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Scenes from Saira Shah's "Unholy War"

Aired November 16, 2001 - 06:57   ET

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LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Earlier this year, Saira Shah gave us a shocking but riveting view of life under the Taliban in "Beneath the Veil." Well now she returns to Afghanistan for a new documentary called "Unholy War." We have an excerpt of it this morning, and in this one, Shah stops at a refugee camp in northern Afghanistan where only one American relief worker remains.

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SAIRA SHAH, JOURNALIST (voice-over): In the camp, we come across one man who's trying to help the refugees. John Weaver is an American from North Carolina. He works for Shelter Now International, a U.S. relief organization. He's the only American who stayed on in this area. The local people say that the Taliban have put a price on any U.S. aid worker's head.

(PEOPLE SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

SHAH: So these people displaced by war in Afghanistan, have things changed for them since the American action?

JOHN WEAVER, SHELTER NOW INTERNATIONAL: Not a whole lot. They've been displaced for the past year. We, along with other international NGOs, have been trying to help them. So their situation, yes, it's not improving, but it's not really because of what happened in September 11. They've been refugees because of the terrorism and the civil war and the tyranny that's in Afghanistan.

Winter is coming, but first we hoped that they would be able to go back home. Now it looks like they're going to be stuck here so it's going to be even worse for them. They're going to need more shelter, they're going to need more wood for the winter, they're going to need blankets, they may need tents, they're going to need more food. So it could be very difficult for these families if they have to stay here for the winter.

SHAH: The West's war won't stop from spending another hungry winter on the mountainside. It's heartbreaking to know we can't help all these people, but we might just be able to do something for the three little girls if only we can find them. We have to move on.

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HARRIS: Well,... CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Something you don't want to miss.

HARRIS: No, once again she puts some...

CALLAWAY: Again, Saturday, 8:00 p.m.

HARRIS: ... chilling moments on tape. Boy, make sure you check that out folks.

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