It looks like some kind of reality show. I wonder why the victims are so passive before it happens and why they are ready to talk in front if the camera to help the terrorists to build their shit. Anyway, at the end you are supposed to die in a horrific way, so fuck them
I hear they use drugs or something, that will likely be why they're too passive to fight back properly, they do live in an area where it's okay to grow opium and such.
Where have you heard that? First I've heard of it, though there were reports they hadn't fed this guy for days. Most captives are probably just exhausted and have accepted their fate.