Taxi to the Dark Side | Storyville

Duration: 1'19'08''

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An Afghan taxi driver called Dilawar died days after being arrested & questioned by US forces at Bagram airbase. The programme concludes that he died after being tortured. Part of the Why Democracy? season.

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