The 'Cold Mountain' star traveled to the war-torn country to film a
documentary about the United Nation's Peace Day on September 21, which the
UN hopes will see a day-long global ceasefire.
Jude visited British troops, UN diplomats, Afghan government ministers,
village elders and "many, many children" during the trip.
He said: "It's amazing. You get there and they are going to school and to
market and trying to hold down jobs and the fact that they could be blown to
smithereens or every building has bullet holes in it doesn't seem to phase
them.
"That said, I didn't have to hear a shot or a single bomb going off."
The trip was organised by Jude's friend Jeremy Gilley, founder of the
charity Peace One Day, the driving force behind the idea of Peace Day.
Jeremy claims he only invited Jude "as a joke" and was astounded when he
agreed to go.