Ajmal Naqshbandi & Daniele Mastrogiacomo

Ajmal Naqshbandi & Daniele Mastrogiacomo

Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

A new documentary premiering tonight on HBO provides a harrowing look at today's Afghanistan, where violence and corruption continue to ravage the country. It's called Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi. It tells the story of Ajmal, a young Afghan journalist, translator and coordinator working for American journalist Christian Parenti. In 2007, Ajmal was kidnapped by Taliban forces, along with Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo and an Afghan driver, who was immediately beheaded. After weeks in captivity, Mastrogiacomo was eventually released, but weeks later the Taliban killed Ajmal. Ref. Source 2