A year after the Taliban retook Kabul, DW reporters travel through Afghanistan to see what daily life looks like under the new government. In Maidan Wardak province they meet Dr. Roshanak, a former member of parliament who built relationships with the Taliban and now watches her province struggle under their rule. In Kabul, Aisha, once employed by a UN project with hopes of a political career, describes feeling "like a prisoner" in her own city. The film also visits the potters of Istalif, whose trade is collapsing as the economy contracts, and puts questions to Taliban officials who blame the West for the hunger and poverty spreading through the country. Interviews and on-the-ground footage trace how a movement that promised peace has instead delivered economic collapse and restricted freedoms, especially for women, closing with a reminder that this outcome follows America's twenty-year war that began after the September 11 attacks.