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:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:3Last broadcast:25/04/2019 at 00:17

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April 2019

1:01:00

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

25/04/2019 4.0 30 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)

1:00:00

Season 1, Episode 2 (Hearts And Minds)

24/04/2019 2.3 14 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)

August 2018

1:00:00

Season 1, Episode 1 (Acts Of War)

30/08/2018 3.0 109 x

In their own words and using never-before-seen helmet-cam battle footage, Australian fighting men and women reveal their war. In the wake of 9/11 a Special Forces war builds to a fateful battle. (Part 1 of 3)

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