken its toll.

 

47:     

He takes us to a place

that's special to him.