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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 59 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Originally produced by Java Films in 2015. |
| Summary |
This is the unknown story of secret negotiations between the Taliban and America to build a pipeline through Afghanistan. When America invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the stated aim was to dismantle Al-Qaeda, denying it a safe base of operations by removing the Taliban from power. But Al-Qaeda claimed that the attack on the Twin Towers was a response to the Bush administration’s threats to attack Afghanistan if its demands for pipeline rights were not met. According to sources, Taliban officials were told they could accept a ‘carpet of gold’ or a ‘carpet of bombs.’ What we know for sure is that in 1997, a delegation of Taliban officials visited Texas to discuss the possibility of a pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan. Negotiations continued for years and as late as July 2001, just months before 9/11, the Taliban again met with top US representatives. What happened during those talks remains a mystery but, as this film shows, the pipeline played a key role in shaping US - Afghanistan relations pre-9/11. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Qaida (Organization).
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Taliban.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Afghanistan.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
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Afghanistan -- Politics and government.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
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Middle East.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Buvarp, Tore, film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1187009 Kanopy |
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