Afghanistan is not the same place it was 20 years ago when Saira Shah snuck in to film the documentary 'Beneath the Veil' — but she describes a sickening feeling of déjà vu watching the ascendancy of the Taliban in recent days. | CNNOpinion
Saira Shah is a journalist and filmmaker whose works include"Beneath the Veil" and"The Storyteller's Daughter." She now works with the Idries Shah Foundation. The views expressed here are hers. Read more opinion on CNN.
Twenty years ago, almost to the day, I smuggled myself into the Taliban's Afghanistan, using my burqa to hide my video camera. I'll never forget what it felt like to stumble across the border, cowering under my veil, trying not to stand out, knowing that women were regularly whipped for showing too much ankle or for a strand of loose hair.Saira ShahFor a week, I stayed in safe houses in Kabul, sheltered by a network of heroic Afghan women -- the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. What they showed me humbled me and changed me forever.
These Afghan girls only receive religious education 02:07Because one of the lessons I learned my stay in the Taliban's Afghanistan is that -- however rich and peaceful nations pretend they can insulate themselves from poor and turbulent ones -- in fact we are all connected. I had barely returned from Afghanistan and finished editing my film"Beneath the Veil" when 9/11 happened.
Clarissa Ward pushes Taliban fighter about Afghan women's rights 04:05He believed that it wasn't necessary to bomb Afghanistan to achieve that result. Nobody got a chance to know if it would have worked.Days later, Abdul Haq had been assassinated, as were many other moderates. Afghanistan was plunged into war again.The Taliban were routed, a new government installed. There were scenes of rejoicing in Kabul and other cities. Afghans queued up to vote in free elections.
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