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During the US war in Afghanistan, a Marine platoon is ambushed by the Taliban, leaving only Jake Atherton and his commanding officer Captain Tom Mason as survivors. After being discharged, Jake works as a mechanic in an auto-shop owned by former gang member Earl.
Osama (Dari: اُسامه, romanized: Osamah) is a 2003 drama film made in Afghanistan by Siddiq Barmak.The film follows a preteen girl living in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime who disguises herself as a boy, Osama, to support her family.
In 2006, PRT Kamdesh – later renamed Combat Outpost Keating – was one of several U.S. Army outposts established in Northern Afghanistan. Located in a remote valley surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountains, the base was regarded as a deathtrap; the troops stationed there faced regular Taliban attacks, culminating in one of the bloodiest American engagements of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The Taliban actors were cast in the Rose Garden of the hotel. [6] The first choice to play Sher Khan, the Taliban leader, was an actor from Nangahar. However, the village he was from was controlled by both Taliban and Daesh, and the actor was unable to work in the film as his clan would potentially be endangered by his collaboration. As a ...
Bread and Roses follows the experiences of three women in the months following the fall of Afghanistan's capital city, Kabul: Zahra, a dentist whom the Taliban attempt to force to close her ...
When the United States military withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban immediately retook control over the country, Jennifer Lawrence had an idea. She sought out a female Afghan ...
Lone Survivor is a 2013 American action drama film based on the 2007 nonfiction book by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson.Set during the war in Afghanistan, it dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was given the task of tracking down the Taliban leader Ahmad Shah.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) If you want some incredible action scenes with your glass-clinking, try this '70s disaster movie about a luxury cruise ship that gets capsized by a rogue wave on New ...