Kabir Khan Reveals What Taliban Member Told Him In 2001 That Sent Chills Down His Spine

Before he ventured into the world of films, Kabir Khan was the cinematographer for the Discovery Channel. He made several documentaries. The Forgotten Army, based on Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army, was his own directorial debut. He had also made a few documentaries in and on Afghanistan.

Death threats,suicide bombings, fired upon,sub zero cold..we faced it all to make #Kabul Express ?#10YearsOfKabulExpress pic.twitter.com/WHdSFFSMO2

¡ª Kabir Khan (@kabirkhankk) December 15, 2016

He, in fact, shot his first feature film Kabul Express, starring John Abraham and Arshad Warsi, in the war-torn country.

Recalling the times after seeing the country's situation at the moment, Khan revealed what a member of Taliban had told him that sent chills down his spine. He was interviewing them in 2001 after the 9/11 incident.

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"All of this is bizarre that after 20 years an organisation like the Taliban can come back. It makes me remember one little incident from my documentary, where we were interviewing some of the Taliban members in 2001 post the 9/11 incident. And one senior Taliban member just looked straight into my camera, said, ¡®You think we are gone, we will be back¡¯. The confidence with which he said at that time sent chills down my spine. And now, when I remember that statement, it haunts me," he told Hindustan Times.

At the Syrian border, while the war wages on we met these guys having a hunting picnic... guns & beer... pic.twitter.com/roKpfWSwKN

¡ª Kabir Khan (@kabirkhankk) September 9, 2013

He also revealed to The Quint that an actor who was part of his first film sought his help recently after Taliban ransacked his home. "There is an actor who was a part of Kabul Express, who's very vocal, he's an anti-Taliban critic, he has very openly expressed his love for cinema and especially Bollywood and India, he's in Kabul. He reached out to us, day before yesterday they ransacked his house and he's underground now. He's been reaching out to us and saying can we help him get a visa and reach India."

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He had earlier revealed that Taliban threatened him while he was shooting for the film.

People he had befriended in Afghanistan, however, supported him. "When we got threats from the Taliban while shooting, those very people helped us again, gave us security, including the government and the locals. Because of that, I was able to finish my film. These are the same people who are asking for help today and I am helpless," he told ETimes.

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