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A documentary about the simultaneously unifying and divisive effects of Afghanistan's version of the TV talent show format on its society. It focuses on "Afghan Star" which airs on the Tolo TV channel in Afghanistan.

Extreme Tourism involves travellers searching for raw and dangerous experiences that haven't been packaged by travel companies. But what if there was a TV show that went beyond that? A travel series combining all the danger, difficulty and intrigue of traveling across a war zone like Afghanistan while searching for the real focus of the show, incredible Afghans and their amazing stories. Follow presenter Sabour Bradley as he auditions for Afghan Idol, throws a barbecue in Osama's backyard, tracks down the Taliban, hangs with warlords, gets treated for stress by a scorpion doctor, spars with the Afghan female boxing team, wrestles in an Afghan death match, hunts down the snow leopard, and travels across one of the most epic and dangerous landscapes in the world. The Extreme Tourist: Afghanistan is a 6x60' travel series that opens the door on the new Afghanistan; takes you beyond the myth, beyond the bloodshed, beyond the Taliban, beyond the burka and beyond the 'extreme'.

Afghanistan's first docudrama series. Mohammed Zahir head of the Kabul Criminal Investigation Unit reveals, for the first time, the most exciting and toughest cases cracked by his hardy bunch of Kabul detectives.

Soraya, a low-level government official, is imprisoned when she defends a woman from village lords. Behind bars, she writes the Afghan President for help.

"Salam" tells the story of a young man who witnesses his father's death as a teenager, has his girlfriend promised to another man, and subsequently spirals into heroin addiction. Drawn into a terrorist act that costs the life of his sister, Salam flees to a village where a mystical elder sets him on the path to spiritual recovery and restitution.

Afghanistan's first professional quality seven our long mini-series. After a horrible crime occurs in the country side, General Sikander, an elite police officer, is called on to create a special team to combat the rising crime in Afghanistan. This special group consists of five young police officers, each with a special skill, will now be the terror of crime. This team is known as "The Defenders."

Poking fun at politicians is a fairly standard form of television comedy, but satirizing the government in Afghanistan, one of the most corrupt governments in the world, raises some very serious issues. "The Ministry" focuses on the imaginary Ministry of Garbage in the fictitious country of Hechland, revealing a dysfunctional government department with no accountability and a misguided, self-serving sense of morality. Featuring an incompetent Minister, a man-hating Secretary and an assortment of advisers and cronies, this comedy series allows the audience to laugh while addressing, among other things, the buying of Parliamentary votes, corruption, nepotism, politicians colluding with major criminals, and sexism.

Innocent Heart centers on Kabir, a 12-year-old boy who is naively manipulated by insurgents into planting an IED that kills three people, including his best friend and brother-in-law. This six-part television series, which was also adapted for radio, had as its target audience Afghan communities most vulnerable to insurgent activity. With a strong focus on counter-insurgency messaging, the story line also reinforced why better infrastructure, education, peaceful transition and democratic principles strengthen community capacity and offer a better future.