Les Talibans M’ont Forcé à Prendre une Route de Contrebande ! (Sous-titres FR)

While traveling through the northern Afghan mountains between Turkmen and Pashtun villages, I was stopped by Taliban forces who forced me into a different vehicle and onto a hidden smuggling route. Over a 5‑kilometre stretch that took 3½ hours, I witnessed narrow, off‑map paths crowded with drug traffickers, armed groups, and child gangs that stole cargo from trucks. The Taliban, some of whom did not speak Persian, interrogated me, took my camera, and led me onto even more dangerous roads. Amid the chaos I met an Afghan who had lived in Turkey for seven years and spoke Turkish; he brought me to his village, introduced me to his family, and showed me the Pashtun way of life, the impact of opium cultivation, economic hardships, and the persistence of vendettas. The episode documents my forced vehicle change, the discovery of smuggling routes, attacks by child gangs, conversations with Turkish‑speaking Afghans, and the daily struggles of families in a region where vendettas endure—a true survival story in one of Afghanistan’s harshest areas.