Return of the Taliban

Story

Synopsis

FRONTLINE reports from the lawless Pakistani tribal areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and reveals how the area has fallen under the control of a resurgent Taliban militia. Despite the presence of 80,000 Pakistani troops, the Taliban and their supporters continue to use the region as a launching pad for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. In a region little understood because it is closed to most observers, FRONTLINE investigates a secret front in the war on terror.

Director

Martin Smith

Writers

Martin Smith

Language

English

Release date

3 October 2006

Ensemble

Cast

• Latif Afridi

  Self

• Sheikh Rashid Ahmed

  Self

• Richard Lee Armitage

  Self

• Ryan Crocker

  Self

• Pervez Musharraf

  Self

• Barnett Rubin

  Self

• 

  Osama bin Laden

  Self

• 

  George W. Bush

  Self

• Hamid Karzai

  Self

• 

  Will Lyman

  Self - Narrator (voice)