Afghanistan: Inside Australia's War

Afghanistan: Inside Australia's War is an Australian three-piece television documentary by renowned Australian director Victoria Midwinter Pitt (also responsible for the controversial documentary Leaky Boat. The documentary provides an insider view of a the role that Australia played in the Afghanistan war, with a focus on the men and women who fought it. As of 2017, the Afghanistan war is the longest war Australia has ever engaged in, and Afghanistan: Inside Australia's War reveals life of Australian soldiers as they lived and fought the war. The crew travels with the Perth-based Special Air Services in their daily lives in Afghanistan, interviewing the soldiers and collecting never-before-seen helmet-cam battle footage.

Rating:2.8 of 5Total number of episodes:3Last broadcast:27/04/2017 at 23:06

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2017

1:01:00

Season 1, Episode 3 (We All Have To Get Home)

27/04/2017 4.0 33 x

With unprecedented access, Australian fighting men and women reveal the war in their own words. Triumph and tragedy as the ADF takes on insurgents and mentors Afghan soldiers. (Final)

Episodes 2016

1:00:00

Season 1, Episode 2 (Hearts And Minds)

01/03/2016 1.5 119 x

In their own words & using never-before-seen helmet-cam battle footage, Australian fighting men & women reveal their war. The battle for hearts & minds presents shocking dilemmas for the ADF. (Part 2 of 3)

59:00

Season 1, Episode 1 (Acts Of War)

23/02/2016 3.0 540 x

In their own words & using never-before-seen helmet-cam battle footage, Australian fighting men & women reveal their war. In the wake of 9/11 a Special Forces war builds to a fateful battle. #AfghanistanABC

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