Western Tears for Afghan Women. An Afghan journalist (working in Afghanistan) sent me this regarding this documentary. She/he worked on the documentary (and then quit). She/he does not want to be identified:

"This is an excerpt from the link to her documentary on Channel 4: "Sharmeen then travels to the remote province of Takhar to visit a girl's school which appears to offer some hope. Whereas under the Taliban the girls had to be taught in secret, the headmistress can now hold classes in the open and many of the girls are unveiled. However Sharmeen soon discovers that their enthusiasm for education is not shared by their fathers and their employment prospects are bleak."

"We were doing an interview at a girls' school in northern city of Taloqan. Obaidi interviewed ONE GIRL who said: "My father doesn't like that I go to school. He hates seeing me study at home. But my mother and grandmother encourage me to study so I come to school."
Obaidi then turns to the camera (it's a reporter-led style documentary) and says: "Men in Afghanistan don't encourage their daughters to study ... "
So I turn to the girl and say: "Do you think it's your dad or all Afghan men who don't like their daughters to study?"
She responds: "Well, my dad's just illiterate. But look around me; there are a lot of girls here whose fathers encourage them to study .."
I turn to Obaidi and translate this for her ... She spaces off and the camerman has already moved on to capture new faces ...
Apparently ALL AFGHAN MEN are vile "Taliban" types who just hate for girls to study. This is just one example of the broad generalization and poor journalism that I was witness to."