John Abraham has recently opened up about shooting in Afghanistan for his 2006 Kabir Khan directorial, Kabul Express. The actor opened up on how the Taliban 'threatened' him and the cast and crew of the film.
The Kaal star told Mashable India, "There were no social media at that time. When I was leaving Afghanistan, Afghan people told me John jaan whatever you do, don't say anything bad about Afghanistan. And today I want to say on record that Afghan people are the most beautiful, loveliest people in the world, amazing hospitality. Really lovely people, superb people."
Abraham also recalled an incident that happened while he was staying at the house of Mohammad Najibullah, former President of Afghanistan, while he was filming for his film. He said, "It was an UN-approved hotel. I came to the terrace to have tea, and this rocket came from the front and hit the US consulate. Condoleezza Rice used to be the US foreign secretary to the state in Afghanistan at the time. It was Afghanistan's way of telling her that they are not happy with the Americans here. There was another incident where a suicide bomber had blown themselves up just six hours before we reached this location. It was quite an experience."
Kabir Khan, too, shared in an interview that there were more security personnel than crew members on the location. “I was told by the Indian ambassador in Kabul that there was a five-man death squad sent by the Taliban. Everybody was pretty nervous. The Taliban wanted to send a message that you cannot have a normal life here. But the Afghan government really helped. They gave us 60 armed commandos and we used to roll around in 35 SUVs. In fact, we looked like a militia,” he said.
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