Escape from Afghanistan
SBS Australia | 35 min
Postproduction Script
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GFX OPENER DRONE_Kabul
V1_Long edit_Ungraded.mp4@ 00:13:02:21 DRONE SHOT OF SYD OR KABUL FILE
FOOTAGE OF WITHDRAWAL/NEWS HEADLINES SCOMO
PRESSER https://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=HuQGXOAJdxA |
GFX: I am still in Afghanistan,
I need your help. GFX: I am sure I will be killed UPSOT
MORRISON FILE: 01.33 “Today the gov is announcing Australia will conclude the
NATO led resolute support mission in Afghanistan.”01.42 GFX: They will behead me GFX: I don't know what to do UPSOT MORRISON
FILE: 01.53 “The last remaining troops with depart Afghanistan in September
2021.”02.02 I was interpreter Barber Site supervisor Security guard |
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STORY TITLE: Using above drone shot |
ESCAPE FROM
AFGHANISTAN |
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ADD 1-2 SYD ESTABLISH SHOTS AFTER DRONE + RUN RADIO SOT UNDER THAT Suburban houses AFG_SYD_AHMED_C200@ 00:00:43:05 + 00:02:19:05 AFG_SYD_1_5D Sydney morning establishment shots AFG_SYD_AHMED_C200@
00:00:20:07 Cal gets into Car - AFG_SYD_1_5D @
00:12:02:17 CAL
DRIVING THROUGH STREETS + NEWS OF AFGHANISTAN ON RADIO |
SFX Morning
ambience 3rd
party @ ABC RADIO UPSOT_afghanistan-fallout RADIO UPSOT
NEWS: “ as the Taliban continues to re capture
territory and regain control, The prime minster Scott Morrison says his
government is doing what it can to urgently process visa applications from
afghans who worked alongside Australian forces. IT’S EARLY AUGUST / IN JUST FOUR WEEKS COALITION FORCES
WILL WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN AND THE COUNTRY’S ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR. FOR MONTHS, I’VE BEEN TRACKING THE STORIES OF AFGHAN
CIVILIANS WHO WERE PART OF AUSTRALIA’S 20 YEAR MISSION. NOW IN THE FIRING LINE OF AN ADVANCING TALIBAN, I WANT
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE POLICY THAT WAS MEANT TO PROTECT THEM. |
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OSMAN |
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00.00.08
EXT CAL GETS OUT OF CAR + GREETS OSMAN 00.01.16
INT CAL ENTERS 00.01.57
MOUSTAFA CUTAWAY 00.02.15
OSMAN TOUR |
Hi Osman ... In Western Sydney, I’m meeting 23 year old
Osman - one of the lucky few to escape the country back in May. 00.02.15
O/ This is the place – the living room. This is Moustafa.
My roommate and former coworker. Cal/ HI Moustafa so you’ve come from Afghanistan too. M/ Yes mam
nice to meet you. C/ Nice to meet you too. |
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01.19.09 OSMAN GETS SUITCASE OUT + SHOWS BELONGINGS CAL LISTENING SHOT 00.07.07 CAL REVERSALS/ [00:06:30] ... this is //00.09.54 My praying carpet, my laptop, some t-shirts and all my
documentations// |
Osman:
[00:05:21] I
brought my jeans and t-shirt and some other pants and other t-shirts which
are right here. Cal:
[00:05:39] It's
not a lot of stuff. Osman:
[00:05:40] It is
not. But I only had two hours. Didn't have that much time to bring them all. Cal:
Two hours? Osman:
[00:05:46] Two
hours. 00.06.01
I couldn't even
have time to get changed. I came with my house clothes directly to the
airport [00:03:41] [00:08:26] How did you feel at that
airport before you left? Osman:[00:08:30]
It was really tough to say goodbye, especially to my mum. It was hard, but
they were always telling me that you need to go to a safe place. Your safety
is our priority. Because of my employment with the coalition forces and ADF I
had to leave the country as soon as possible. A
former interpreter for the Australian
Defence Force, Osman is on the run
from the Taliban. His escape is thanks to a special visa issued by the Australian
government. |
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OSMAN SHOWS VISA 12.01 CAL LISTENING 00.21.36 CU OF VISA LINES |
[00:20:04] ….This is the visa, it is the... I can say the paperwork, which
helped me manage, flee the country. Cal:
[00:20:41] It
saved your life. Osman:
[00:20:42] Yes.
It saved my life. Honestly, yeah. |
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01.17.44 SHOTS OUT BEDROOM WINDOW + MASTER IV |
Hundreds of
Afghan civilians like Osman signed up to work with the Australian military.
From interpreters to cleaners, they took these jobs despite fear of Taliban
reprisals. In
exchange, the Australian government provided a degree of protection through a
visa that would ensure safe passage out. OSMAN MASTER IV [00:35:32] The Afghan LEE, LEE
stands for Locally Engaged Employees. [00:36:37] The idea of this visa is to help those individuals who are either in
direct threats or indirect threats and they wanted to provide us some
protection.36.50 Alt/But the
problem…. The visas can take years to be processed. [00:40:58] How long did
it take for your visa to be processed then before you got here? Osman:[00:41:02] More than three years. [00:42:56] Basically, it
was unacceptable. We were always waiting with our documentations. We were
sending some emails back to back to ask for updates.
We were always informing them of the imminent threats. We were telling that
we are in a greater risk now. The Taliban are coming near the city. We need
to leave this country as soon as possible but we were not hearing anything
back.43.25 |
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OSMAN + MOUSTAFA WALK OUTSIDE OR WATCHING
TV/SMOKING |
While Osman starts a new
life, many more are stuck waiting for their applications to be processed. At this point, the only
person that I know who has been left behind is our supervisor for a long
time. I think he's still stuck back home. *Breath* |
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INTRO JORDAN YET TO BE SHOT |
4 MINS UP TO HERE |
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Kabul
drone Kabul
V2_Long edit_Ungraded @00:03:47:13 SUPER:
1 MONTH UNTIL US WITHDRAWL |
Upsot: Kabul ambience In Afghanistan, these contractors live in hiding. I want to find Osman’s colleague to understand why he’s
been left behind. But with travel restrictions in place thanks to
COVID19, I need to enlist help. |
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JordanIV@ 00:22:47:23 |
Jordan Bryon is an
Australian filmmaker based in Kabul. |
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AFG_CAL_PICKUP@ 01:27:23:16 AFG_CAL_PICKUP@ 01:27:33:21 |
Upsot: Jordan how are you? JORDAN:
(11:00) (18:32 – Jordan Multicam) CAL: So what’s the situation like there at
the moment? 00:00:33:20
(Jordan multicam) things have been touch and go in the provinces the us have annoucned their withdrawla and
since then the taliban have been makign their move. JORDAN:
(16:47) But
Kabul is still fine. Yeah. CAL
: (21:20) JORDAN:
(16:27) |
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AFG_JORDAN_C1 Jordan leaving home 00:21:06:20 00:21:41:14 AFG_WAHAB_C1 @ 01:47:23:18 Jordan filming himself in a car AFG_TIM_C2 @ 00:17:56:17 |
VO:
I’ve asked Jordan to help track down Osman’s former boss, whose name we’ve changed for his own safety. We’ll call him Tim. THEY agree to meet in a secret location in
Kabul. |
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TIMOR |
5 MINS HERE |
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AFG_TIM_C1 00:04:05:03
@TIM putting on mask/ hat and scarf AFG_TIM_C1 @
01:59:01:24 – TIM walking down stairs AFG_TIM_C2 @ 00:00:18:14 TIM walking out of home AFG_TIM_C2 @
00:01:28:04 – great tracking shot of TIM |
AFG_TIM_C1 TIM:
(44:57) TIM:
(45:18) TIM:
(47:37) TIM: (01:00:32) TIM: (01:01:01) TIM: (01:07:09) |
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TIM
in car |
At
this point - there are reports the Taliban are fighting on the outskirts of Kandahar - Afghanistan’s
second biggest city. Tim
says the mood in Kabul is changing. TIM (10:49): So
nowadays we are less witnessing the explosions in Kabul City, but all of the people are in panic because Taliban is coming
to the cities. They are really scared of it. |
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Timor
in cab on way to base |
Tim is
taking us to the military base where he and Osman used to work. Called Camp Qargha it was crucial to Australia’s
mission in Afghanistan. |
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In car
driving up to the main gate AFG_TIM_C2@
00:38:25:14 – Timor gets out of car at Camp Quarga
sign |
[[00:18:16]
Timor: We are at the gate Jordan TIM
(00:18:52): Yeah. We have lots of
explosions in this gate. The Taliban try to enter to the camp from here |
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Timor walking into base The Afghan National Army are left in
charge. |
At Camp Qargha, the ADF’s goal was to train the Afghan national
army, so they could defend the country when the Coalition leave. (JUST KEEP
UPSOT of WALKING)
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TIM
(01:01:55): So this is the
entrance of the camp, as you see. Our office is on this side. I show you. Jordan
(01:02:15): So the camp is
obviously completely empty, right? TIM
(01:02:18): Yeah. Nobody is here anymore. Now / Australia has left and the Afghan
National Army is charge |
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Tim
was at the heart of Australia’s work here, managing a team of 60
interpreters, AFG_TIM_C1@ TIM (01:15:09) I lead
them. I gave them the occupations, duties, what should they do and all of
them left to Australia except me. |
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Timour walking into building up corridor |
TIM
(01:13:40): This room, this one, this
one. All of these offices used to stay our guys,
translators. This one, this one and this one. TIM
(01:14:18): And this our office. |
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TIM walking outside @ 01:02:14:01 |
In these rooms, Tim’s team translated
manuals and textbooks, interpreting, and conveying the ADF’s message to their
Afghan counterparts. TIM: and
now we have nothing here, all empty |
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TIM
C2 @ 01:56:57:11 [02:00:00]
Closing door on base [02:00:52] driving away from base |
Despite the implicit trust placed in
Tim to keep our troops safe. The Australian government is yet to
decide on whether they’ll return the favour and protect him. WITH less than 1 MONTH UNTIL THE US
WITHDRAWS, Tim’s window of opportunity
to escape is quickly closing. * Breath * |
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EXT TIMs house AFG_TIM_C2 @ 00:04:17:21 |
12
mins |
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AFG_TIM_C1
@ 00:27:06:15 TIM
walking into room with laptop |
Tim
applied for a LEE visa to Australia almost 2 years ago. |
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Opening
laptop and looking at email Looking
at computer Passage
of interaction between Jordan and TIM |
TIM:
(16:24) TIM:
(20:50) TIM (01:16:18): I'm the last interpreter who worked in
Qargha left behind and still waiting for my visa. |
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AFG_TIM_C1@
00:28:43:14 Mickey
mouse curtians AFG_TIM_C1@
00:34:58:23 Talking
to daughter as he pute her shoes on |
UPSOT:
humming/mumbling whilst putting on his daughters
shoes TIM
(00:56:18): I just care about my family. TIM:
(12:52) 56:57 |
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TIM
COUSIN ALT AFG_TIM_C1 @ [01:47:01] ->
[01:50:33] SEQ: TIM sitting on bed looking out window / CU side of face/
legs anxiously shaking FORSAKEN
FIGHTERS? |
Jordan:
(01:18:56) TIM:
(01:21:20) |
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Kabul GV’s NEW DRONE SHOT Kabul 2 @ 00:48 |
As Tim waits in hiding, the Taliban are
quickly advancing. X Taking
back rural districts, they now
control Kabul, home to more than 4 million people is
also in their gaze. |
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JASON
SCANES |
TRYING TO HELP TERPS IN LIMBO |
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AFG_JASON_DRONE + AFG JASON C200 00.51.28 EXT SHOTS OF HOUSE + GVS |
MUSIC +
STAYA NATSOT |
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AFG JASON C200 MASH UP OF JASON MAKING CALLS 00.48.17 JASON WALKING OUTSIDE ON CALL 00.49.46 WS WALKING ON PHONE 00.48.26 WALKING ON PHONE
00.49.36 WS ON PHONE
00.54.40 JASON MESSAGING ON PHONE |
AFG
JASON C200 09.08 Jason
outside walking: Yes did you get the form. The
biodata one./ [00:09:47 ] J inside on phone: So where your family still
in uruzgan?
ALT/ As the clocks ticks down to withdrawal,
in Queensland Jason Scanes is desperately trying to assist hundreds of others
like Tim who remain in limbo and at risk. OUTSIDE
WITH SAMBO [00:45:24] CALLER/ /..../00:45:34 last night they take my father - 60 year old - i
dont know where he taked.
Please send email and save life another one. J/ Yeah
I've sent that to team and marked as urgent and high risk. [00:46:04] |
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AFG JASON
C200 INT ADF PARAPHENALIA IN HOUSE 00.01.40 PHOTO 00.02.10 PHOTO 2 00.02.42 SOLDIER PAINTING |
Jason is a former Australian army captain. After a 19 year military career, that
included a 10 month deployment to Afghanistan, he founded an organisation called Forsaken Fighters. They help afghan contractors navigate the complex and often
opaque LEE visa process. |
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[00:34:44] CU GLASSES REFLECTION SHOT [00:35:05] WS JASON ON COMP [00:35:08] XCU DATABASE SCROLLING [00:27:19] CU FACE + HANDS (NOT SPEAKING) [00:27:27] CU COMP SCREEN + HANDS [00:27:50] CU EYES + GLASSES |
MASTER IV JASON: [00:01:14]
So, there's two processes to them gaining a visa here in Australia. The first
process is getting certification by the relevant minister, be it Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, or minister for Defense. [00:01:41] Once they
get that certification, it's in assisting them through the process of filling
out the paperwork to apply for their visa to the immigration minister and
home affairs. [00:13:40]
People are stuck in varying degrees of each of those processes. |
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JASON ON COMPUTER + SHOWING DATABASE |
Aware of lengthy processing delays,
Jason has been calling for a review of the visa program for years. MASTER
IV [00:03:40] We've seen applications taking six and seven years for those
applications to be processed, and individuals and their families who have
been deemed at risk of persecution, remaining in Afghanistan for six or seven
years until the bureaucracy and their applications have been finalized here
in Australia. And I just think that is totally unacceptable. As a modern Western country, we should be able to process these
applications a lot quicker than what we have been |
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CAL MESSAGING WITH WAHAB |
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SYD AT NIGHT GVS SUPER:
3 WEEKS UNTIL US WITHDRAWL AFG_SYD_C1_C200 00:46:41:20
– Moon shot ( reverse to bring into focus) 00:44:42:08
– city skyline 00:45:32:23
– car drives past |
NATSOT + MUSIC Australia’s
special visa program prioritises interpreters. But
there are many more contractors who assisted Australia’s mission – from
guards to site supervisors, even barbers. |
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GFX
SEQ NIGHT CITY SCAPE WITH MSGS GFX POPPING UP |
GFX
WHATSAPP: Dear Madam! Me and my family we are at risk We escaped from Uruzgan to Kandahar Province. Taliban are not leaving those people who
worked with forces alive. (TRNSITION SHOTS/BUS ETC INTO CAL ON
BED) |
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GFX CAL
LOOKING AT PHONE + GFX PHOTOS OF WAHAB CUTTING SOLDIERS HAIR |
Wahab worked as a barber for Australian forces at their base in
Uruzgan between 2007 and 2013. |
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Wahab cutting hair sequence Cut throat razor -
00:06:16:20 Wahab @ 00:14:47:18 Scissors @ 00:11:43:21 SUBREEL
1 – DARI End on his grab |
WAHAB MASTER IV (01:20:17) The foreigners trusted me. When they came to me they'd
take off their belt and weapon and leave it to one side. (01:20:56) They'd sit in the chair and I'd
tie the apron and start working. |
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Calli looking at phone
AFG_SYD_C1_C200@ 00:18:10:09 – Focus pull GFX – Letter from Taliban onscreen with bottom half
highlighted |
To do his work, Wahab would come and go from the ADF’s
military base every day. As a result, he says the Taliban want to kill him. He allegedly received this letter from them. Explicitly
saying they want to behead his family members, set his house on fire and make him suffer. |
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WAHAB HANDS ON PHONE SUBREEL 1 – DARI |
WAHAB MASTER IV (01:12:22) The Taliban said "Get out of here." They kicked my parents
out of my place and the Taliban went in and destroyed it. I have
photos of what they've done to my place, of their destruction. (01:12:34) |
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00:08:44:10 – CU Wahab eyes CU
MASTER INTERVIEW SUBREEL
1 – DARI AFG_WHAB_C1@ 00:30:14:00 |
Wahab already applied for a visa in 2013 but was rejected because
the ADF felt he was not a risk.
Now on the run, Wahab has reapplied for the visa, but his application
is in limbo and time is running out. When
they catch me, They
will kill me. They won't let me live. *END SCENE* |
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NEW MOTHER FLIPPING DAY |
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Kabul 2 ungraded drone @ 04::49 AFG_CALLI PICKUPS Cal at computer @ 00:51:19:11 Cal noddies an email from MoD They rejected me. Cal Scroll on phone 00:50:15:11 |
With lives clearly under threat I’m trying to
understand on what grounds these visas are being rejected? AFG Cal Pickups @ 00:30:47:00 Cal: why are people deemed ineligible
or rejected? Jason: [00:18:58] some people have been rejected because they haven't submitted their application for certification within six months, Jason: [00:19:32] So, we
now have people that may have worked for us in 2005 to 2008, and they've been
happy to remain in Afghanistan because there was a level of security Jason: 00:47:36:02 CAL: Tims just texted and his visa has been rejected. Here’s the email
from ministry of defence. Attached to it should be a letter that formally
states the reason why he’s been rejected , but bizarrely
when you open the email its just a replica of the
email that was originally sent |
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SHOTS
CAL ON TRAIN ON PHONE + PTC TO CAM ON CARRIAGE? GFX - Whatsapp Cal sitting at computer – gets text from TIM ( shot needs neg space for text) TEXT: I just received an email from MoD They
rejected me. |
SFX - “Ping” TEXT: I just received an email from MoD They
rejected me. CAL PTC ALT: TIMs just texted, his visa
has been rejected. Here’s the email
from Department of Defence. Attached should be a letter that formally informs TIM
of the reason for this decision. But bizarrely, when you open the letter,
it’s just a copy of the email. There’s not even a signature. So 5 lines, no
reason, and TIM’s waited 2 years for this./ |
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SIM
YOU’LL NEED TO FIND PIX TO COVER THIS |
I
asked the Department of Defence why Tim’s LEE Visa application was rejected. They
said they don't comment on individual cases for security reasons, and those
who are rejected can apply for a visa under the Humanitarian program. |
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SUPER: 2 WEEKS UNTIL US WITHDRAWL LIB 080721 RTV AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT
FIGHTING_SBS_ID_15306659.mp4 – Afghan army/ gun shots armoured vehicles 130821 CH4 AFGHANISTAN PKG_SBS_ID_15755477 LIB 150821 RTV AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT JALALABAD
UGC_SBS_ID_15665263.mp4 – Trucks speeding along highway FARAH UGC_SBS_ID_15602877 @ 00:00:07:18 ( guy getting dragging through street LIB 200821 AFGHANISTAN DESPERATE
PKG_SBS_ID_15687261 – Talib with guns hanging out car window SBS_ID_15306659@ 00:01:47:02 – armoured
vehicles/ gunshots Best Talib stuff from Jordan WhatsApp00003 @ 0:36 Running across airfield/ helicopter hovers
overhead WhatsApp00008 @ 1:17 WhatsApp00007 @ 0:19 |
*Fast paced music Back in Afghanistan, the Taliban complete a sweep of the country’s south. SBS_ID_15755473@ 00:00:19:11 News reader Upsot:
Today the Taliban captured herat the countries third largest city Taking four more provincial capitals in
a lightning offensive – sometimes easily… often brutally. SBS_ID_15755473 @ 00:00:44:18 News reader upsot; Forces have now effectively lost
northern and western Afghanistan And then the unthinkable happens. SBS_ID_15778517 @ 00:00:00:02 UPSOT: Taliban entered the heart of the
Afghan capital Kabul today A
300,000 STRONG AFGHAN ARMY WITH ALL THE COALITION WEAPONRY & TRAINNG HAS BEEN DEFEATED IN A
MATTER OF WEEKS - BY AN ESTIMATED 60,000 TALIBAN FIGHTERS NO
ONE SAW THIS COMING. CHAOS
UNFOLDS AT HARMID KARZAI AIRPORT. UPSOT:
WhatsApp00003 @ Running across airfield/ I
start to receive footage from some of those I contacted for this story. HUNDREDS
of people flood the tarmac trying to flee the oppressive Taliban regime they
remember. |
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TALIBAN
PRESS CONFERENCE |
But
with the world looking on, the Taliban present themselves in a different
light 09:26 @ First Press Conference by Taliban Spokesperson We are
assuring the safety of all those who have worked with the allied forces,
whether as interpreters or any other field their worked with them |
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JORDAN POST FALL OF KABUL |
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AFG JORDAN C1 [00:19:57] SEQ; Jordan micing
himself up / getting ready to leave house / walking out of house 21.27 J in stairwell |
But those words ring hollow for former ADF
contractors still in hiding like Tim, the interpreter and Wahab the barber. And for journalists like Jordan the landscape has now dramatically
shifted. |
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THE TALIBAN HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF KABUL AND
FOR JOURNALISTS LIKE JORDAN THE LANDSCAPE NOW HAS DRAMATICALLY SHIFTED |
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AFG JORDAN C1 00.22.20 J gets in
car + drives off AFG WAHAB C1 : 01.47.23 J IN CAR MIRROR
SHOT 01.47.50 TALIBS IN
UTE 01.50.47 CITY
STREET/KABUL MOUNTAIN 01.51.08 MEN ON
MOTO IN TRAD CLOTHING 01.53.43 TALIBS +
GUNS IN TRUCK WAVES |
DARI [00:22:18] Jordan: Hello! today is very hot, not cold, hot In the DAYS following the Taliban’s takeover, the city
is eerily quiet. Jordan:
(35:59) This used to be a military checkpoin
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AFG JORDAN C1 JORDAN DRIVING
KABUL STREETS/TB ABOUT TOWN [00:36:44] Taliban flag 00.37.02 people sleeping on streets/ IDPs [00:33:50] following taliban
with guns on
street Jordan: (29:52) Around the city. There are so many trucks and cars loaded up with
people's belongings. People are still fleeing. 30.03 |
[00:27:31] Jordan: I live in a neighbourhood that doesn't
usually have many women in the Burqa. It's a bit more of a modern neighbourhood
with upper middle class Afghan, but just now on the
streets, I've seen more women in a Burqa than ever before actually As shop owners remove pictures of women from their shop
windows…. Taliban begin removing blast walls. |
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AFG_JORDAN_BLAST
WALLS (best shots of concrete walls being taken down and Taliban watching on)
SUBREEL
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AFG_JORDAN_BLAST
WALLS_C4800 TB VOX (0:12-0:42)
Taliban Commander: we are clearing these barriers from the streets to improve
the traffic flow so people will be able to pass easily and unimpeded. Thanks
to God, there is peace here. The previous government was blocking the roads
for Afghans to protect themselves. They've caused problems for Afghans and
we're solving them. |
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AFG_JORDAN_BLAST
WALLS (best shots of concrete walls being taken down and Taliban watching on) SUBREEL
3 |
AFG_JORDAN_BLAST WALLS_C4800 TB VOX POP(5:11-5:13)
J why did you join the Taliban? (5:14-5:20)
Taliban commander: The Americans invaded Afghanistan, they destroyed our government. (5:21-5:24)
Journalist: How do you feel about Australian people? (5:30-5:48)
Taliban commander: We don't like any country's military presence. We have good
relations with everyone. You have come here. Tell me, does anyone have a
problem with you (5:49-5:54) *SMILES* |
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GVS TALIBAN
CONTROLLING STREET + REFUGEES IN STREET AFG WAHAB C2: [00:58:12] REFUGEE FAMILY IN STREET
WITH LUGGAGE [00:59:14] DUDE WITH GUN MONITORING
CROWDS 00.59.52 CROWD/TRAFFIC 00.59.55 HKAI AIRPORT ENTRANCE |
Across the city,
those who’ve fled bloody battles in the rural provinces wander the streets
carrying their belongings. The only way out is harmed karzi
airport |
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AD BREAK
HERE |
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WAHAB IN KABUL |
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WAHAB |
IT’S 13 DAYS UNTIL US WITHDRAWS FROM
AFGHANISTAN AND THE TALIBAN HAS JUST TAKEN KABUL. Among the displaced who’ve made it to the city is Wahab - the barber I’ve been
messaging. I ask Jordon to meet
him. AFG_JORDAN_C1
00:23:50 WAHAB – Where are you? 00:23:51 JORDAN – I
want to sit with you and we must do an interview.
(00:23:59) And take a film. (00:24:02) |
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WAHAB STANDING AT
WINDOW |
Now in hiding at a friend’s apartment. Wahab has
just escaped intense fighting in Kandahar. |
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AFG WAHAB C1 00.22.21 Wahab looking out window 00.22.58 Kabul out window 00.23.39 CU side of Wahab face 00.24.28 CU hands on sill 00.27.05 WS wahab at window SUBREEL
1 – DARI |
01:04:55
WAHAB – I am quite worried about my family, myself, and the situation. I can
neither leave the house nor go to work. I am afraid of anyone finding out
where I am or am not and I'm careful not to let anyone see me. (01:05:11) |
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AFG WAHAB
C1 00.41.02 WS WAHAB WITH KIDS AFG WAHAB C1 00.31.36 WAHAB WITH KIDS PLAYING GAME ON PHONE 00.33.22 XCU FEET SUBREEL 1 – DARI |
AFG WAHAB C1 00.31.15 / Click this one. Click that one, this one… His 3 year old daughter is now traumatised FROM ROCKET ATTACKS – THAT LANDED ON THEIR DOORSTEP. 00.32.10 What are you afraid of?
00.32.26 Don't worry about it. Why did you get scared? Play this game, play
this game. 00.32.35 WAHAB IV/THOUGHT TRACK) SUBREEL 2 – The noise of explosions and
shooting and rockets have affected her mind. |
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AFG WAHAB C1 00.42.05
WIFE CARRIES APPLES INTO ROOM |
With no word from
the Australian government about his visa application, the family are among
hundreds who are now trapped in the city. |
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AFG WAHAB
C1 00.42.19 WAHAB WITH WIFE EATING APPLES SUBREEL 1 – DARI |
AFG WAHAB C1 00:44:27 WAHAB – - Well, what do we do now that we are in
Kabul? - I don't know really. 00:44:34 WAHAB – Afghanistan's
situation is deteriorating every day. //. 00:44:45 WAHAB – I need to think
and decide on a way to run away. // 00:47:07 WAHAB – Even when you go
outside, try not to take the kids with you. Also, when you go to buy stuff, be covered and hidden so that no
one knows who you are, |
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AFG WAHAB C1 01.43.55 WIFE WITH KID STANDING AT WINDOW 00.25.45
SHOT OF HOUSES OUT WINDOW SUBREEL 1 – DARI |
AFG WAHAB C1 01:45:20 WIFE – How
long will life be like this, not for a day or two, how long will our life be in danger? |
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KABUL CONTEXT |
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SUPER: 12 DAYS UNTIL US WITHDRAWL AFG_JORDAN_TALIBS_2 @ 00:00:30:23 – Young
Taliban manning a checkpoint LIB
160821 RTV AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT KABUL AIRPORT MORE_SBS_ID_15668951 - ppl walking along road into
airport LIB 160821 RTV AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT KABUL
AIRPORT MORE_SBS_ID_15668951 EVACUATION FLIGHTS LIB 180821 AFGHANISTAN SITUATION PKG_SBS_ID_15667560 LIB 240821 RTV AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT KABUL PLANES VIEW_SBS_ID_15740225 LIB 180821 RAAF AFGHANISTAN
PKG_SBS_ID_15667464 |
Outside, the Taliban slowly embed themselves into Kabul..... (UPSOT)
And more and more people try to escape. Crowds amass at the airport’s main entrances. America and it’s allies have started evacuating those eligible … @ 00:00:39:24 - LIB 180821 RAAF AFGHANISTAN PKG_SBS_ID_15667464 SCO MO: This was the first of what will be many flights But they have to
make their own way inside the airport – and the Taliban have begun
restricting access. |
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AFG_SYD_C1_C200 00:40:31:00 – “rain” on window
00:36:19:04 -
Focus pull to Cal 00:38:02:06 – Cal texting |
As Australia’s
evacuation efforts begin, back in Sydney, I haven’t received any messages from
Wahab or Tim in days and don’t
know if they’re part of the
mayhem at the airport ... But then, Tim, the former ADF interpreter
gets in touch. |
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TIM/CAL text exchange Cal at night - in window 00:39:53:22 – Cal gets up and walks out of
frame |
GFX
WHATSAPP / PING I am at Hamid Karzai International Airport
now. The Taliban beat me at the gate Last night some of my colleagues flew to
Australia. They didn't take me. I talked with an USA officer. He said wait, we have plan for you guys. I am waiting for my flight and don't know
when it will happen. |
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BOMBING
// 270821
BBC KABUL ATTACK PKG_SBS_ID_15825348 LIB
270821 KABUL ATTACK PKG_SBS_ID_15746940.mp4 – “people hurled everywhere etc) Aftermath of deadly blast near Kabul airport_4341279_Afghanistan Airport Blast Aftermath @ 0:13 FILE: Bodies lie in canal after Kabul attack_4341286_Afghanistan Airport Blast Aftermath UGC.mp4 @ 0:10 LIB 270821 RTV AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT ATTACK HOSPITAL_SBS_ID_15789495 = hospital / ambulance LIB 270821 RTV AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT KABUL HOSPITAL_SBS_ID_15793277.mp4 – woman wailing |
Not
long after speaking with tim, there’s more
terrifying news. ALT/
Not long after speaking with tim, things get worse. SBS_ID_15825348(BBC) @0:07 Upsot: It was a scene of carnage in Afghanistan after twin explosions near
Kabul airport NATSOT SBS_ID_15746940 (SBS) @ 0:27 Upsot: people were hurled
everywhere, their brains scattered. UP TO 170 people are killed while trying to get into
the airport. (footage of bodies let breathe) SBS_ID_15793277 @0: 07: UPSOT woman screaming SBS_ID_15789495 @ 0:13 - UPSOT: ambulance (footage of ambulances
at hospital that night or empty airport from a distance) AS IMAGES OF THE DEVASTATION FILTER HOME, I
STILL CANNOT GET HOLD OF TIM OR WAHAB. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY ARE SAFE - OR WHAT
OPTIONS REMAIN FOR THEM TO ESCAPE…. (FADE TO BLACK HERE AND THEN COME UP ON NEW DAY AND
JORDAN ROPED INTO HELPING EVACUEES) |
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WAHAB AT HOTEL + EVACS |
WHERE DOES WAHAB
END UP |
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AFG WAHAB C1 KABUL GVS 00.58.05 STATIC WIDE 01.51.03 MEN ON BIKE 1.54.47 DUDE WITH GUN ON CAR 01.53.51 TALIBAN ON BACK OF CAR 01.56.13 TALIBS IN FATIGUES |
SUPER: 1 DAY UNTIL US WITHDRAWL |
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AFG_JORDAN @ 00:22:14:15 Walking to cab AFG_WAHAB_C1 @ 01:47:04:03 SUBREEL 7 (00:24:02) We are coming to you, any problems? |
MUSIC + NATSOT WALKING THROUGH HALL
(BUILD SUSPENSE) AUSTRALIA HAS NOW ENDED ITS EVACUATION
MISSION BUT THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES STILL OPERATING FLIGHTS. In a last minute PUSH, Jordan - our filmmaker in the country –
HAS DECIDED TO HELP ferry at risk Afghans past Taliban checkpoints. And it
turns out, Wahab is one of them.
00:24:16 WAHAB – Well
you come and then [INAUDIBLE] I go to the airport. |
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AFG_WAHAB_HOTEL JORDAN PTC IN LIFT AFG_WAHAB_HOTEL |
(27:31) Jordan PTC: there are charter flights and evacuation flights from
private organizations, private donors, governments. And I managed to find one
and get this gentleman's family on it. |
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00.01.00 CUTAWAY LUGGAGE PILE 00.01.50 WAHAB PACKING SUBREEL |
AFG WAHAB HOTEL
WAHAB HAS NARROWLY MISSED THE
SUICIDE BOMBING THAT RIPPED THORUGH OTHER FAMILIES. 00:05:01
WAHAB: I spent one night at the gate of Kabul airport and there was no
nothing, no food, no bathroom, we were on the bare ground. (00:05:18) (00:05:52)
But we could not go through the airport
like that. People were stampeding (00:09:15) BOX 78 VO |
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00.14.55 CLOTHES PACKED IN SACK 00.11.36 CU FAMILY PASSPORTS + BEING PACKED |
MUSIC + BUILD With still no updates FROM
AUSTRALIA about his pending VISA application – ALL OF WAHAB’S HOPES NOW LIE IN
BOARDING A US FLIGHT HEADED FOR GERMANY. |
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00.17.48 FAM PUT ON SHOES + LEAVE ROOM 00.25.29 FAM WALKING DOWN HALL WITH LUGGAGE SUBREEL 4 |
AFG_WAHAB_HOTEL (00:08:29) We are happy and
thankful. Our case has
been progressed and we are going to be free from this state of limbo, distress and sorrow. |
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WAHAB EVAC ATTEMPT + FAILS |
Edit note: Every face on the bus must be blurred (
thank me later ;-) |
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AFG JORDAN AIRPORT 1 00.03.27 PPL CLIMBING AIRPORT WALL 00.03.53 PPL CLIMBING AIRPORT WALLS 00.04.14 AIRPORT + CROWD 00.04.22 HELI IN SKY 00.04.30 KID ON FENCE 00.04.33 CAR PULLS IN
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MUSIC
+ NATSOT |
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AFG WAHAB BUS PHONE D3 JORDAN IN CAR ON WAY TO EVAC THreat of attacks from the IS-K terrorist
group right up until the last plane took off. |
[00:00:01] Jordan - Riding in car " 01.00 we're going to give it one last go
with 120 people I think and we will see what happens
because the airport has been under attack, some rockets have been launched,
the missile defence system has thwarted a lot of them. |
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J GIVING
SPEECH ON BUS 00.02.56 J
WALKING BETWEEN BUSES + GETS ON 2ND BUS + FACES OF PPL |
(BUS 1) [00:01:39] Jordan - "Okay guys
so…/ 01.50 there are three options for today, (BUS 2) 03.22 possibility one the gates are closed because of the rocket
attacks it's possible the gates don't open, 03.33 (BUS 3 –
WAHAB’S BUS) 03.43 possibility two the gates open but the Taliban don't let
us through, 03.49 (BUS 1) 02.24 option three everything is
perfect and youse go to Germany (laughs) so one be
ready to wait, and two be ready to be disappointed... 02.42 (BUS 1) [00:02:42] "but believe that
you're going to Germany. (laughs) 02.51Alright guys lets
do this, lets do this" 02.53 |
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As those on the buses wait for the green
light, many others make a last ditch effort to join
them. |
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PEOPLE PLEADING WITH J TO GET THEM ON THE
LIST (END WITH
ANOTHER SHOT OF MEN TRAILING J) |
09.19 Man/ to whom can we apply or who can
we contact to put name on list. J/That is the million
dollar question. 00.09.43 Why are you acting all
high and mighty in our country? Look at this and please tell me what's going
on. Jordan: you're not on our list,
none of you are. I really want to help all of you, but I can’t [00:10:25] Men following J + pressuring +
desperate/ J: I don’t know these people I can’t contact them for you. 10.30 But anyone found to be not on the list
could dash the hopes of close to a hundred others. |
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00.11.33 PEOPLE ON THE BUS + SOUND OF PEOPLE
CRYNG |
00.11.33
NATSOT BUS/BABY CRYING /SOUNDING STRESSED/ANXIOUS WAITING (CONTRAST TO J
BEING HOUNDED OUTSIDE) |
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00.12.55 WAHAB LOADING LUGGAGE IN BUS + WAHAB OUTSIDE BUS IV SUBREEL 4 |
…INCLUDING WHAB AND HIS FAMILY…. WAHAB / 00:14:12 WAHAB – Today I will try to leave. I'm going to
Kabul airport. This is the second time I've tried to leave, God willing. Hopefully
I will succeed.(00:14:29) |
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30:35 |
SECOND ADD BREAK HERE |
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(YOU’LL
NEED AN ESTABLISHER SHOT HERE BACK FROM AD BREAK) |
It’s
the final hours before the US officially withdraw from Afghanistan. 120
at risk Afghans have been waiting for hours on buses in Kabul – hoping to get
through the gates of the airport and onto evacuation flights. UPSOT:
if I could help everybody I would Then
jordan finally receives news. But
it’s not what they were hoping. |
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J PTC OUTSIDE BUS 00.26.50 WS BUSES LINED UP |
[00:22:08] Jordan - This is bad, this
is real bad, there's a flight (looks to sky) that's
probably one of the last flights out of Afghan airspace for a while, I don't
know how I'm going to break the news to these people or how they’re going to
take it. |
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J BREAKS NEWS TO BUS ONE |
00.27.05 J APPROACHES BUS 1 + GETS ON (build
a bit of tension) [00:27:45] Jordan - The American's have
closed the gates, it's finished, we have no way to evacuate you from the
airport (inaudible) I'm so sorry, I'm so so sorry,
28.07 00.29.00 Man – We tried. We tried. J: Yeah really we tried. |
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J BREAKS NEWS TO BUS TWO GO PRO |
00.31.10 J APPROACHES BUS 2 (BUS 2) [00:31:19] Guys - 32.45 Please go home, be safe, try to find
your own way, |
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00.36.20
WAHAB UNPACKING LUGGAGE FROM BUS + GETS ON BUS WITH FAMILY |
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00.40.13
WAHAB AND FAM WALKING AWAY + GET IN CAB - Thank you. - Thank you. Without a visa from Australia, Wahab and
his family are now Thank you so much. Goodbye. Get over here, boy. 00.41.20
TAXI DRIVES AWAY |
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CATCH UP TIM IN UK? |
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AFG
CRONULLA 00.12.06 ROLLING WAVES 00.04.24
DAD WITH SON 00.06.46
BIRD/WAVES 00.0.26 WS
BEACH/PPL & 00.13.14 CAL WALKING INTO FRAME + SITS DOWN 00.13.50 GETS PHONE OUT OF BAG |
Music
transition / The international evacuation effort transported more than 120,000
people out of Kabul. Around 4000 of those rescued by Australia. There are now countless left behind, whose
fate lies in the hands of the Taliban. But I’m left wondering about
Tim? |
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REEL; 064753 OVERSHOULDER SHOT PHONE SCREEN OF TIM + ZOOM VID FILE |
Cal: (03:32) So we are passing our quarantine days in
here, so we are happy and we're safe. |
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Cal: 064753 @ (12:05) TIM:070740 @
(10:17) Cal: (10:52) |
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REEL: 070740 |
(01:31): when you think about Afghanistan and look back on the coalition's
presence in the country, given where everything is at right now how do you
feel about it? TIM: (05:35) TIM (03:12):…So nowadays we are experiencing a very dark days. So
we don't have any hope any more from our country because all of the people
are leaving in dark. They don't have any hope for the future. |
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CAL LOOKS OUT > SEA KABUL DRONE SHOT DRONE SHOT |
The
UN says up to 500,000 Afghans, like Tim, could flee by the end of the year As
Australia walks away from 20 years of conflict with the Taliban, the question
remains, has it done enough to help others wanting to escape the very same
war. END CREDITS |
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