Good source of short study of the OPFOR
Watched the video origianlly on PBS and had to order the video. As a military instructor, there are several occasions for showing this film...primarily to indicate that there is no shortage of opposing forces in the fight against terrorism, but also important to show that the opposing forces lack a critical component to US victory...team work! The video shows classic dysfunctional guerilla warfare. This video in addition to first hand experience/accounts will give an excellent presentation.
Interesting and Authentic -
The photographer for this video lived among the Taliban for almost two weeks, recording his conversations with them as well as their actions. They repeatedly spoke of driving out the 'non-believers,' their preserving their values. The Taliban group involved lived in a remarkably open section of Afghanistan and received taxes from the villagers that should have gone to the government. Their leader was a millionaire former car dealer. There weapons were drawn from former anti-Russia caches. The video also showed them preparing two roadside bombs prior to a raid - fortunately the bombs looked rather small in ineffectual, and later failed to detonated by their intended remote controls.
A cell phone video was shown that they had made of a former attack; cell phone communications were used to connect with their spotters and leaders. The attack location was under fog and offered cover within a cotton field. Upon return to their 'base,' they gave an optimistic false report to the...
The Taliban - Up Close
This is an interesting documentary conducted by Afghan journalist Najibullah Quaraishi in northern Afghanistan. He was invited to film a group of Taliban and another warrior group that wanted to disrupt a main highway, which was frequently used by Americans to transport war supplies and personnel. The overriding desire of the group was to rid Afghanistan of western influences.
The group did not have much to work with. They were cobbling together left-over rockets and munitions from the Russian invasion, which was over 30 years ago. There was also a lot of miscommunication and disputes within the group. The planned attack proved unsuccessful.
Although Quaraishi was supposed to stay-on for 2 full weeks some new insurgents from Pakistan branded him a spy and recommended he be beheaded. Quaraishi was able to safely exit the area though. On the way out of the country some local police officials met up with him and declared the area 'safe' (for the most part)...
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