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They are here. Don't let them get away.

They are here, don't let them go!

We'll find a solution, brother. Hang in there.

Solomon, we have to go.

Suliman, we have to go.

You should go. It's over for me.

- We'll find a solution, brother. - It's over!

It's over. Run!

I'm sorry.

Catch him!

Move! Quick! Shoot him!

Martin Cutter, leave a message.

Sir, it's Fazal.

I got caught in an ambush on the road to Panjshir,

so...

Help me.

Maine has crashed into the World Trade Center this morning.

The United States military has begun strikes

against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Afghan women fear for their rights since the Americans

announced their intention to leave the country.

The US signed an agreement with the Taliban.

The war is ending after two decades of conflict in Afghanistan.

The embassies in Kabul are closing one by one.

American personnel is being evacuated in emergency.

This is not just about the Afghan people.

It's about us and our security.

The Taliban have surrounded the capital and are threatening

to enter the city at any moment.

People are panicking all around Kabul.

Prepare for landing. Runway insecure.

Landing without lights. Touchdown in two minutes.

Hi. Hi.

Luka's here. Hi.

Good to see you. Good to see you.

Hey. Hey.

Did you secure the route?

I expect Omar is going to give us a car.

What? We're not going.

What do you mean? Special forces gave us a no-go.

Apparently they have other priorities.

Who's in charge?

Bihof.

You're joking.

The rules have changed. Securing the runways turned

into pure mayhem.

Even the Americans were overwhelmed. Dozens died.

If the Afghan army hadn't intervened,

I don't know where we'd be right now.

I'm only asking for five men. That's it.

No. It's not going to happen.

There's not one single army, including the Bundeswehr,

that will engage ground forces in Kabul

or anywhere else in this country.

So either you fend for yourselves or you

go back to Cologne. That's it.

Do we at least have access to US area surveillance?

Yes, but in case you haven't noticed,

the airspace is kind of busy.

I notice it's busy with our planes leaving empty.

Don't take that tone with me.

The only reason you're here is because I

was ordered to let you in.

If you want to risk your life, be my guest,

but don't expect me to put my man's life on the line.

General Hassan must be on top of the Taliban kill list.

Okay. Do you know where he is?

Yes. Last we heard he was close to Bamiyan.

And your plan is to search the whole

region while he's crawling with Taliban?

General Hassan was trained and equipped by

the BND under my command.

He helped us for many years and he saved many of our soldiers' lives,

including mine.

It's our duty to pay our debt to him.

I received a very firm no from Berlin.

No more military or diplomatic personnel

will leave the airport.

But I'm not forbidding you to honor your debt.

I'm just telling you that you unfortunately

won't have special forces support.

Right.

Umar?

Yeah, last night.

We need a car.

Can you come to the airport?

Sounds good.

One or two hours?

Okay. Keep us posted.

Thanks.

So?

We need to do it without them.

I told you.

I know.

It's gonna be fine.

Okay?

We haven't received any other instructions

- so we'll continue with our usual rotations. - All right.

Fereidun, what's happening with the transplant patient?

He's scheduled for...

We do this for God's sake, to prevent you from sinning.

Fast, build the wall.

What are you doing?

We won't be able to care for our patients like this!

What're they doing?

They're building a wall to separate men and women.

What kind of man are you?

What kind of people you are!

Everyone back to work! Now! Split up!

We don't want to see men and women working together! Back to work! Go!

My patients are all on the other side, I have to get there! It can't be like this!

- Step back, take him out! - No!

He is a doctor, leave him alone!

Step back, step back!

Bring back cement!

I don't want to see women in this hallway!

Send the unveiled women home!

Give me that.

From now on, music is haram!

What are you doing?

What're you doing?!

Don't hurt her!

- Nooria! - Music is haram!

What is going on? Nooria!

Step back!

Shut her up!

I'm here.

Aziz...

Mom, no.

It's just a slight delay.

All right?

The situation is tense.

Yes, but we are under military protection

and nothing can happen to us.

No! No, no, no.

I'm not leaving the office.

All right?

Listen, I have to go.

I have to go.

I will call you back.

Bye.

We've done an initial triage, Mr. Consul.

We're going to have an odd time getting used to that title.

It has a Roman ring to it, but you'll get used to

it very soon.

We put people with visas near the tarmac

so they can leave as soon as we get clearance to land planes.

Now we just have to go over the rest of the cases.

Okay?

I'm ready.

Bring them in.

I can't do that.

I have to follow security protocol.

No one else can enter these buildings.

I have this for you.

You should wear it.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm here.

Everything will be fine.

Yeah.

Sure.

Thank you, Colonel.

Please, call me Marco.

Just for the next few days.

Waterism protocol wants we're back in Italy.

In that case, call me Giovanni.

Shall we go then, Giovanni?

Yeah.

We'll review every single case.

All right?

Open the gate.

Hi, Omar.

Hi.

Was it hard to get here?

No, no.

Listen, I won't be able to come with you.

I got a visa from the Americans.

If all goes well, my family and I will

be evacuated tomorrow.

Why the Americans?

The Germans closed their embassy overnight.

They didn't even contact us.

And then, there was no way of reaching them.

Here.

You can keep my car.

I'm parked 50 meters away on the other side of the barrier.

Thank you.

Good luck.

You too.

Come.

We've beefed up security outside the building,

so if the Taliban try to attack us, we can slow them down.

But if they launch a large-scale assault,

though, we're done.

And I'm not even talking about the scenario

where ISIS decides to attack right in front of the embassy.

How many people are still inside?

81, including children.

Do you have any medical emergencies?

Not inside the embassy.

I have no idea what the people are saying.

People outside your embassy are legally under the authority

of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,

not that they claim military and political authority over

the country.

It's more complicated than that.

People in front of the embassy with French passports

are effectively protected by the French Republic.

Listen, I suggest we leave these salties for later.

Our priority is to evacuate the embassy.

It's impossible to deploy ground forces in Kabul,

so I don't see any other option but by air.

And for that, we need U.S. Air Force support.

I spoke with General Ferguson,

and we'll be sending a helicopter unit later today.

It will coordinate with you,

provided the Taliban don't decide otherwise.

We've established contact with Haqqani's emissaries

to guarantee the evacuation.

And what about the Afghans waiting outside?

Well, for now, unfortunately, there's nothing we can do.

We can't let people in if we aren't sure we can evacuate them.

Good luck, gentlemen.

Colonel.

Okay, get back to us.

Guys, that's it for now.

Check this bag carefully.

Mother!

I will help you.

Where are you going? What do you have inside?

What do you want? Why are you standing there?

Why is the door locked?

Go!

Come on, man.

Come here. Where are you going?

Where are you going?

We need men like you, where are you going?

I'm meeting my wife and kids.

Where are they?

In Qala-e-Fatullah to visit my wife's father.

Go.

Pass! Safe travels, my brother.

And think it over, you can help us rebuild this country!

Inshallah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Maybe we should try to reach the airport.

I doubt anything will change here.

They'll open it eventually.

They're gonna evacuate the embassy!

Okay, listen.

As soon as the helicopter lands, we go straight to the landing pad.

Okay.

Line up.

What are they still doing here? I thought we asked them to leave!

Taliban...

Go away!

Spread out! Go home! Clear off!

Everyone spread out! Quick!

It's Mohammad!

Come on.

Stay with me.

Hurry, hurry, hurry.

Come on, come on, come on.

Where the fuck are they, man?

I don't know.

Where are the shots coming from?

I'm not sure.

Taliban in the street?

I don't know.

What the fuck are they doing?

They're all going to get crushed.

People are starting to climb the wall.

Should I order the shoot?

What the hell do I do?

Open the gate.

Security desk to gate.

Open the damn gate.

Commissar says to open the gate.

Come with me.

Show me your papers, everyone.

Show me your papers.

Show me your papers.

Raise your shot.

Show me your papers.

Raise your shot.

Okay, okay.

Show me your papers, please.

Okay, okay, okay.

Stand closely. They could be ISIS.

- What happened? - The Taliban took Nooria's iPod.

- Your patient? - Yeah. I tried to stop them.

What were you thinking to confront them?

You need to go talk to them. This girl has nothing.

They took the only thing she owns!

Do you really want me to go talk to Talib?

You seriously want me to ask that to a Taliban?

- Have you seen them? - What?

Amina...

I'm sorry, but they've just taken power.

They're fired up! We have to be reasonable for now.

We need to keep our heads down. But things will settle down.

What're you talking about?

Absolutely nothing will settle down.

Do you smoke?

You want one?

I don't smoke.

I don't smoke.

Then I'll be the one.

It'll be banned soon, might as well finish the pack.

I remember the first time I met you.

When they told me you were smoking?

When I fainted in front of everyone in anatomy class?

You smoke every day.

You fainted every day!

You're right.

That's true.

But you come back to school on Tuesdays.

And yet

you came back to class every Monday.

To faint again and again!

I learned this from my mother.

I get that from my mother.

That I can never be satisfied.

I never give up.

I'm very afraid.

I'm so scared.

Scared of staying here,

I'm afraid of leaving.

scared of leaving.

You know right now,

I'm angry, at everyone.

I'm angry at the Taliban

for being backward.

You're afraid of the government.

At the government for being corrupt.

You're afraid of the Americans

At the Americans for not doing anything to change this country.

I'm angry at the Europeans for having supported them.

Even though the whole world is not afraid of them.

And even though I'm angry at the whole world,

it's not going to change anything.

We're powerless.

- You always said that... - It doesn't matter what I said.

There's no hope, Amina.

Absolutely none.

Good morning, madam.

Good morning, sir.

Mr. Consul.

Yes.

We have a big problem.

Sorry, I don't have time now.

I'm afraid it cannot wait, sir.

This is for you.

Please, sir.

Okay, just wait two minutes, okay?

And take this.

What's going on, huh?

We are looking for buckets, but we won't last long like this.

There will be no way to breathe with this heat.

And the poor women, they can't go outside.

Not here, anyway.

Okay, move these people away. They can't stay here.

And organize a path to a barracks toilet just for women and children,

all right?

We cannot do that, sir.

We cannot let them into the building. It's a direct order.

Is there a problem?

Yes, definitely a big problem.

If the road isn't blocked, we can reach Bamiyan

in three hours.

I spoke with Mustafa. He's waiting for us there.

Did he have any news?

None, except that his battalion was deployed

last week to defend the city.

It's Hasan.

Hasan, I tried to reach you like a hundred times.

I'm sorry. We were in the mountains.

We managed to escape the Taliban and now

we are trying to go to Kabul.

Do you hear me, Hasan?

I'm losing signal. Can you pull over?

Sure.

Please.

Hasan?

Can you hear me?

Where are you?

I think we are not far from Akekel.

There's not many of us. We are exhausted.

We'll come and get you.

I'm glad to see you.

Good to see you.

You came from Germany?

Yeah, I just arrived.

Hasan, Basyan, we are still stationed in

Kabul. They are with me.

The German high command abandoned everyone.

It's tragic.

In Bagram and Baryam there are many people arrested by the Taliban.

I know.

We'll try to fight until the end.

There's an abandoned base in Zurubi.

They're only an hour's walk away.

I'll send you the coordinates of an old base in Zurubi.

We meet you there and take you to the airport.

Okay. I'll wait for the coordinates.

Take care.

I'm the Italian consul in charge of evacuating Afghans from Kabul.

I have hundreds of people in the tarmac with no access to toilets.

We fully understand, but our port-au-parties

are US Army property.

Yeah, I know, but no one is using them.

How do you know no one is using them?

I'm just asking for one.

Just one. Just until we can find a solution.

You need to ask your diplomatic authority to make a request...

Well, I am the diplomatic authority.

And in Asia's name, I'm asking you to give me

one of these fucking toilets.

I'm sorry, but I didn't receive

any such orders.

Come back with a signed statement from my command

and you can do what you want.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Anybody could be ISIS.

I know.

Can you zoom in on him?

Watch the bag.

Okay, fuck.

Just a fucking sneak kiss.

Are they checking the cameras?

They're casing the place.

Where's Jean?

I don't know. Come with me.

Alex, come with us.

Move, move, move!

Get down! Get down!

On your knees! I said get down!

Your papers!

I'm an artist. I exhibited in Marseille last year.

I asked for your papers!

No, my friend here is a video artist,

but he doesn't speak English.

- Your papers! - Yes, I'll show you my papers!

We just wanted to document our journey here.

But we can give you everything.

We're not Taliban or ISIS, sir.

We just want to get out of this country before we go to jail.

Okay, what's going on?

We're in a war zone and they're taking holiday snaps.

You okay?

Sorry for that.

Please.

You have water over there if you need it.

It's okay?

Everything's fine.

I'm sorry. I know you have a lot to do,

but do you know maybe when we will be able to leave here?

We'll do our best.

I'm worried about my wife. She's in danger.

She's a prosecutor in the Kabul Criminal Court.

There is a Taliban she convicted outside the embassy.

We're negotiating with the army to send us helicopters.

Why don't we take buses?

There are a lot of school transport companies and a lot of drivers.

We're looking for a solution so that your wife

and all the Afghans here are safe.

Trust us.

Thank you.

- Still not getting through? - No.

They must jam the signal here.

I'm worried about Fazal.

Don't worry. Everything will be fine.

Don't worry, he'll be fine.

Martin.

Martin, I managed to get into Kabul out of one.

But I don't know how much further I can go. Taliban everywhere.

Okay, I'll send you the coordinates.

Okay, I just hope I can stay here.

Hey, hey, hey, stop! Stop!

What's going on?

I have a NATO requisition.

Do you have written orders?

From the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Yes.

Show me.

Here.

Uh...

It's Italian.

As the request of NATO, the Italian Minister of

Foreign Affairs,

in accordance with such and such agreement

and blah blah blah directive authorizes

the Italian consular and military representatives to

take possession of the sanitary facilities

for reasons of public hygiene.

Should I continue or it's fine?

Think you're smart, huh?

So now what are you going to do? Arrest me?

Cause a diplomatic incident?

Just because there are bullshit rules doesn't

mean you have to pay them.

Now do what you want. Call your friends. Call your staff.

Call the White House if you like. But I'm taking them.

Let's go. Keep going.

Okay, I'll leave you there. I have to go.

Who was it then?

A group of rogue Franciscan monks?

In any case, the Americans have closed their

space over Kabul.

So helicopter evacuations are out of the question.

And unfortunately we don't have the green

light for our special forces.

So what do we do?

We have over a hundred people here who fear for their lives.

We have no idea what the next few hours will bring.

I'm sorry.

The Taliban can decide to take the embassy whenever they want.

We only have 11 men and not enough ammo to last more than an hour.

What a solution.

But it's risky.

Evacuate the embassy by bus?

What do you mean by bus?

I mean by bus.

Do you have a better idea?

Okay, but then we'd have to ask the Americans to charter us

some armored buses.

Now that would make us prime targets and I don't

want to repeat what happened with the helicopters.

What are you suggesting?

There are a lot of transport companies in Kabul.

All we need to do is find one willing to charter us

a dozen buses.

Then convince the Taliban to let us through and drive to the airport.

We can't do this without the president's approval.

Or without American video surveillance.

I'll contact Lelize and we'll assess in 30.

Thank you all.

Are you sure about the buses?

I'm not sure of anything. And we'll need

safe passage from the Taliban outside.

I'll call you back.

How many years, sir?

Two.

How are you feeling?

Tired.

If you want anything, just ask us.

Here, water. - Thank you.

I need your help.

Okay, of course.

Okay, thanks.

We have to find buses to evacuate the embassy.

I hope he keeps his word, otherwise I don't know what I'll do.

There are Taliban everywhere, I can't escape.

If he said he was coming...

- I don't know if I can trust him. - I know.

- And you? - I don't know what to do.

- There's Ghulam, my patients... - You have to leave!

If you don't leave now, they'll eventually force you to.

Amina,

join Mom and Dad at the embassy!

I didn't do all these studies to become a babysitter or cleaning lady in Europe.

You can resume your studies anywhere!

I don't think I'll die so soon.

I didn't think it would happen this fast.

I have to go now.

I have to go.

Is everything okay?

Everything's fine, I'll call you back.

Dad, Sam...

I'll be right back.

Fasal Nizani.

Good to see you again.

Martin...

Where are we going?

The airport.

Somewhere safe.

Get ready.

Don't shoot!

Get down! Don't shoot!

Get down! Don't shoot!

Drop your weapon!

Please!

Don't shoot!

Don't shoot!

One of General Hassan's men.

Please!

Hand over the phone!

It's Hassan's phone.

Please.

Okay.

Get up.

Okay.

Okay.

What happened?

The Taliban.

They came when we got here.

I heard there were too many of them.

And the General?

They took him away.

Where did they take him?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Okay, hands down.

I can't say it, Vera.

They could come back any minute.

Get in the car.

How are you feeling?

Tired.

Get some rest.

And a change.

We called the embassy for your papers.

In the meantime, I need you to do something for me.

The Taliban has released all the prisoners from Pula Shaki.

Including Anula Bakash.

According to our intel, ISIS is planning large scale

attacks during the evacuation.

We lost our source on the inside when completely in the dark.

I can't do that.

Anula never knew you worked for us.

We just need you to reach out.

Make contacts, see what happens.

I can't.

We are in this shit, Fasal.

You're the only one who can help.

Think about your parents.

Your sister.

Have they left Kabul yet?

The president has given his approval.

Now we just need the Taliban to hurry.

Everything is ready.

I'm looking. It's not going to be easy but we'll find something.

I'm counting on you.

We've posted two snipers on the roof

and one on the left wall.

He will have the best angle in case of trouble.

The team will be ready to go get you if anything goes wrong.

But I won't lie.

We're no match for them.

I don't think they'll take any risk.

Insha'Allah.

It's a go into the wall.

20 minutes.

Sweetie,

we're at the embassy.

I don't know if you're still at the hospital.

We are looking for a way

to reach the airport.

You need to meet us as soon as possible.

You have no future here.

I know that the wall is going to fall.

I know that's hard to hear.

You know how much I thought

we'd make it.

That we'd be able to find our place.

But all I see is the return

of the same brutality, again.

No doubt our lives will be difficult in France...

but we'll have our fate in our own hands.

I always believed we could rebuild

a free Afghanistan.

I always believed we had a future

in this country.

But I was wrong.

Step back, step back!

What does the French want?

Don't shoot, let him come!

I'm the embassy security officer.

I just want to talk to your commander.

I'm the commander.

What do you want?

I want to talk to you.