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"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
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"There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan."
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"Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan."
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"We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny."
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"Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan."
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"Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses."
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"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
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"Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else."
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"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."
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"We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare."
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"Afghanistan is a land-locked country."
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"From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it."
History
"I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time."
Time
"When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 books, and not come out until I'd finished them. It took me a while to change that habit."
Change
"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
Afghanistan
"Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity."
Society
"Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves."
Love
"I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; for it to be successful, I had to do it myself."
Success
"A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together."
Work
"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."
Afghanistan
"Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education, I set up a home school. It wasn't just for my family, it was open to other friends."
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