Ken Follett’s Foray into Film
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Afghan warlords and their followers as heroes and champions of freedom would
have been problematic. A civil war had erupted in Kabul in 1993, with warlords
and renegade generals establishing their own local dictatorships the following
year. By 1995, major cities had fallen to the Taliban, with revenge killings and
summary executions ensuing and with new alliances and factions emerging. But
other changes to the screenplay adaptation of Follett’s book seem driven less by
geopolit