The following year, 2007, Gittoes began an enduring phase of making films in Pakistan and Afghanistan by filming the third film in the "War on Terror" trilogy, "Miscreants of Taliwood", in the tribal belt in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. In a departure from his previous films, this one was a docudrama combining the drama and action of a Pashtun telemovie with documentary footage from the Taliban-controlled tribal belt. Like all Gittoes’ films to this date, it was co-produced by his then wife, Gabrielle Dalton. Gittoes formed a good relationship with local film-makers and actors (some of whom later worked with him in Afghanistan), and worked with them to direct and produce two films in Pashto, the Pashtun language: "Servants" and "Fire". The art he produced in Pakistan led to an exhibition, "The Time: a season in Pakistan", in Sydney in 2008. "Miscreants of Taliwood" was widely screened at major film festivals and on TV in 2009 and 2010. Gittoes was not done with film-making in Pakistan, but in the meantime he travelled to Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait, where he once again linked up with units of the Australian Defence Force serving in these areas.