What Has Happened to Afghanistan?
A Decaying State (2009): Examining the lawlessness in Afghanistan
Children for sale, the Taliban's parallel government and a booming kidnap business: this exclusive report uncovers the state of anarchy and lawlessness prevailing across the country today.
In a refugee camp in the North of Afghanistan, a father sells his son to survive. Say your goodbyes now, its time to go, says a wealthy woman from Kabul, handing over $1,500. I sold a piece of my heart to stop my four other children dying, sobs the father. People are going to Iran and Pakistan, or joining the Taliban, because theyre poor and dont have a future, says one impoverished farmer. And where theres poverty, the Taliban are never far away. Im serving my people" Mulla Meshe, a Taliban commander says; "in the name of God. The government is not helping, A mile-long queue of people wait outside his office near the refugee camp and a few feet away another Taliban official takes payment for electricity stolen from the government. In Kabul, lawlessness takes a different form. He said when we cut off your finger and send it to your family, well find your money" remembers Homuna Sefe, showing us the well he was held hostage in for 3 weeks. We are not dealing with poor people, says Matim Khan, parading an Afghan teenager hes holding hostage. Well take his eyes out, or sell him to the Taliban. Criminal gangs are united with the Taliban and ordinary Afghans have lost all faith in a government, which sees them struggling to survive.
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My heart breaks seeing that father crying....and the woman "buying" the child seems so heartless. 😥😥
Very.very.SAD..BUT I DONT SEE ONE TEAR DROPING ..WOW..IF IT REAL. IS HEART BREAKING.
The woman who adopts these children is acting like she helps the family. If she really cared she would supply them with food and water for 6 months and let their children stay with the natural mother and/or father.
@FarooqGilani
6 жыл бұрын
story is entirely different which is said, fake video
@azmathkhan5708
5 жыл бұрын
She is doing right to buy kids if she help them by money there evil culture will be same so getting out from there culcure and education is right.actually islam is not religion its a cult for all whole nations God of Israel bless muslim to know him I pray in his son name yahushua amin
@AshutoshNandanceo
4 жыл бұрын
You don't grow money on trees, specially in the region like Afganistan. The woman is taking their son and giving him to some wealthy family in city. And they give money in return.
Allah this is so real i live in Afghanistan when i went to Afghanistan i saw poor people when my mum was little she was poor when her family had money and had a home they got this girl my mum her mum did and wash her and give her clothe . Then the girl said i want to go now then she went
when the boy at the start is saying goodbye to his mother is one of the saddest things i think i have ever seen.
This is heartbreaking. I can't believe my eyes I watch this happening and not be able to speak out for the injustice or help out. If I was ever in that situation I will not have kids that I can not feed. If I did have kids I will starve to death with them instead of selling them to feed myself and other kids. How could you do that. Looks like no one has a heart in there even the ones that are buying the kids. I'm sure they have children of their own and I hope they do not sell these kids organ, or sell them away for sex slavery. Living in such society dont those family know what would happen to their child in someone elses hand. If you can not find a job and can not earn and is financially deprived please use protection because that won't cost you much.
selling thier child made me cry. i hope for better days
oh..this is intense!
The old man selling the boy is actually an actor. I am not saying people don't sell their children but in this case this scene is made up to look real.
totally heartbreaking ...
What, no subtitles? I can tell what they're talking about by context but I would really want to hear the dialogue.
thanks ma friend from ur very nice comment God bless u
I want to help him get back his sons..? Please let me know how to reach out to them.
@lethalacid660
8 жыл бұрын
I need contact info to get to them
@ABCDEFGHIJK4097
8 жыл бұрын
I think that video is over 5 years old
@afgfedai1607
8 жыл бұрын
Hi brother please help them to get there children back
@mdaudi4582
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, do it that would be great
@markmarkiewicz143
6 жыл бұрын
lethal acid. Fuk him
Reminds me of the Mafia but living in poorer conditions
this is the second time i've watched this can you imagine how bad crime is there i bet most of it is not reported these are just a few cases imagine selling your own child to feed your other families and relying on the taliban just creates more problems
@mayhuna1 I have spent my childhod in almost the same situation so I know how hard it is for both children and parents.
:-( Thats so Sad....
I hope the 2 ladies is not going to exploit this young guy as a child slave.so heart breaking. they should have just donated the money instead of taking his son. wrong decision of the parents. they may not be able to see their sons again for the rest of their lives.
How sad. Devastating.
I wonder what happened to the sold boy.
Oh my God. My God. Selling your children to feed your children. What kind of world do we live in??? My God.
when the kids hugging the mother the woman just pulls him away lol
Hi brothers please help me find does people who selling and buying children and I want to find to the interpreter because he knows them
This footage is old. It's not from November at all. I remember seeing this about 12 months ago.
You do know that the moon is often seen as something beautiful right?
really sad....
HOW SAD
why leather coat in that hot weather ?
ey khodaye bozorgh eltemasat mikonam mardome afgan ra ba farhangh kon ta in mardome bighonah ham tame zendeghi ra becheshand.amin.amin
I cant see this!!! I am sooooooo angry!
this is for massih dawar. what u was doing 9 years in our country
Sane watan Frosh Ho ra da afghonistan bogajum ke mardum majbur ast Tefle khoda bofrosha 😢😢😢😢😢😢
thats what happens when people are brought to to brink of despair they will do whatever it takes to survive Afghanistan remind me so much of my country i can understand where those people are coming from
@AfghanBanai , there were some more as well , like MAzari mangolian, Masood bachai saqauo, and Doustam dooze gilimjam.
@Ghurshah
Жыл бұрын
Taliban Ghulam Bacha Haye ISI Karzai Madari and Ghani Daghalgar. Massoud was Sher Panjshir
I don't know why, but characters in the documentary looks fake. It's probably a remake of the events narrated to the reporter. Though I dont expect that of journeyman pictures.
In some places it is more profitable to have more children. Children here cost more because we have to send them to school, buy them nice clothes, feed them three times a day, buy them toys, etc... in many other places in the world, those are all secondary things. Put them to work as soon as they can - whether it be a paying job or just chores and whatnot, and they quickly pay off their costs and then some. Also, the deathrate is high, so more children is necessary to continue the bloodline.
it is the most emotional video I've ever seen..and IT IS NOT fake for god sake, I was in Kabul last year and they kiddnaped my uncle who is a doctor, working for his own people, they kiddnaped him in fron of our eyes and we could do NOTHING..they fired...everyone was shocked........Afghanistan is worse than hellll......This is not propaganda guys, please wake up!
I wonder how much of this was true. That police "operation" seemed like a theater to me...
Doesn’t seem to be his father definitely
This is what 30 years of figth give us and this disease is spreading as fast we cannot imagine.
Is this translated properly? Someone answer me.
@Ghurshah
Жыл бұрын
There is no audio of the native language to guage the translation. It looks generally good.
the only thing you can do is alleviate unemployment and poverty too much for a one man to do
No wonder there is so much rebellion in that land
STOP HAVING BABY'S.
sick...
please super power should do some thing for these people
Its not a decaying state, it was already decayed.
He sold his child so he can obtain money for gambling or drugs. It is not normal in Afghanistan to sell children to use the money on family.
Shouldn't they stop having all that many children? Less children = Better living standard for all the family.
to sell a son, it shows how greedy the man is. .. someone will ask for his wife to be sold... he will shred few crocodile 🐊 tears and sell her and why not if he has sold his (if it's his)
Shameful parents
Poor boy; he's probably dead by now, all his organs removed and sold on the black market. The money the woman paid the father is small change compared to the value of a single organ on the black market.
First party was hard to watch.
THIS IS NOT REAL! that's all acting, who they are fooling?
Thats been a common practice for centuries if not millennia...
Wheres the almighty?
damn...
i have it so good. omg tears*
You are not god to help them what is $1500. You are taking someones child away from them. The money will not last them long. Why would you sell your child when you are gonna die of hunger. How could you do this. What future is she talking about when the whole country is corrupted.
sorry but the voice they take for the guy in black sound like the lord evil
Read "Caravans" - The country was never all muslim! It's not naturally muslim European /Russian/American/Taliban oppressors get their claws in. I saw a presentation about Afghanistan years ago; the caravans around the country. Subsistance economy. The world seems to think they have to interfere.
This lady has no mercy for God just please help my people Afghan people at least they are your creatures please God please I believe in you that you are the only one God you can help all your creatures Allah Akbar.
calm down yeah i think its not really acting, but what they were trying to say this type of stuff happen... and it does. and to make it interseting or to give better image of understanding whats happening they made a littel clip. they werent saying if the the acting was real or not.
The suburbs what, it looks worser than Detroit, as a matter fact I rather be in Detroit than Afghanistan
Is this real?
Where is General Ata Noor ?
@user-wq6ln9os7p
10 жыл бұрын
Fuck Iran
the first part seeming convincing for me.. but later on it gets bullshyt! I SKIPPED THE VIDEO BUT I CAME ACROSS 8:02 the person is wearing diferent clothing, diferent pant... Very rare in afghan culture. GOOD ACTING..
Allah Subhanahu wa tala bless you with children to enjoy & multiply not sell the brikat allah nikmat allah tala
You think? Similar, I guess you noticed that the supposedly rich kid in the shed had a US army tag on hes shirt. Obviously, all rich kids joins the army when a war is ongoing... Fishy to say the least.
Why don't we all accept that Afghanistan as a unified state cannot exist. Let Afghanistan split up into more politically stable fragments.
I have sen some horrible things but this is evident that the world doesn't gave a shit and this is way the hole thing will continue and gate worse
they can always make more kids its easy and apparently profitable.. thats good for them
@Ralfcc
10 жыл бұрын
When stupidity rise to your level it is better to shut up. Bloody moron with your ignorant comment.
ahah ooh and the child selling omg the guy's fake crying ahah and the two guys who got kidnapped and were about to take their eyes out if they dont get the money and they have been held hostage for 3 weeks after going through all this they had no expression of joy or freedom actually no expression at all haah oh man really who would believe this shit .. who da fukkk are u kidding anyone who has been to afghanistan and knows the language would know this whole thing is fail theatre nothing else
since comments on your channel are disabled, I'll have to comment here. Why can't US viewers watch the "Soldiers of Consience" doc ? It is even restricted on your site, YET there is a review of it from the washington post ?! What higher power is pushing you to censor controversial opinions and not letting your US viewers see them ?
so sad,,,,,,i gana cry ,,,i dont know how they sale thier child ,,,,,but i dont believe this i have never seen like this its fake video
its documentary no real film
I figured, given that guy laying on a f'ing carpet with his glock in front of him...
I hope this video was fake because if it was real then it makes Afghans look terrible and now I am just sad.
what evidence do you have it is fake?
It is real not actors.
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What the fuck is this? Is Journeyman Pictures losing their way? Wow!
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
thats true
jesus christ alive this is beyond depressing
This is just shocking bro wtf did I just see Afghanistan is one of the rich countries in the world USA did this shit to Afghanistan is shame all these people dying of hunger while their emeralds and resources stolen from the west no wonder why there's terriostim in the middle East they simply want to be left alone USA will never leave them alone shame on u guys
Fox "News" isn't allowed to broadcast in Canada because of laws governing entertainment.
ive just bought the country for $10 dollars anyone want to go half with me
Don't sell your children because of poverty,it's a test from Allah to see if you are patient so let death come to Allah we belong ant to him we return.
This Talib comander looks bogus.
What a sad situation for the sake of God ? Where is the corrupt Afghan government and Hung the corrupt president and his authorities
This is real! This kidnaper steal this two years old girl and the afghanistan police save her and jail the kidnapp
it's normal for the pple have like Molla Omar or Binladan leader, there is nothing to surprise.
this world is corrupt. think and be like the Lord our God Stop the violence
it is a fake video
I think you are right ...looks staged to me..
uh yeah this is fake as heck; the guy is crying but has NO tears down his cheek? right
This is wrong
ich war 6 jahr klein als musste ich für fremden leute arbeiten . weil ich war weisen kind
This is terrible