What I survived

Sean Langan: Kidnapped by the Taliban | P1: meeting the Taliban

March 17, 2026·29 min·3-min readsolodocumentary
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British journalist and documentary filmmaker Sean Langan transitioned from a life of hedonistic lifestyle journalism in the 1990s to becoming one of the few Western journalists to embed directly with the Taliban, risking his life to tell stories from the so-called 'wrong side' of global c

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Sean Langan

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Sean LanganMolly MeldrumJack Lawrence

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Tea with the TalibanMeeting the Taliban

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Channel 4ABC

Topics

immersive war journalismembedding with the Talibanlife under extremist regimespsychological toll of captivitytransition from lifestyle to war reporting

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