(19 Nov 2001)

1. TV screen close up
2. Female news host of The Evening News wearing head scarf in front of microphone
3. Three hosts of Evening News seated in front of microphones
4. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Shimuddin Shamsuddin, anchorman of The Evening News
"We have news now and some entertainment but we will expand our programming and do sports and some other things It's only the first day we started."
5. Man watching musical television show
6. Close-up Northern Alliance soldiers watching musical television wearing fatigues
7. Long high shot of crowd waiting to get into Kabul's main cinema
8. Mid high shot of crowd looking up
9. Close shot of movie poster
10. Mid shot of movie posters
11. Various of crowd rammed into cinema lobby
12. Mid shot of military police trying to control crowd
13. Crowd entering cinema
14. Various of projection room
15. Close shot of film reel
16. Wide shot of crowd packed into cinema looking at screen
17. Mid shot of crowd clapping
16. Various of film
17. Close shot of people watching
18. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Voxpop (rough translation)
"When the Taliban came to power, we couldn't go to the cinema, they stopped us from enjoying ourselves."
"We have waited so long for this chance. (Question: How do you feel?) "Everyone is so excited, some hardly remember what cinema is like, we're so happy to be here!"
19. Various cinema goers

KABUL WELCOMES RETURN OF CINEMA AND TV.

After a six-year ban imposed by the Taliban, Afghan residents welcomed the reopening of Kabul's main cinema on Monday.

Military police had to control the huge crowd as people fought their way into the cinema to see the first film shown in public since the Taliban took the city in 1996.

The crowd surged past police, climbing past metal bars to enter the cinema. Inside, the furnishings are ramshackle and many of the chairs broken. And it has been years since the dusty projector was used.

The 600-seat cinema was showing a popular Afghan film 'Uruj' - or 'Ascension'.

The audience, made up of men and boys, cheered and clapped as the film started - and reacted loudly to the film during the showing.

The Taliban had banned most entertainment - including movies, TV and music - during its hard-line rule, saying it was against Islam.

Since they lost control of the city on Tuesday (November 13) Afghanis have been flocking to watch and buy videos, music and television.

But some things have not changed since the Taliban were ousted from the capital: women were not allowed into the cinema.

A 16-year old girl became the first to broadcast on Afghanistan Television on Sunday, as the Kabul station took to the air with its first day of news coverage and light entertainment since the Taliban banned all picture-related entertainment six years ago.

The young girl opened transmission with a religious reading, before the Evening News aired.

The broadcast followed technical problems that had delayed the relaunch for three days.

The size of the Kabul audience was limited by a lack of equipment.

Few residents own television sets and those who do often lack cable or satellite dishes. Fear has also reduced the number of viewers - many Afghans fear the Taliban could return and punish them for watching television.

Northern Alliance soldiers were among the few television watchers willing to be captured on film.

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