Frontline · SEASON 42

America and the Taliban (1)

Episode 5 · 2023-04-04

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Episode overview

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and U.S. officials, part one of this epic three-part investigation traces the missteps and consequences.

54 minutes

Season 42 episodes

1. Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (1)2023-01-03 2. Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (2)2023-01-10 3. Putin and the Presidents2023-01-31 4. Age of Easy Money2023-03-14 5. America and the Taliban (1)2023-04-04 6. America and the Taliban (2)2023-04-11 7. America and the Taliban (3)2023-04-25 8. Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court2023-05-09 9. Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah2023-05-23 10. After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics2023-05-30 11. America's Dangerous Trucks2023-06-13 12. Inside the Iranian Uprising2023-06-29 13. Putin's Crisis2023-07-11 14. Two Strikes / Tutwiler2023-09-05 15. Putin vs. the Press2023-09-26 16. The Astros Edge2023-10-03 17. Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover2023-10-10 18. McConnell, the GOP & the Court2023-10-31 19. 20 Days in Mariupol2023-11-21 20. Inside the Uvalde Response2023-12-05 21. The Discord Leaks2023-12-12 22. Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza / Failure at the Fence2023-12-19