Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Ajmal Naqshbandi was one of Afghanistan's best "fixers" -- someone hired by foreign journalists to facilitate, translate, and gain access for their stories. In 2007 the Taliban kidnapped him and the Italian journalist he was taking to the Taliban and their driver. While the foreign journalist was freed, Naqshbandi and the driver were left to be butchered by the Taliban. Director Ian Olds tells the heartbreaking story of the fixer whose life was considered less valuable. The film shows the complete failure of the corrupt Karzai government that's being supported the by the Western powers for doing nothing than looting and killing innocent people. Naqshbandi felt he was doing a great service for his country by helping foreign journalists to get their stories to the world. He's one of the thousands of ordinary Afghans who want to help their country but fail because of the corrupt government. It's even more outrageous that the US and European countries support that government because they never cared for the people in the first place. YRCinema's coverage of films on TV.