The Communist Who Tried to Modernize Afghanistan

追加: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]The reformer who gave Afghan women freedom was murdered by the men he tried to modernize. It's 1986, >> [music] >> Kabul, Afghanistan. A former secret police chief becomes president backed by Soviet tanks and dreams of progress. He opens schools [music] for girls, bans forced marriage, and builds universities. Women work as doctors and [music] teachers. For a time, Afghanistan looks toward the future, but Moscow abandons him as the empire crumbles and Islamic fighters close in on the capital. He hides in a UN [music] compound for four years, writing letters nobody reads. The Taliban drag him into the [music] street, torture him through the night, and hang his body from a traffic pole. The president who [music] freed Afghan women was Mohammad Najibullah.