Frontline Red Star Over Khyber (Season 2, Episode 23)
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TV Episode | Documentary, News

Frontline

Red Star Over Khyber (Season 2, Episode 23)

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TV Episode | Documentary, News

In 1979, Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. On fifth anniversary of invasion, Frontline correspondent Richard Reeves reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Director

David Bowen-Jones (directed by)

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Updated Dec 11, 1984

Release date

Dec 11, 1984 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

125 wins & 195 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
12 cast members

Name	Known for
Hafizullah Amin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Leonid Brezhnev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Guest from the Island of Freedom (1963)
Zbigniew Brzezinski Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
George Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
Babrak Karmal Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Afghanistan pourquoi? (1983)
Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Richard Reeves Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Seabiscuit (2003)
George Shultz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The League
Nur Muhammed Taraki Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In the Shadow of the Caravans (1979)
Judy Woodruff Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Muhammad Zia ul-Haq Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Thanksgiving in Peshawar with Kirk Douglas (1982)