Inside a Counterterrorism Police Unit in Karachi | Taliban Hunters (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

Inside a counterterrorism police unit in Karachi, Pakistan, dedicated to tracking down suspected members of the Pakistani Taliban. (Aired 2015)

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In the nearly five years since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, there’s been a dramatic increase in attacks within neighboring Pakistan by the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, commonly called the Pakistani Taliban or TTP. Pakistan has accused Taliban-controlled Afghanistan of harboring the group and enabling it to launch cross-border attacks, which the Afghan government denies — and in recent weeks, the fight between the two countries escalated into what Pakistan’s government called “open war.”

Against this volatile backdrop, FRONTLINE’s 2015 documentary “Taliban Hunters” offers relevant history on TTP and Pakistani security forces’ fight against it. This short documentary went inside a Karachi-based counterterrorism police unit dedicated to tracking down Taliban suspects.

As the documentary reported, TTP first emerged in 2007 and used to have only a small, underground presence in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. But by the time the documentary aired, the group had been gaining ground in the city of over 20 million people, and carrying out suicide bombings and targeted assassinations there.

The film documented how the unit carried out raids to take suspected TTP members into custody. It also explored human rights groups’ allegations that Karachi authorities were abusing militants captured in the city’s fight against terrorism. Amid TTP’s current resurgence, “Taliban Hunters” is an illuminating snapshot of where the fight against them stood in one large city back in 2015, and how the group operated.

“Taliban Hunters” is directed and reported by Mobeen Azhar and produced by Jamie Doran. The senior producer for FRONTLINE is Dan Edge.

Explore additional reporting on “Taliban Hunters” on our website:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/taliban-hunters/

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CHAPTERS:

00:32 - Following a Pakistani Police Unit’s Raid on Taliban Suspects
07:03 - The Emergence of the Pakistani Taliban aka TTP
11:05 - Interviews With Two Taliban Suspects Detained by Pakistani Police
14:13 - Examining Allegations of Human Rights Abuses Against Detained Taliban Suspects
17:28 - Credits Receive SMS online on sms24.me

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