"On the other hand, we saw rural Afghanistan from within the ranks of Western militaries, through the eyes of journalists and filmmakers embedded with the military. However, the problem was that when a journalist or filmmaker is embedded with Western military forces it becomes almost impossible to get in touch with the local inhabitants, who are afraid of being perceived as affiliated with one of the warring parties, or accused of assisting either party, which could get them killed.
I decided I wanted to tell the story of the numbers, statistics and obscure figures we never hear about from the embedded journalists, as well as of the faces and background stories.
EASY TO say, not easy to accomplish."
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