Las niñas Shoukria y Arezo han perdido a sus padres y ahora tienen que trabajar para mantener a sus madres y hermanos. Se encuentran entre los cientos de miles de niños de Afganistán que tienen que trabajar para mantener a sus familias. Los niños, Abdullah y Eshahnullah, son hijos de miembros de alto rango de los talibanes.
El acceso a los hijos de los talibanes es poco frecuente, y este documental captura momentos increíbles de los niños charlando, jugando y abriéndose ante la cámara. Los acontecimientos del año pasado han hecho que los cuatro niños hayan tenido que crecer muy rápido, y aunque este documental muestra lo diferentes que son sus vidas, también descubrimos que los niños y las niñas tienen muchas cosas en común. A través de sus ojos obtenemos una visión extraordinaria del corazón y el alma de Afganistán y una comprensión de los desafíos que depara el futuro no solo para los niños de esta película, sino para el país.
El acceso a los hijos de los talibanes es poco frecuente, y este documental captura momentos increíbles de los niños charlando, jugando y abriéndose ante la cámara. Los acontecimientos del año pasado han hecho que los cuatro niños hayan tenido que crecer muy rápido, y aunque este documental muestra lo diferentes que son sus vidas, también descubrimos que los niños y las niñas tienen muchas cosas en común. A través de sus ojos obtenemos una visión extraordinaria del corazón y el alma de Afganistán y una comprensión de los desafíos que depara el futuro no solo para los niños de esta película, sino para el país.
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08:06There is no country without weapons.
08:09Every country has weapons.
08:12What weapon is this?
08:15Exannula, 8 years old.
08:17He is Abdulla's best friend.
08:19His father is Abdulla's personal assistant.
08:25Where is this machine gun from?
08:28It's...
08:31Russian?
08:33No, it's American.
08:35Ah, okay, American. How do you want me to know?
08:41In the madrasa, Farid has a nickname for each boy.
08:45One is the kidnapper,
08:47another one is the one with the explosives,
08:49and there is another one who is the suicidal terrorist.
08:51Where?
08:52In the madrasa.
08:55I have known Exannula since he arrived here.
08:59He is very intelligent and a good boy.
09:05He knows how to do things right.
09:11Abdulla!
09:17Grab the comet's rope!
09:21It's broken.
09:24We are the same.
09:27We are both human.
09:29We are friends and we are the same in everything.
09:37I like studying a lot.
09:41When I grow up, I want to be a doctor,
09:45and then an engineer,
09:47and then a Taliban.
10:06Exannula, what is the difference between school and madrasa?
10:11Both are good.
10:14The school doesn't lead you to success.
10:17If you go to school, you can become a religious herudist,
10:21a director, a doctor, and whatever you want.
10:25If you go to the madrasa, you can become a religious herudist.
10:30You can be whatever you want in any of them.
10:33But do you get more experience in school or in the madrasa?
10:37In both.
10:40But do you get more experience in school or in the madrasa?
10:44In both.
10:46In both, you study the alphabet.
10:52But does the madrasa make you a real human being?
10:56In school, they also make you human.
10:59Who does God reward more, who goes to school or the madrasa?
11:03He rewards the one who goes to the madrasa more than the one who goes to school.
11:06Okay, so why is school necessary?
11:09What is it for?
11:13You know, if you memorize the Koran,
11:16you will become an enthusiast of suicide attacks.
11:21So if they asked you to do it right now,
11:25you wouldn't question it.
11:29When you die, the prophet welcomes you in heaven.
11:35This is how those who have memorized the whole Koran are rewarded.
11:40Because they carry it in their hearts.
11:45Who welcomes the school principals in heaven when they die?
11:50All sins begin at school.
12:06One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
12:23Before, I didn't know anything about cleaning shoes.
12:27But starving is hard.
12:31I saw other girls working, younger and older than me.
12:38And I thought, why can't I do it, and they can?
12:45Okay, I'm going to start picking up.
12:49Let's pick up.
12:52What do you have to eat here?
12:54Oh, they don't have anything.
12:56Let's go buy something with these ten Afghanis.
13:05God knows how much I suffer
13:08when I see my children working in the streets.
13:12There's nothing worse than that.
13:15What can I do? We're under a lot of pressure.
13:18There have been times when I've gone out into the street
13:22screaming and begging God,
13:24I can't go on like this.
13:35I've prayed to God to take my life away from me.
13:41I've prayed to God to take my life away from me.
13:46I've asked God to take my life away from me
13:49because I can't take it anymore.
13:51I have no choice.
13:54There are thousands of people like me who have been displaced,
13:58who have lost their homes and their families.
14:03There are more and more people on the streets every day
14:06because the situation is getting worse.
14:12I'm a refugee.
14:14I'm a refugee.
14:16I'm a refugee.
14:18I'm a refugee.
14:20I'm a refugee.
14:22I'm a refugee.
14:24I'm a refugee.
14:36Every woman has a dream that she wants to fulfil.
14:40I had many dreams,
14:43but unfortunately I didn't get them.
14:46I'd like my children to be able to study when they grow up,
14:50to improve their lives,
14:52to not have to rely on others.
14:55I wanted to achieve something,
14:58but unfortunately I haven't been able to do anything.
15:02Maybe God doesn't want me to fulfil my dreams.
15:10I just want my daughter to study and improve.
15:21Many Afghan women are illiterate,
15:24a legacy of the last time the Taliban were in power,
15:28more than 20 years ago.
15:30The rate of female literacy
15:32doubled in the last decade,
15:34during the Western occupation.
15:36But now the Taliban are reversing the process.
15:39They have banned girls from going to school,
15:42and by doing so, they have shrunk the hopes and dreams
15:45of a new generation.
15:47The wish of everyone is to receive a good education
15:51and do something for themselves.
15:53No one wants to not study and die of overwork.
15:56Education is important for all girls.
16:04At the moment, primary school girls can still go to school in Afghanistan,
16:08but many have to work,
16:10and girls like Shukria and Arezo end up begging in the streets
16:14instead of being in a classroom.
16:18Children can choose between going to school
16:21and the Taliban's favourite option, the madrasa.
16:31Even in the Taliban circles,
16:33some still believe that education is the passport to the future.
16:43He's my first son.
16:45I love him very much.
16:49May God guide him and grant him success
16:51so that he can grow and become a good person.
16:54When I'm no longer here,
16:56everything, his studies and his work,
16:58everything will depend on him.
17:00A son is one of the best gifts
17:02a person can receive.
17:04He's a smart boy, thank God.
17:06He's capable. I want to take him to school.
17:09He'll go to a school near home.
17:11He'll attend class in the morning.
17:13In the afternoon, he'll study with a tutor.
17:15He's a young tree. You can mould him however you like.
17:18To the right or to the left.
17:20I love him very much.
17:25Salaam alaikum. How are you, director?
17:27Salaam alaikum.
17:30Exanullah's father is visiting a private school
17:33in the hope that they'll accept his son.
17:37How old is he?
17:38Eight years old.
17:39Good. I can't enroll him first.
17:41He'll have classes six days a week.
17:43On Thursdays, we have half a day until 12.30.
17:46No lunch on Thursdays?
17:47No lunch on Thursdays for the students.
17:49The rest of the day, the classes go from 8 until 2.30.
17:52Okay.
17:53You know the curriculum, right?
17:56It's like before.
17:58With the enrollment, we charge an advance fee
18:01that includes uniform, books and lunches.
18:0412,000 Afghanis a month?
18:05Yes.
18:06Is it really that much?
18:07It's very expensive.
18:08My salary doesn't even reach 12,000 Afghanis a month.
18:10It's 12,000 Afghanis with a 50% discount.
18:13It used to cost 24,000 Afghanis.
18:15And transportation isn't even included?
18:17No.
18:18It's too much, right, Exanullah?
18:23It's expensive because we offer a high level of education.
18:25I know they offer a quality education,
18:27but I don't know how I could pay for it.
18:32We'll have to talk about it at home.
18:33Okay, no problem.
18:39Afghanistan
18:44Even those who are close to power face challenges.
18:47But at the other end of the social spectrum,
18:50there is a growing class of marginalized people
18:52who seek to escape their spiral of despair.
18:56Afghanistan
19:08I have two sisters and a brother.
19:13My brother's name is Amir Hussein,
19:16but he became an addict and left us.
19:20He's 12 years old.
19:26When he found out about his father's death,
19:28he started taking drugs because he was suffering a lot.
19:32I've looked for him everywhere.
19:38I haven't seen him in six months.
19:43I really want him to come back,
19:45but if he does, no one will recognize him.
19:50We won't recognize him because his face will have changed.
19:55Afghanistan
19:59Areso's brother, who is now 13 years old,
20:01is one of millions of Afghans addicted to opium or heroin.
20:06It's an epidemic fueled by suffering, poverty and despair.
20:15Some of them are very clean,
20:17but there are others who are very dirty.
20:20There is a very big canal where the garbage is going to stop.
20:26That's where they're going to take drugs.
20:33Areso's mother has gotten the help of a civil servant
20:36in charge of these issues to locate her son.
20:44There are no pictures of him?
20:45No.
20:46What's his name?
20:47His name is Amir Hussein.
20:48They usually change names here.
20:50If you give us a picture, they'll find him under the bridge.
20:53If I see him, I can identify him.
20:56We'll go around and try to find him.
20:58We'll go this way and coordinate with the people under the bridge.
21:04They use the boys to distribute the drugs.
21:06Let's see what happens.
21:08There's a place under the bridge that's very dark.
21:11I think there are a lot of young boys there.
21:13We'll look around that area.
21:15You shouldn't have brought your daughter.
21:18Take her there.
21:19She can stay with the driver.
21:22She's not allowed to go in there.
21:24Go with the driver.
21:35Hey, have you seen a boy named Amir Hussein?
21:38No.
21:42Amir Hussein! Amir Hussein!
21:48Do you have a camera?
21:52Has anyone seen a boy named Amir Hussein?
21:56Raise your head. Let him see you.
21:59No, it's not him. He looks like him.
22:13Do you know a boy named Amir Hussein?
22:16He's your age, or maybe a little older.
22:19I've only been here ten days. I don't know this place.
22:22I'm from Sarepul. I'm new here and I don't know anyone.
22:25I sell tea and bread. That's all.
22:46I have a bad feeling. It's been six months.
22:49God knows if he's alive or dead.
23:17What a waste of lives.
23:19They're very young and they're throwing their lives under the bridge.
23:26I feel very bad. I'm very sad.
23:29Coming here has made me very sad and my head hurts.
23:47UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
24:10I don't like women if they don't wear hijab.
24:16When the Americans were here, they were more embarrassed than in the Taliban era.
24:28At least now they cover their heads.
24:31But before, young people wore their heads and legs naked.
24:39They should wear the niqab again.
24:42Not just the handkerchiefs on their heads.
24:44If they only put the handkerchief on their head, evil will come to our country.
24:49With the handkerchief, suicides and anything can happen.
24:55No one can see it, but the hijab is very good.
24:57Men think they are more powerful than women, but that's not the case.
25:06Arezo, you speak too.
25:10I have nothing to say.
25:11Why not?
25:12It's good for you to write, talk.
25:17Are women weak?
25:20No, women are powerful.
25:24Men are weak.
25:26If women are good, they will become presidents and we will recover this country from the hands
25:32of the Taliban for the people to whom it belongs.
25:37If men had to stay at home and they were not allowed to work, how would it be?
25:43Women could govern men, they could hit men for not cleaning the house,
25:48for not cooking and for not taking care of the children.
25:55First I drink and then you.
25:57Hey, hey, save some for Harun.
26:05Have you left a little for Harun?
26:07Yes, I have left a little.
26:09Hey, Exanula, if you had 500 dollars, what would you do with them?
26:15I wouldn't do anything.
26:17What?
26:18Would you keep it?
26:19Yes.
26:20You could buy a house and other things.
26:26You wouldn't give money to the poor and you would scare them.
26:31I will go to heaven.
26:33The previous government did not give money to the beggars so as not to misbehave them.
26:46Do the Taliban give them money?
26:48Who?
26:49The Taliban.
26:50Do they give them money?
26:51No.
26:52Die!
26:53What are you doing?
26:54Give me some of that.
27:09I can't eat anymore, my stomach is going to explode.
27:12They haven't brought it all to me, bring me a soda so I can eat more.
27:21They brought me two plates of rice, but they didn't bring me a drink to go with it.
27:30Do I bring you more rice?
27:31No, no.
27:32Do I bring it to you?
27:33No, no.
27:34I was kidding.
27:35Don't you know what a joke is?
27:48One day, while cleaning shoes, Shukriya had a fortuitous encounter that would change
28:02her life.
28:03Ali, a film student, asked her if she wanted to star in a YouTube program about
28:08the children of the streets of Kabul.
28:10What coffee shop was it?
28:16It wasn't a coffee shop, here it says Bama.
28:23Where?
28:24Here.
28:25Hello everyone, I hope you are happy and well.
28:32Today we are going to Pulkush to say hello to our friends there.
28:37Stay with us until the end of the program.
28:39How did the business go today?
28:53Not very well.
28:54Have you had any customers?
28:55What?
28:56Have you had any customers today?
28:57No, no customers.
28:58I haven't sold anything.
28:59Now no one has money, they have destroyed the country.
29:00They have destroyed the country.
29:02Hello.
29:03What's your name?
29:04Setayesh.
29:05Setayesh?
29:06And what are you doing?
29:07Nothing.
29:08What do you do for a living?
29:09I sell bags.
29:10How much do you earn a day?
29:11Fifteen Afghanis a day.
29:12What are you selling?
29:13Children's clothing.
29:14Children's clothing.
29:15Children's clothing.
29:16Children's clothing.
29:17Children's clothing.
29:18Children's clothing.
29:19Children's clothing.
29:20Children's clothing.
29:21Children's clothing.
29:22Children's clothing.
29:23Children's clothing.
29:24Children's clothing.
29:25Children's clothing.
29:26Children's clothing.
29:27Children's clothing.
29:28Children's clothing.
29:29Children's clothing.
29:30Children's clothing.
29:31Children's clothing.
29:32How much do you sell them for?
29:33One hundred and sixty Afghanis.
29:34One hundred and sixty Afghanis.
29:35How much do you earn today?
29:36One hundred and seventy Afghanis.
29:37Do you study?
29:38Study?
29:39Yes.
29:40Are you going to school?
29:41To school, no.
29:44Not anymore.
29:47Most of the time we film kids who have stopped going to school.
29:55I ask them what their name is, what course they were in,
30:00what school they went to.
30:03Like me, they don't have any financial support,
30:09so they have to support their families.
30:15Hi, can you explain to me why you work in the street?
30:22To make a living.
30:32Areso, look at your cable and look at mine.
30:35Pull a little, they're getting tangled.
30:40In a matter of months, Shukria has become a local star.
30:45Thousands of people in the community watch her YouTube videos,
30:49they recognize her wherever she goes,
30:52and she's making some money,
30:54almost enough to escape her life as a cleaning lady.
31:03I've realized how strong I am.
31:06Now I'm sorry.
31:10Take it off so everyone can see your hair.
31:14No one's going to look at your hair.
31:20All that clothing is mine.
31:22They're all naked.
31:23Yellow is for me.
31:32She's a very talented girl.
31:34She works very hard to get what she wants.
31:37She works hard and tells me,
31:39Mom, pray for me,
31:41so that my destiny
31:45is not like yours.
31:49I love you.
32:10It's the holy Kaaba.
32:12The home of the messenger of God is here.
32:15When the messenger of God was martyred
32:18in the time of the wars,
32:21it's the holy Kaaba,
32:23and the prophet was here.
32:26Other places are for other messengers.
32:33I still don't know everything.
32:41I can't do it better.
32:49I've finished.
32:52Can you recite the names of God?
32:57I only know a few.
32:59I don't know many.
33:03What does it say here?
33:05It says here, the holy Koran.
33:08The holy Koran.
33:11We must recite it to be informed of everything.
33:16I don't know much about the Koran.
33:20I've only studied up to here.
33:23Up to where?
33:25I've only studied up to here.
33:29Do you understand the two pages you've studied?
33:32No, I don't understand the meaning.
33:35When you read, you have to know the meaning.
33:38Do you know it?
33:39No.
33:41Maybe the teachers don't know it either.
33:45Do you know what it means?
33:47No.
33:51So you don't know the meaning at all?
33:54At all.
34:11Let's start.
34:12Let's do it.
34:15Let's go.
34:17What are you looking at?
34:19I swear I can't see anything.
34:22Where are you?
34:24Where are you?
34:25Where are you?
34:26Where are you?
34:28I can't see anything.
34:30I can't see anything.
34:45I almost fell down the stairs.
34:54I don't want one of these.
34:56They're too small.
34:59How much are they?
35:0110 Afghanis?
35:02How many do you want?
35:03The three of us should buy the 20 Afghanis.
35:07Those are 20 Afghanis.
35:0920 Afghanis?
35:12Wait, sir. You don't know how to count.
35:1520, 40, 50...
35:17Wait.
35:26Don't move it too much.
35:28Last time you also zoomed in, didn't you?
35:31Okay, okay.
35:32You zoomed in too much and it moved a lot.
35:35It moves a lot.
35:36Don't zoom in and don't move your hand too much.
35:39My hand shakes and I fall asleep.
35:42The last star of YouTube in Kabul is behind the lens.
35:47A viewer has bought him a camera and Shukriya is eager to learn.
35:54This is the camera.
35:56It takes pictures and records videos.
36:00If I click here, it records a video.
36:03And here, it takes pictures.
36:07With this, you zoom in.
36:10Who gave you this?
36:12They sent it to me and Ali brought it to me.
36:18He told me that I should use it to learn.
36:23I want to improve with this camera.
36:25I really like recording things.
36:31Poverty has taken over everything.
36:39Yes, yes, yes.
37:05Look at this.
37:09Look at this.
37:14Run!
37:32Let me take a picture.
37:39Now you're an actress.
37:41You've become a movie star.
37:43Congratulations.
37:49I've become famous.
37:51I'll do that. Come.
38:10What do you want to be when you grow up?
38:15Mujahideen.
38:22When I see the fighters driving their cars,
38:26I get very emotional.
38:30I tell myself,
38:32that when I grow up,
38:34I'll be a Mujahideen too.
38:40Hey, drop that gun.
38:42It's not going to break.
38:44Yes, what are you saying?
38:46Be careful with the gun, okay?
38:48Come on.
38:49Okay.
38:51I'm going to be a Mujahideen.
38:53I'm going to be a Mujahideen.
38:55I'm going to be a Mujahideen.
38:57I'm going to be a Mujahideen.
38:59I'm going to be a Mujahideen.
39:01I'm going to be a Mujahideen.
39:05Be careful.
39:11Being a Mujahideen is good.
39:15They're pure human beings.
39:19They're not liars.
39:22Anyone who lies is not a Mujahideen.
39:25But some Mujahideens lie.
39:28Not all of them are good and honest people.
39:32Some lie about guns,
39:34and others lie about other things.
39:51Shall I start?
39:53Hello, friends.
39:55Welcome back to our show.
39:57Today we're going to ask the kids how much they've earned today.
40:03These YouTube videos have transformed Shukriya's life.
40:07Her days sitting on the side of the road,
40:09cleaning shoes, have been left behind for now.
40:12But an even bigger opportunity is about to come
40:15for her and for Areso.
40:18Someone told me about the possibility
40:21that they could study.
40:23It's a private school,
40:25and they told me they could help them go to class.
40:31Shukriya and Areso are still young enough
40:34to be able to go to school
40:36according to the new Taliban regulations.
40:39With the help of a sponsor,
40:41they will be able to enroll in the private school.
40:49How will you treat your teachers?
40:52I will speak politely with my teachers
40:56because they were also students once.
41:16Why wasn't I going to work hard?
41:18I always do my best at school
41:20to become someone in the future.
41:23I don't want to be illiterate.
41:25I want to become someone in the future.
41:28I don't want to be uneducated.
41:36As-salamu alaykum.
41:37As-salamu alaykum.
41:40How are you?
41:41As-salamu alaykum.
41:42Exanula's father has finally found a school that can pay.
41:50Hello, how are you?
41:51Very well, thank you.
41:52I brought a new student, teacher,
41:55and a new classmate for you guys.
42:01He will learn with you.
42:02His name is Sayyid Hasan Ula Khan.
42:05Give him the welcome.
42:07Welcome.
42:09I seek refuge in Allah from the cursed Satan.
42:12I seek refuge in Allah from the cursed Satan.
42:16In the name of Allah, the Merciful.
42:19In the name of Allah, the Merciful.
42:23Do you know what our religion is?
42:25Islam.
42:26Very good.
42:27Again, what is our religion?
42:29Islam.
42:31I'm very happy.
42:34My friends are good.
42:37What are we?
42:38Muslims.
42:40I miss Abdullah.
42:42He goes to school and I go to school.
42:50What did you study today?
42:53Mathematics and English.
42:56I have very few colored pencils.
43:00There's one behind you.
43:07I'm very happy.
43:09I really like that they study.
43:11Look at them there, studying and focused.
43:15Ariso is the best in her class.
43:17She has a lot of talent.
43:19Her teacher motivates her and tells her that she is a good student.
43:25Her child works very hard and studies a lot.
43:28She no longer works in the street.
43:31She works very hard and says,
43:33I will have a career, mom.
43:35My future is not ruined like yours.
43:40A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
43:51Well done.
43:53You've learned a little.
43:55I'll teach you everything you learn at school.
43:59I'm an uneducated person, I don't know these things.
44:01I'll teach you.
44:09What would be your reaction if they ever attacked your father?
44:23If they attacked my father, I would have to protect him.
44:34Do you love your father very much?
44:36Yes.
44:39Do you love your father very much?
44:41Yes.
44:59Four decades of war have left Afghanistan exhausted.
45:03Poverty and hunger have caused enormous suffering.
45:07But in the darkness, there is a ray of hope in the minds of children.
45:16There is the tree of wishes.
45:20If you approach it, your wishes will come true.
45:25What wish should I ask for?
45:27Whatever you want.
45:31What is your wish?
45:33First, I wish that God will give me a brother.
45:39Secondly, how can someone have a brother without a father?
45:47If I don't have a father, how can I have a brother?
45:50Well, it's just a wish.
45:52I can ask for the wish of having a brother.
45:55And I also want to be the richest person in the city.
45:58That way, I can help the poor.
46:01Get them out of the streets.
46:03Give them houses.
46:07I hope to see that day.
46:09Come on.
46:10Someday it will happen.
46:12I'm freezing.
46:14Come on, let's go.
46:28Mother.
46:58you