the fighter talked about a battle he said they had just fought against american forces in the chimtal district. >> narrator: but frontline could find no corroborating information that such a battle had been fought with american forces in chimtal in march of 2011, when this interview was filmed. coalition forces said there had been no casualties near chimtal since november 2010 and that this district was "one of the most peaceful in northern afghanistan." >> narrator: behind the scenes, you can hear khan leading the chants. in fact, he was manipulating the entire interview. >> khan was behind the camera and checking all the question and answers. and he were asking me, "before you do the question, stop the camera. ask your question. i need to know what you are going to ask." i said, "i going to ask how many people are here?" and khan told him, "say between 3,000 and 4,000." >> but that guy didn't hear to khan. he said 11,000 to 12,000. >> narrator: khan had consistently claimed to najibullah that he commanded 3,000 to 4,000 fighters in this region of afghanistan coalition forces command