For more than two decades, the U.S. helped train hundreds of Afghans to work in the local entertainment sector. Now, international producers have banded together to help former colleagues who are trapped and fearing for their lives.
“It was a hearts-and-minds mission.
The shows we did focused on promoting women’s rights, on showing how government, a police force, a legal system should work in a democracy,” says Muffy Potter, an Australia-based producer who spent years training and working alongside Afghan TV crews, including on. “We had men and women working side-by-side together as equals. That was something new for the country.”After several days of chaos and violence — including a suicide bombing attack Aug.
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