Canal+ broadcasts this Tuesday, February 1, at 10:50 p.m., an unprecedented documentary of the journalist of Corsican origin Paul Comiti, recently deceased.A film on the situation in Kabul since the Taliban takeover on August 15, which also resonates as a tribute to this great war reporter

""""We will have to go back as soon as possible to show what is really going on there with the return of the Taliban, '' told us journalist Paul Comiti, shortly after the broadcast of his documentary event, Kabul, in the heart of the Taliban in August2021.

A film shot just before the Afghan capital falls into the hands of Islamic militias.The reporter had finally been able to leave on the spot, three weeks after taking control of the Taliban, to make this new 52minutes: return to Kabul under emirate Taliban.

Thanks to exclusive access, it sheds light on what is really happening in this country now governed by Islamist fundamentalists, and in particular on the place of women.

Read.- A Corsican journalist at the heart of the Taliban organization

"""" Si le retour des talibans au pouvoir est vécu comme une bonne nouvelle pour la paix dans cette région, en revanche, c'est une catastrophe pour les droits des femmes. C'est en fait la fin de leurs droits durement acquis pendant les années de présence américaines"""", constate Véronique de Viguerie, photoreporter française, que Paul Comiti avait suivie dans le premier documentaire et qu'il a retrouvée en Afghanistan après un véritable périple pour rejoindre Kaboul.

La""""""drague"""" des journalistes étrangers

""""Leaving there was quite complicated, reports the journalist.First of all because there was no more direct flight.It was therefore necessary to take a ticket for Pakistan and its capital Islamabad.Then cross the tribal zone which is in principle prohibited to foreigners, and cross the border post on foot.While getting a pass provided by the ministry on site.Once in Afghan territory, it was a little easier since we knew that the Taliban was waiting for us.Very helpful and always smiling with us, they practice a kind of '' Dredgue '' with foreign journalists.They even opened the doors to a prison!A communication and seduction policy to show that everything is fine.""""

Once in Kabul, Paul Comiti sought to contact the Afghans previously met: first, Kamar Gul, a young girl who shot down the four Taliban who had just murdered her parents before his eyes.""""""On a essayé, à plusieurs reprises, de la faire évacuer quand cela était encore possible l'été dernier, mais en vain. Finalement, elle est encore coincée à Kaboul"""", constate Véronique de Viguerie qui a aussi retrouvé Arifa, une jeune lycéenne désormais""""""confinée"""" chez elle car les talibans ont interdit l'école pour les filles de plus de 12 ans.While another woman engaged in politics, also encountered previously, has completely disappeared from radars.""""""A-t-elle été enlevée, arrêtée ou a-t-elle pu s'évader? Nous n'avons pas pu retrouver sa trace"""", glisse la photoreporter, dont le film préparé avec la complicité de Paul Comiti est volontairement axé sur la condition féminine dans ce pays.

""""Un pays où les femmes sont redevenues des citoyennes de seconde zone. Pour réclamer leurs droits, certaines ont le courage de protester dans la rue, mais elles ne sont pas soutenues par les hommes. Et les manifestations sont aussitôt dispersées par des tirs d'armes automatiques et des coups de fouet.""""

Poverty and drug addiction

The documentary also highlights a country in the midst of an economic crisis, where many Afghans sell their property on the markets in the capital to survive."""""" Les talibans ont pris le contrôle d'un pays miné par la corruption incroyable des gouvernements antérieurs, sans compter une sécheresse impressionnante et un chômage sans précédent.All this favored the arrival of the Taliban.Added to this are the economic sanctions which affect the country and which complicate the action of humanitarian NGOs on site.In the end, it is the civilian populations who pay the addition. Tous les hôpitaux sont remplis d'enfants qui crèvent de faim et les rues regorgent de mendiants"""""", atteste la photographe."""""" Ce qui explique que les talibans soient plus ouverts, c'est qu'aujourd'hui le pays ne peut pas vivre en étant coupé du reste du monde.They take care of their image and seek to be more recognized by the international community. L'Afghanistan a besoin d'échanges commerciaux"""""", ajoute Véronique de Viguerie.

During their stay in Kabul, the two journalists even find a Taliban commander, filmed during the offensive and who became one of the Kabul police chiefs.After twenty years of combat, he benefited with his men with buffer cars in an amusement park in the capital and lunch quietly in a restaurant.

By following it in several places, they meet many drug addicts."""""" La ville compte énormément de toxicomanes et les talibans auraient promis de s'emparer du problème"""""", note la photographe.

Before the capture of Kabul, Paul Comiti had been able to meet a warlord hostile to the Taliban, in his sumptuous villa."""""" Depuis, Allah Gul Moudjahid a retourné sa veste, mais trop tard. Devant la caméra, il est arrêté et humilié par les nouveaux maîtres du pays"""""", apprend-on encore dans le documentaire.

""""Almost like at home in Afghanistan""""

An event film, like most reports made by Paul Comiti during his career, but which will unfortunately also be his last.Carried away by a cardiac arrest at the age of 51, at the start of 2022, the reporter was a specialist in the India/Pakistan/Afghanistan triangle specialist."""""" J'avais justement connu Paul vers 2005 dans cette région, se souvient Véronique de Viguerie.Someone very sensitive, very talented.No doubt one of the best war reporters of its generation.He will miss a lot of people in the profession and not just.His last two films on this region of the globe are a reflection of his sensitivity on edge.In Afghanistan, he felt almost at home.No doubt because the country is raw, a bit like him.He understood this Afghan culture and somewhere, he also shared the fatalism of this people in the face of life.""""""

Pour ceux qui l'ont connu, Paul Comiti était avant tout"""""" un journaliste chevronné qui prenait tous les risques pour montrer la réalité du terrain sur ce qui passe à travers le monde.With great kindness.A character endearing with a child's soul, always ready to laugh and a little irresponsible at times. Il n'y avait pas de filtre avec lui"""""".

Son of the great reporter Tony Comiti and grandson of the chief of the bodyguards of General de Gaulle, he had started his career in 1993, at the age of 23, filming the Farc guerrilla and the narcotickers of Central America andFrom South America, before receiving its first prize in 1999 for the Devil's miners, a documentary that reveals child labor in the mines in Bolivia.

Prize for war correspondents in 2009 for a documentary on Western troops in Afghanistan, he had even been arrested and placed in detention and then expelled from the Indian cashmere, near the border with Pakistan in 2017, after being arrested during locations inforecasting a film on the security situation and respect for human rights in this region.A regular in war areas, the Albert London vein.And of course his father, the famous producer of documentaries Tony Comiti, of which a good number of reports signed by Paul were broadcast in the investigations of the M6 channel.

Touchés par sa disparition, Bernard de La Villardière et l'équipe d'Enquête exclusive ont d'ailleurs tenu à lui rendre hommage:""""""Paul était un réalisateur de talent, une personnalité hors norme.He has traveled the whole world for more than thirty years, reporting films several times awarded.He braved the danger to inform people about what is happening in the most outstanding corners of the globe.""""