Unfortunately, that old man's words were prophetic. While we were finishing, he looked straight into the camera and said 'They think we are gone? We will be back!' I remember a chill going down my spine 20-21 years ago. There was one Taliban man who was refusing to speak to us on camera. We were filming Taliban people who were captured over there.

It is the area which Ahmad Shah Massoud owned.

'I distinctly remember one moment in the documentary that we were doing we were in this prison in Panjshir which now everybody is getting to know about it as one place in Afghanistan where the pushback has started. It is sad that the Taliban, after 20 years, has come back,' Kabir Khan tells Bollywood Hungama. 'When I was a documentary filmmaker in Afghanistan observing that period, these are all the learnings. In a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, the director shared his experiences as now after 20 years Taliban has once again taken over Afghanistan.ĮXCLUSIVE: Kabir Khan on his Afghanistan experience during documentary filming days – “I remember we were being shelled and rocketed” Through his first feature film Kabul Express (2006), he narrated what he had witnessed during his time there. Known for his documentary film before starting his Bollywood journey, he has spent a lot of time in Afghanistan for his projects. Filmmaker Kabir Khan is one of those who has extensively worked in Afghanistan.

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