Tomorrow night PBS’s Frontline is going to air a fascinating documentary about an Afghan journalist who embeds with the “central group” of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Taliban/al-Qaeda-aligned Hezb-e-Islami in the north of Afghanistan. (I can’t seem to embed the preview clip, so here’s the show’s website.) I’m not really sure how much I can say about this under the terms of the show’s embargo, but I watched it over the weekend and was blown away by what I saw: it’s a rare opportunity to hear these men describe their goals in their own words; to see their actions as they unfold; and to get a glimpse of their tactics, strategy and execution. After the show airs — tomorrow night at 9 eastern — there’s a discussion worth having about civilian casualties and the persistance of NATO presence in the deteriorating north, but for now, check out the preview and set your DVR.

I should also note that Frontline is advertising the show on this blog, but I have no idea if I’ll see any money from them, and frankly the documentary is so valuable I’d pay them to watch it.