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This is Taliban Country - REWIND

Ten years ago, in November 2006, Al Jazeera English was launched. To mark that anniversary, Al Jazeera English have created REWIND, which updates some of the channel's most memorable and award-winning documentaries of the past decade. Al Jazeera English find out what happened to some of the characters in those films and ask how the stories have developed in the years since their cameras left.

In 2014 Fault Lines reported from the Taliban stronghold of Charkh District just an hour outside Kabul. Charkh had become a microcosm of Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

Though only an hour from Kabul, armed Taliban were openly patrolling the streets and had built a parallel administration in Charkh, including Sharia courts and special girls' schools.

Filmmaker Nagieb Khaja took us to a Taliban controlled town for a rare glimpse of life under Taliban rule amidst a civil war.

REWIND spoke to Nagieb about what, if anything, has changed in the past three years since the planned US drawdown has been scrapped, further deteriorating the security situation in Afghanistan.

"The situation in Afghanistan has gotten worse, the Afghan security forces are bleeding. They lose a lot of people, and it is really difficult for the Afghan National Army at the moment," Nagieb told REWIND.

"The US actually just decided that they would send 600 troops to Helmand again, and this is after they said that the war was over," he added.

Divorce in Lebanon

Beirut's recent trash woes have given light to its underlying political instability but Lebanon is often overlooked for its religious tolerance and diversity. The small country that borders the Mediterranean officially recognises 18 different religious denominations, each with the freedom to administer marriage, divorce and alimony matters to those of their faith.

Civil marriage is also a viable option for all denominations, and is increasingly popular, especially among couples from different faiths. Some might argue, however, that the increased freedoms come at a price.

According to statistics from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, between the years of 2000 and 2013, the divorce rate in Lebanon increased by 55 percent. Regardless, many maintain that the flexibility is necessary. This system legitimises various different religious courts which then coordinate and communicate with other courts, government bodies, that control disputes outside of the religious context.

I Knew Saddam

Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, was executed on December 30, 2006. His death, like his life, was filled with controversy.
Saddam Hussein was born into humble beginnings, but his straightforward, brutal efficiency eventually propelled him to power. By 1979 he had absolute control of Iraq, and had become a prominent figure on the world stage.

I Knew Saddam was first broadcast on Al Jazeera English in 2007.

The Crusades: An Arab Perspective - Part 3: Unification

In the third episode of 'The Crusades: An Arab Perspective', we explore how Salah Ed-Din unified the Muslim states and recaptured the holy city of Jerusalem from the crusaders.

The nation is stand in line after Notbandi of November 8

The Modi government has stepped absurd again. Ran airy arrow again which will be no results after Notbandi as stupid action according to the congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. The nation is stand in line after Notbandi of November 8. The large numbers of people deposited  the amount of Rs 2 lakh or more in their accounts after it. Now the government has an eye on those accounts after Notbandi 2 lakh or more, the amount has been deposited.

In this regard, the Reserve Bank of India has issued instructions to banks. RBI has directed to banks that 2 million or more of amounts has been deposited to which accounts after Notbandi that are not linked to the PAN card or Form 60 can not be filled until the transaction should be banned.

The government fears that some greed for money or under pressure in large numbers of other people's money deposited in their accounts have been. Therefore, to clamp down on such people RBI has issued these instructions.

Linking to PAN or filling Form 60 is not hard work who can deposite money to others' accounts. If this is true then he can neutralize the move of Modi government. Therefore, the Modi government and their Notbandi's Siphslaron must take effective steps instead of making air fort.

The big question that the government's move will make any difference or will be failure like Notbandi! What will be the Reserve Bank tighten the screws on the people? What are taxed at two lakh?

In fact, this is all exercises of Modi government to not pay cash to the people. Modi government can hide its failure a few days, but it is not long lasting on Notbandi.