Skip to main content
Back to Show
FRONTLINE

Opium Brides Preview

Afghan opium farmers have long borrowed money from drug gangs to subsidize their crops. Now, as the Afghan government destroys their livelihood in an eradication program, the farmers find themselves in a horrifying situation: repay their debts or give their daughters to drug-traffickers. Najibullah Quraishi reports on the harrowing story of the collateral damage of the counter-narcotics effort.

Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
Support Provided By
Season
Once Upon A Time In Iraq: Fallujah
54:23
The enduring story of the battle of Fallujah, told by the people who lived through it.
Clarence and Ginni Thomas
1:54:23
As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the story of their path to power.
America and the Taliban (Part Three)
54:23
How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory.
America and the Taliban (Part Two)
54:53
How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory.
America and the Taliban (Part One)
54:53
How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory.
Age of Easy Money
1:54:22
The role of the Federal Reserve’s “easy money” policies in economic uncertainty.
Putin and the Presidents
54:22
Vladimir Putin’s clashes with U.S. presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire.
Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (Part 2)
54:22
Investigating the powerful spyware called Pegasus sold to governments around the world.
Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (Part 1)
54:23
Investigating the powerful spyware called Pegasus sold to governments around the world.
FRONTLINE Season 2022
54:23
A 2-part hour: Mapping atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine, and a family's struggle to reunite.
Putin's War at Home
54:23
Defiant Russians push back against Putin’s crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine.
Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes
1:24:23
Investigating evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and the pursuit of justice.
Active loading indicator