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As Taliban seizes power in Afghanistan, here's a look at film industry and notable actors in the country - Afghani cinema entered a new era in 2001 with the resurgence of the film industry from a lengthy period of silence.
Afghan film director Saba Sahar is one of the few to survive from a recent wave of targeted killings.
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Follow #ThinkLandscape on Twitter and check out our updates ‘I am not afraid to fight’: the female Afghan colonel who survived the Taliban's assassins 24 December, 2020 - 10:20 Saba Sahar, who returned fire while protecting her daughter, survived one of a wave of recent assassination attempts that have killed six policewomen It was just after 7am when the car carrying Colonel Saba Sahar, one of Afghanistan’s most senior female police officers, came under fire from armed insurgents. In the back seat, Sahar’s four-year-old daughter began screaming as bullets shattered the windscreen an...
Sahar was shot five times in an attack by insurgents. She believes the attack was an attempt to âsilenceâ her. Photograph: Farzana Wahidy/The Guardian It was just after 7am when the car carrying Colonel Saba Sahar, one of Afghanistanâs most senior female police officers, came under fire from armed insurgents. In the back seat, Saharâs four-year-old daughter began screaming as bullets shattered the windscreen and ripped into the upholstery. As she pushed her child under the seat in front of her, Sahar saw three men carryi...