Movies hidden from Taliban go digital

KABUL, Afghanistan - When the Taliban stormed into Afghanistan's state-run film company in the mid-1990s. intent on destroying all the movies, Habibullah Ali risked everything to save them.

He hid thousands of reels of footage showcasing Afghanistan's rich cultural history, knowing that if the Taliban found out he faced certain death.

"We did not expect to be alive to leave for our homes that day," Ali said, clutching a saved reel. "If they had found out we had hidden movies, they would have killed us."