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Gay Under the Taliban. by Hall, Dan,film director.; Lewis, Laya,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Laya LewisOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2022.For LGBTQ+ people living in Afghanistan, the years before the return of the Taliban saw life showing signs of slight improvement. But in 2021 all that progress quickly evaporated, and they were forced back into hiding. This film follows a handful of LGBTQ+ Afghans who are now terrified, persecuted and now hiding from individuals they had previously lived alongside peacefully. Without access to jobs, the legal system or medical services, their fractured lives are crumbling. Using footage smuggled out of Afghanistan, mixed with archive and animation, this film reveals their harrowing story.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Foreign study.; Homosexuality.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; LGBTQ.; Current affairs.; Afghanistan.;
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Children of the Taliban. by Bryon, Jordan,film director.; Mettelsiefen, Marcel,film director.; Foy, Claire,actor.; DogWoof (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Claire FoyOriginally produced by DogWoof in 2023.This documentary tells the story of four young children living in Kabul, Afghanistan and focuses on two boys and two girls whose lives have changed dramatically since U.S. troops completed their withdrawal from the country last summer and the Taliban swept to power.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Military history..; Human rights.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Current affairs.; Children.; Revolutions.; Afghanistan.; Labor.; Taliban.; United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.;
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Captive : my time as a prisoner of the Taliban / by Van Dyk, Jere.;
Subjects: Van Dyk, Jere; Taliban.; Afghanistan; Journalists; Prisoners;
© c2010., Times Books/Henry Holt and Co.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Afghans : three lives through war, love, and revolt / by Seierstad, Åsne,1970-author.;
"From Soviet occupation to the rise of the Taliban, from the outbreak of the War on Terror to its disastrous fallout, The Afghans is an extraordinary journey told over the course of three lives. Since she was a girl, Jamila fought tirelessly for her education. At 25, strengthened by the Quran and supported by the flow of international aid that accompanied U.S. invasion, she set off on a campaign to lead Afghanistan to a better future. Meanwhile, teenager Bashir joined the Taliban, eager to kill infidels in a holy war he would one day lead. In their crosshairs, Ariana grew up with hopes of becoming a lawyer -- only to have them dashed in 2021 as the U.S. military pulled out and the Taliban retook Kabul, shuttered schools, and wiped the country clean of Western influence."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Taliban.; Afghan War, 2001-2021.; Afghans.; Taliban members.; Women, Afghan.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Good kill [videorecording] / by Abel, Jake,1987-actor.; Greenwood, Bruce,1956-actor.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor.; Jones, January,1978-actor.; Kravitz, Zoë,1988-actor.; Niccol, Andrew,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Remstar,presenter.; Sobini Films (Firm),production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Voltage Pictures,presenter,production company.;
Director of photography, Amir Mokri ; editor, Zach Staenberg ; music by Christophe Beck.Ethan Hawke, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Kravitz, Jake Abel, January Jones.After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan yearns to get back into the cockpit of a real plane, but he now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned box in the Las Vegas desert. When he and his crew start taking orders directly from the CIA, and the stakes are raised, Egan's nerves, and his relationship with his wife begin to unravel. Revealing the psychological toll drone pilots endure as they are forced to witness the aftermath of their fight against insurgents.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Taliban; Drone aircraft pilots; Feature films.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Devil's ransom / by Taylor, Brad,1965-author.;
When his covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, is hit with a ransomware attack linked to the Taliban, Pike must stop a plot to alter the balance of power on the global stage orchestrated by a former NSA specialist in the U.S. government.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Logan, Pike; Taliban; Internet and terrorism;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Devil's ransom [text (large print)] / by Taylor, Brad,1965-author.;
When his covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, is hit with a ransomware attack linked to the Taliban, Pike must stop a plot to alter the balance of power on the global stage orchestrated by a former NSA specialist in the U.S. government.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Novels.; Logan, Pike; Taliban; Internet and terrorism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from Taliban in plain sight / by Toorpakai, Maria,1990-author.; Holstein, Katherine,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Toorpakai, Maria, 1990-; Women squash players; Women's rights;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Operation Medusa : the furious battle that saved Afghanistan from the Taliban / by Fraser, David(Major-General),author.; Hanington, Brian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."David Fraser, the Canadian in charge of the joint military command in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, tells the real on-the-ground story of one of NATO's bloodiest, most decisive and misunderstood operations: The battle of Panjwayi, the defining moment of "Operation Medusa." In 2006, David Fraser was the Canadian general in charge of the joint military command in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Like the troops under his command, he was in no way ready for what happened on Friday, September 1st of that year. He had been woken the night before by his intelligence officers who informed him that the Taliban were amassing on all fronts for an all-out battle. The NATO Alliance was about to engage the enemy in the greatest and bloodiest battle of their 70-year history. And they were grossly outnumbered. The facts of Operation Medusa have themselves been the casualties of war. At first deliberately withheld as classified, then muddied by imprecise and isolated personal accounts, exaggerated by rumour, misstated by ambition, or just rejected outright as irrelevant, the details of these events are still unknown by citizens of Canada and her allies. And yet the truth about those 15 agonizing days between September 2 and 17 is astounding. The secret agreements made in those two weeks, the expected death toll of Canadian soldiers, the wholesale changes to tactics made after the first engagement, the strafing of Charles Company by an American A-10, the contribution of the Afghan police, the genius of the Dutch artillery, the discovery of drugs, the extent of unreported civilian casualties, and even Canadian and Allied reliance on the insights of village elders were classified and kept from public knowledge. And yet in international military circles, the Battle of Panjwayi was quickly hailed as the defining moment of Operation Medusa. Canadians were credited with nothing less than saving Afghanistan from falling under Taliban rule. Our military's strategy and tactics were soon studied in warfare colleges in the U.S., and practiced by NATO troops in exercises around the world. Canada's reputation as a contributor to allied defence was once again revered. There is no one architect of Operation Medusa, a theme deeply embedded in David Fraser's first-hand account, but if anyone really had to point to the one person who could tell this incredible story, it is the Canadian General in charge of the joint military command"--
Subjects: International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan); North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Operation Medusa, 2006.; Afghan War, 2001-;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban / by Yousafzai, Malala.; Lamb, Christina.;
Subjects: Yousafzai, Malala.; Children's rights; Young women; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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