BBC Documentaries

Defending Afghanistan (2019x301)

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As the war in Afghanistan enters its 18th year, Afghan civilian and security personnel fatality rates are at an all-time high - 45,000 Afghan soldiers and police have been killed in the last 4 years. With the Taliban cancelling talks with the US and worries about a US withdrawal, what does the future look like for the Afghan people? Can the country survive on its own? Jonathan Beale reports.