Warlord of Kayan
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Warlord of Kayan is a 1989 documentary film produced and directed by Jeff B. Harmon
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The film tells the story of Sayed Jafar Naderi
, the son of an Afghan Ismaili
leader, who used to be a member of a hippie
motorcycle gang in Allentown, Pennsylvania
and later became a provincial governor and chief of a 12,000 man private army in Afghanistan
.
Sayed Jaffar returned to his native country during the Soviet war in Afghanistan
in the 1980s after studying and living in the United Kingdom
and the United States
to become a key power broker between the Soviets, the Afghan Government and the mujahideen
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The film won the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival
.
It was a Duce Films International Ltd. Production for Channel 4 (UK).
The film is part of Harmon's "Afghan Trilogy", which also included the documentaries Jihad
and Afgan
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Jeff B. Harmon
Jeff B. Harmon is an American film director, writer and producer. He is also an actor, photographer and song writer.As a journalist and war correspondent, he penetrated the Nazi underground in Paraguay while searching for Dr...
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The film tells the story of Sayed Jafar Naderi
Sayed Jafar Naderi
Sayed Jafar Naderi Sayed Jafar Naderi Sayed Jafar Naderi (born 1965 in Kayan, Baghlan, and also known as Sayyid Nadir Shah Husayn or simply Sayyid-i Kayan is an Ismaili Afghan who formerly controlled Baghlan Province during the early 90s...
, the son of an Afghan Ismaili
Ismaili
' is a branch of Shia Islam. It is the second largest branch of Shia Islam, after the Twelvers...
leader, who used to be a member of a hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
motorcycle gang in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...
and later became a provincial governor and chief of a 12,000 man private army in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
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Sayed Jaffar returned to his native country during the Soviet war in Afghanistan
Soviet war in Afghanistan
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen and foreign "Arab–Afghan" volunteers...
in the 1980s after studying and living in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to become a key power broker between the Soviets, the Afghan Government and the mujahideen
Mujahideen
Mujahideen are Muslims who struggle in the path of God. The word is from the same Arabic triliteral as jihad .Mujahideen is also transliterated from Arabic as mujahedin, mujahedeen, mudžahedin, mudžahidin, mujahidīn, mujaheddīn and more.-Origin of the concept:The beginnings of Jihad are traced...
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The film won the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries...
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It was a Duce Films International Ltd. Production for Channel 4 (UK).
The film is part of Harmon's "Afghan Trilogy", which also included the documentaries Jihad
Jihad (documentary)
Jihad is a 1986 documentary film produced and directed by Jeff B. Harmon about the Soviet war in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of Haji Latif, 'The Lion of Kandahar’, and his group of Islamic holy warriors....
and Afgan
Afgan (documentary)
Afghan: The Soviet Experience is a 1989 documentary film produced and directed by Jeff B. Harmon about the Soviet war in Afghanistan.It tells the stories of officers and soldiers serving in various units of the Soviet Armed Forces just prior to their withdrawal from Afghanistan, after the signing...
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