Siddiq Barmak

Siddiq Barmak studied film in Moscow in the mid-1980s. He returned to Afghanistan in 1987, joining the Mujaheddin in the north of the country in 1989. After a brief stay in Pakistan he returned to Kabul in 1992, becoming director of the state production company and film library, Afghan Film. He left Afghanistan again after the Taliban militia conquered Kabul in 1996 and settled in Pakistan. He joined Massoud’s troops and filmed combat scenes with his video camera. After the transitional government took office he returned to Kabul, where he now works as the head of Afghan Film.

[2003]