It is a 17 minutes long
documentary highlighting the impacts of military operation and US strikes in
Bajaur on the lives of women and children. The aim of the short documentary is
to give a human face to the experiences faced by the internally displaced
people of Bajaur.
It brings forth some of
the moving stories shared by refugees at a camp near Peshawar. A woman had to
leave her two children in Bajaur to tend to the animals while the woman and
other family members had to flee. Nihar (8) and her brother (9) have risked
their lives to protect the only means of income of the family amidst bombings
and devastation.
It is poverty and lack
of development in the tribal areas that forces people to choose between their
children and livestock.
Another Abdur Rehman
lost his 4 year old daughter and a niece to cholera due to unhygienic
conditions in the camps. They could not take the two bodies back home for
burial.
Indeed, innocent
civilians are facing the brunt of the war against terror. By the time we get to
the militants one hopes that an entire generation is not lost.
The ‘Bajaur Guloona’
refers to the children of Bajaur who can be the real peace makers of tomorrow.
In the given conditions
they are facing one wonders what will make of their lives and future. What path
will they choose if today they experience the silence and insensitivity of the
outside world towards their agony and plight.
