FRONTLINE SUBSCRIBER SERIES

VIRTUAL EVENT

“Taliban Takeover”

Thursday, October 14 at

4:00pmET / 1:00pmPT

 

Join FRONTLINE for an upcoming “Subscriber Series” virtual event with the team behind the FRONTLINE documentary Taliban Takeover. Become a FRONTLINE newsletter subscriber to join the event on October 14.

In Taliban Takeover, FRONTLINE reporter Najibullah Quraishi (Leaving Afghanistan, Taliban Country) investigates uncertainty and fear among the Afghan people and revisits the lead-up to the U.S. defeat and the Taliban’s return.

On October 14, the film’s senior producer, James Jacoby, will lead a conversation with the documentary’s Peabody Award-winning correspondent Najibullah Quraishi and producer Jamie Doran. Quraishi will discuss what it was like reporting in Afghanistan, how the Taliban took over, and the intensifying threats of ISIS and Al Qaeda.

 

 FEATURED SPEAKERS:

– Najibullah Quraishi: Correspondent, “Taliban Takeover”

– Jamie Doran: Producer, “Taliban Takeover”

– James Jacoby: Senior Producer, “Taliban Takeover” (moderator)

 

WATCH: Taliban Takeover on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 9/8c on PBS and on YouTube. 

If you have questions for the filmmakers, please send them to frontline_events@wgbh.org