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This 45-minute documentary about rural Afghanistan under the rule of U.S. troops and local warlords , directed by Carmela Baranowska , provides a rare and powerful insight into remote Afghanistan activities . A 45-minute documentary about rural Afghanistan under the rule of U.S. troops and local warlords , director Carmela Baranowska 's " Taliban Country " provides a rare and powerful insight into remote Afghanistan activities . " I think it 's important for the committee to understand that in both Afghanistan and in Iraq , local security forces take on the brunt of the fighting and the brunt of the casualties , " he said . Today 's insurgents in both Afghanistan and Iraq understand this and have made the political will of the U.S. population a primary target of their efforts . " In consequence of these blunders , assailing rural Afghanistan 's economy and its culture , de Borchgrave reports that " Britain 's defense chiefs have advised Tony Blair ' a strategic failure ' of the Afghan operation now threatens . We are at risk of losing sight of how much worse this situation is for people in other parts of the world , especially for all the refugees attempting to flee Afghanistan before the attacks which they believe will soon strike their already-ruined country . Finally , criminal elements in both Afghanistan and Iraq participate in the unrest primarily for profit . The overall objective of the Taliban is that by winter they will have taken control of most of rural Afghanistan .