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About this episode

Refugees from Swat are part of a smally but growing community in Brooklyn whose families are trapped back home between the Taliban and the Pakistani military in the troubled Northwestern Frontier Province. Some have lost relatives the Taliban, others to the military. One family chose to share their grief on learning that a beloved nephew had been killed in the latest army operation in Swat. He was, like others, part of the significant "collateral damage" that has been the hallmark of this conflict. Their families are part of the 3 million displaced and facing one of the worst humanitarian disasters today. These are the new New Yorkers, and this is the story of how the "war on terror" has followed them to Brooklyn.

• Release Date

  Jul 28, 2009

• Runtime

  07:06