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Scared?

Cautious.

If we wanted to take this embassy, it wouldn't be too hard, you know?

Maybe.

We are not like you. Afghans aren't afraid of death.

After 20 years of war, what's losing a few men

here and there?

The war is over. You won. So help us leave.

I'll arrange for buses to take us all to the airport,

but I can't do it without your help.

You have a great responsibility to show the international

community that we can work with you and

even count on you.

The international community doesn't like

us very much.

I don't want to stop you from leaving. Leave.

But there are not only French people in this embassy.

So?

So the French people can leave. The Afghans cannot.

But these people are under French's protection,

and France won't abandon them.

They're on French territory as long as they're in the embassy.

Once they're on your buses, that's a different story.

You cannot guarantee their safety.

And what about them? You plan to take

everyone on the buses with you?

No, no, no. No one else comes in. The embassy is

permanently closed.

Put that on the embassy gates. Then we can talk about your convoy.

What does it say?

That this building now belongs to the Islamic Emirates

of Afghanistan.

There's another entrance to the embassy behind Zambak Street.

We'll speak there next time.

Open the gate.

Go back! Go back! Sorry, go back!

So, how did it go?

We have to put this up everywhere.

What is this?

Permission to invade us?

A plane 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.

Can you give this to Dr. Ghulam for me, please?

- Yes, of course. - Thank you.

How are you?

- How do you feel? - Good!

Here, look what I brought you.

Don't let anyone see you using it.

- And keep it hidden, OK? - Yes.

Can we walk in the park later?

Not today. I'm sorry.

How about tomorrow?

Then how about tomorrow?

Tomorrow.

That's them. The one for Taktas.

Are you sure?

Positive.

Okay. Turn around. Follow them. Turn around!

What do you want?

If they find out, they'll kill me.

Don't worry about it. It's undetectable.

Give me a break. He's in the sneakers.

Not a boy.

I know it sounded weird on the phone,

okay? He's not the one picking me up.

Well, that just means you're up to speed.

I know he's in the mirror now. He's got a bombing to organize.

And he would like nothing more than to have

you there to support and trust me.

Or else they found out I'm a traitor.

And they'll slit my throat before I can even say something.

No, they wouldn't have you show up if they

thought you were going to betray them.

They're not nearly as smart as you think.

Unfortunately, they're not nearly as dumb as

I'd like them to be.

You want to go over your cover story again?

No. I've got it memorized.

Something happens to me. Tell my family I love them.

You'll tell them yourself.

All right, let's go.

Our plane is due to land in less than one hour.

We won't have much time, so everyone needs to boot calmly.

Okay.

Okay, everyone, stay calm. Don't panic.

Yes?

Sorry, say it again?

Yes. I understand. We need everybody to stay calm.

What?

Yes, sir.

What's going on?

It's rogue.

The Americans are refusing to let the plane land.

And what am I supposed to do with all these people here?

Some have been here for three days already.

Nowhere out of food.

In two days, I will have even more

people to evacuate.

Do you have any idea how fucking chaotic it is here?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Just...

How long can the plane circle over Kabul?

Okay. Okay. So tell them to wait a little longer. Okay?

Thank you. I'll get back to you.

Thanks.

Where are you going?

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Hi. I'm the Italian Consul.

We have a plane circling above and you

are refusing to let it land.

Landing conditions have been sent to your

staff. You have no business here.

Listen, you cannot send that plane back.

We have way too many people to evacuate. More are coming.

It's a humanitarian issue.

I've got six planes up there waiting their turn.

People swarmed the runway yesterday.

People died. Women and children.

It took us at least two days to coordinate the arrivals here.

So if your plane missed its slot, that's your problem, not mine.

You tell them to contact the operations center in Qatar.

Sir, I'm sorry. What is the idea?

I missed my online orders, so now I have to wait?

We are talking about human beings crammed together in

appalling conditions.

Our plane is up there now. Now do something and make

it land now.

I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

You get out of my tower.

You'll be responsible for all the people...

Get the fuck out of here! Now!

You being here puts these planes in danger.

We really have no choice. I'll tell the pilot to turn back.

No, no, no. You're going to tell him to wait a little longer.

I'm going to tell him to wait a little longer.

I'm going to tell him to wait a little longer.

So? Where do we stand?

I managed to get five buses. But I had to promise

a lot of money.

Meaning?

Thirty thousand dollars.

Excuse me?

They say it's extremely risky, and it is, and...

They take advantage, I don't know.

What's the alternative?

No, no, it's OK. We're in no position

to negotiate anyway.

How long for the buses?

If they say one hour.

Good.

Let's get ready.

Put up the flyers.

Why is your hair visible? Cover it up!

Why did you go out alone? Why aren't any men with you?

Go! Go!

Do you have a message for me, brother?

Take me to Ainullah. There is something important.

Go, leave us alone.

What do we have to do to talk to him?

Why's it so important that you see him now?

Take me to him. He'll explain who I am.

I'm asking you.

I spoke to him on the phone.

He told me someone would come get me.

How long have you known him?

Since Allah put him on my path.

Why weren't you with me in the prison?

Why weren't you in prison with us?

I was at Shabi Khel's madrasa in Islamabad.

That's what I heard, yeah. Why did you come back?

I have to get rid of the infidel before I leave.

We must strike the crusaders before they leave.

Are you sure you were in Islamabad?

I spoke to Imran Bakhash.

He said he'd never see you there.

He says he never saw you there.

Omran Bakhsh from Jalalabad?

Imran Bakhash, from Jalalabad?

He's a traitor.

Shabi had sentenced him to death, but he escaped.

If you talk to him, I'll start doubting you, brother.

OK, come with me.

We start moving to the tarmac.

Our plane is about to land. Come on. Let's go.

Come on, let's go.

You're crazy.

You're putting these people in danger.

You can't do that.

It's a show of force. There's no risk.

If we occupy the wrong way, they'd be forced to listen to us.

Should I trust you on this?

Trust me.

Come on.

Let's go. Just keep going.

Who are all those people?

Husbands of some of the women inside.

For real? Or is that just what they're saying?

Several women came to us saying their

husbands are at the gate.

And some of them had visas. Look.

Shhh.

Jinn.

We put up the flyers on the embassy,

as you asked.

You have unaccompanied women inside.

Their husbands are outside asking for them. It's unacceptable.

We must send a woman out.

Families must be reunited.

It's an Islamic principle. I'm sure you understand.

Well, my government has principles too.

No one will leave the embassy.

In that case, we have a problem.

Not with me.

The sooner you leave, the happier I'll be.

It's above me. I have orders.

Okay.

We want separate families.

Great.

Let the husbands in. Problem solved.

Then you let in my buses and we're out of here for good.

My leaders will never accept that.

You don't have to tell them, do you?

All I know is that if we're not gone by tomorrow...

French and American special forces will

come and get us.

With every artillery.

This could all end very badly and...

No one wants that, right?

Very well.

Let them in. But do it quickly.

And I'll get clearance for your buses.

Voila.

Oh, brother.

Brother.

I thought you were dead.

I'm so happy to see you.

Me too,

Ainullah.

You have no idea.

I thought I was dead in prison.

I thought I would die in prison.

I prayed to Allah with all my strength to get out.

And then the Taliban came again.

And then the Taliban arrived.

At first we thought they would kill us.

But they set us all free.

Praise Allah!

Allahu Akbar.

Why didn't you stay in Pakistan?

Why didn't you stay in Pakistan?

My days are numbered, Ainullah.

The time has come.

The time has come for me.

When I heard that you had come back...

When I heard you were back,

I took it as a sign.

A sign sent by Allah Azawajal himself.

The poetry of Kabul has returned.

The Lion of Kabul is back.

And I'm proud to accompany him on his last journey to his Creator.

We just have to take precautions.

Get undressed, shoes too.

The Americans are going to go ballistic.

I know.

What the fuck is happening?

Alright boys, you got to take care of the crowd.

Why are you fucking crazy?

Get the hell out of here. I got a C-17 that's coming in.

We're not moving until our plane gets cleared and stolen.

Who the hell are you?

I am the Italian Consul.

Martial law is in effect at this airport.

And I can arrest you, I can shoot you on the spot,

and they'll just give me a medal.

Copy that?

Alright, so you and all your ragtag friends

can get the fuck out now.

I forbid you to threaten a deaf man.

You stand down, alright?

What are you going to do? Rambo, shoot us?

Okay, move.

Let's do it.

You're fucking serious.

Can you help us land this fucking plane?

Just get this plane on the ground, please.

Colonel, I have got a big problem on runway 2.

What's happening?

Some knock job has decided to storm the

runway with a bunch of Afghans.

Who is it?

Some kind of WAP.

That Italian, get rid of him.

I will need some backup.

Why, is he armed?

No, he is not a threat.

I repeat, negative, he is not a threat.

But they aren't listening and they won't move.

Tell him we'll land his plane.

Are you sure?

Get him the fuck off the runway.

Whatever you say.

Clear everyone off the fucking runway

your plane is coming in.

Alright, get the fuck off my runway now!

Everybody off this fucking runway!

Everybody get the fuck off the runway now!

Everybody off the runway!

Come on, let's clear the runway.

Alright, let's keep going.

Let's go!

Please, this way, keep going, keep going.

Everybody keep going!

Come on!

Slow down.

They have a count just over there.

We need to get closer.

We should wait for that phone.

Okay, okay, calm down.

Step back, step back, step back.

We're gonna call you one by one.

Okay, only men with lights in sight.

Go back.

We're gonna call you one at a time.

Have your papers ready, okay?

So Abdali, here.

Okay.

Show me the paper.

Okay, go.

Okay, go, go, go.

Abdali, sit.

Okay, let me see.

Okay.

Akhtar!

Show me the paper.

Don't push, don't push.

Okay.

Alidzai!

Let him through, let him through.

Show me the paper.

Okay.

Okay, go.

Sir, your papers.

My wife is fine.

Your paper?

Not paper.

No, I'm sorry.

The embassy is closed.

I'm sorry.

Let me in!

Wait, wait, wait.

Come on.

Donovan will kill me.

Please.

They will kill me.

Please.

Please.

What are you doing?

You didn't check him?

What did you do to him?

You want to do it?

Let him go!

Let him go!

Let him go!

Oh, come on!

I'm gonna need more buses.

You do that to me again, I'll make sure I conduct

the court martial myself.

If your plane hasn't taken off within an hour,

I'm enforcing a three-day no -fly zone just for you.

I'm just trying to save people.

You won a Nobel Prize.

Without my men, this tarmac would be

a goddamn battlefield.

Dozens die before we lock down the airport.

Now, you get those people and your fucking

plane off this airport in one hour.

Fucking donkey, Hote.

One hour!

Let's go!

I'm sorry, thanks.

We have a one-hour slot.

How many are we transporting?

About 200, not counting children.

I can take 120.

No, no, you have to take everyone.

I have more Afghans coming and I need to clear the tarmac.

I can go up to 150, 160 max.

No, listen to me.

Please, listen to me now.

There's no more people in the plane.

Please, please.

I need to get those people into this plane now.

Help me find a solution.

What solution do you expect to find?

What are you trying to do?

If we get rid of these seats, we can fit more people in, right?

And where do you plan on putting them?

Amina?

What are you doing here?

You don't have the right to be here.

You're leaving?

- Without telling me? - I left you a letter.

What letter?

I don't have much time.

I don't have much time, Ghulam.

I'm sorry. I'm meeting my parents at the French embassy.

They're about to leave for the airport.

This is my only chance.

This is my only chance. If I don't take it...

I'll regret it for the rest of my life!

What you'll regret

is leaving without finishing your residency!

At best, you'll be a nurse there.

And what will I be here?

My wife...

My wife,

the mother of my children.

And Doctor Nazani.

You know they'll let you practice.

This country desperately needs doctors.

I wish I could believe it.

I'd love to believe you.

But this country, as you say, is already turning into a prison.

Why don't you come with me?

Why don't you come with me instead?

Amina.

Amina...

This is my country.

It's my country.

I have no other.

And I have a responsibility for my patients.

You didn't come for me.

You didn't come back for me.

You came to take Nooria, didn't you?

She's like me.

She has no more of a future here than I do.

And she has no family.

Amina.

Amina...

That's kidnapping!

If the Taliban catch you, they'll kill you!

And who's gonna tell them? You?

How can you think about me?

How could you even think that?

Besides, the girl doesn't have papers.

How do you know France will take her in?

I tried.

But I can't abandon her.

But you don't have a problem with me.

You're the one who's going to kill me.

You're the one abandoning me,

by accepting what the Taliban are going to do.

Out of your own selfishness and indifference.

Amina, please,

Please.

stay with me.

I'm sorry, Ghulam.

Wait!

If you want, I'll take you with me.

- Where? - To Europe.

- France. Far from here. - But why don't we just stay here?

Because the Taliban don't like girls like you, or women like me.

Okay?

- So? - OK.

In that case, we don't have a minute to lose.

The buses should be here by now.

I hope they didn't get stopped by the Taliban.

They'll be here. Don't worry.

And how do you know the Taliban won't start shooting

at us the second we're a hundred meters outside?

No one's going to start shooting.

It's not in anybody's interest.

They're here!

I'm going to check the rest of the site.

Hands! Hands!

Out! Out!

Give me your papers.

Into the plane, everyone! Come on! Come on!

Quickly!

Come along, please!

Keep going! Keep going!

Quickly now! Thank you very much!

Quickly now!

Would you like some help?

Quickly, please!

Watch your step! Watch your step!

Right there!

There we go!

Thanks!

Keep going, guys!

Squeeze it!

Squeeze it, please!

Okay, stop!

No luggage, please! Unload the luggage!

Everybody out! Unload the luggage!

Everybody, let's go out! Come on!

Taxi! Taxi!

Stop!

- Can you take us to the French embassy? - No, I won't go near there.

Please, sir.

- Please. - Taliban are everywhere.

If they see me with two women, they'll kill me.

I'm begging you.

Go home! Don't stay here, it is dangerous.

- Please! - No, no.

- We're gonna walk. Can you do it? - Yes.

He hasn't moved for a while now.

And he's with them.

We have a predator in position.

We can strike the cell in eight minutes.

Not with our ass head inside.

We're going to take him on the ground.

Get ready.

Alpha team, go for Alpha team.

That's a green light.

I repeat, you have a green light.

Take them alive.

Don't you fucking shoot my ass head.

Plus 20, come here, please.

Come aboard.

Talk to me.

All clear. Ass head is not inside.

One man on the ground. ID unknown.

We're searching him now.

Oh fuck.

Fuck.

We lost him.

Oh fuck.

Okay, we need to stop.

These people can't be standing. It's dangerous.

But the Americans took off with 800.

The Americans had a C-17.

Bigger plane, more people.

We're at absolute max capacity.

Everyone, please sit down.

All of you, sit.

Sit down.

Thank you.

Closer together, please.

There's some space here.

Closer together.

Thank you.

Okay, two more people.

Just two more people.

You and you.

Come.

Come on, come.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

And it's not over yet.

We have a huge influx of visa holders.

When?

At our gate.

Six Taliban arrived earlier, but they left again.

Hassan was not with them.

We don't know.

There, okay.

B-Hofster refuses to send backup or American help.

I say we go in.

Me too.

And risk our lives.

He saved mine.

It's the same Taliban.

Hassan is inside for sure.

Open your fucking eyes.

He's probably dead by now.

Boom, boom. Don't pull it so hard.

You don't fucking know that.

If he's not dead yet, it's only a matter of time.

Let's go.

Hassan comes with me.

You cover us.

You have the money.

The Taliban chief wants to talk to you out back.

Bring people around and fill the buses.

I'll see what he wants.

Let's go.

Where are you going?

Come in.

I want to go to France too.

With my family.

Excuse me?

My children, they have no future

in this country.

I'm in a good position to know.

I don't understand.

You're a Taliban.

You just want the war and you want to flee to the enemy?

I want what's best for my family.

Yeah, but France won't let you in.

I will never get authorization for that.

I can still stop your convoy from leaving.

If I make one call, I close the checkpoint.

Listen, even if I agree to this, what do you think will happen?

You and your wife will go to prison.

Your children will end up in foster care.

What do you think, that France is going to give

asylum to a Taliban leader?

No.

Your intelligence service will interrogate me

and I will cooperate.

I'll have to get the approval from my superiors and

I will delay our departure for several days.

You don't have to tell them, do you?

Isn't that what you told me?

Your wife and children, fine.

But not you. That's impossible.

I'm doing this for them.

I would never abandon them.

We're leaving in five. Come on. We have to get going.

Come on.

It's not a good idea for you to get on a bus,

ma'am.

Come with me.

We received intel. Your picture is being circulated.

I don't want to be separated from my wife.

You'll come in the car with us. You'll see her at the airport.

We'll put you in here.

It won't be a long ride, I promise.

Okay, go inside.

Are you fucking kidding me?

I'll explain. We have no choice.

Where do you put him? On your lap?

No, put his family on the bus. They're coming with us.

We'll put him in the trunk.

There's already someone in there.

Not too bad.

Oh, sorry, man.

Move, move.

Come on. Let's go.

I'm not getting in there with a woman.

Well, there's room for two in that trunk.

Get in there if you want to leave with us.

Sir.

There's no enough room on the busses for everyone.

Please, don't leave us here.

No, no, no. I promise, okay?

We'll find a solution.

Once we arrive, a bus will come back for you, okay?

I promise.

Get my number. Get my number.

Close the door!

Okay.

Jim!

Yeah?

You have to go now.

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

Next to me, okay?

Close the door!

Okay.

Go inside, please.

Yeah, okay.

Go inside.

Let's go now.

Okay.

No, no, no, no.

You go there.

You wait for us in the embassy, okay?

Okay, let's go.

We have to go, Jim!

Close the door!

Okay, wait for me.

Lara?

General Hassan.

How many people are out there?

Hard to say.

A lot.

I'm yours at the gate tonight.

We're good.

Italians, you ready?

Get back. Get back.

Get back!

Fuck!

They're coming in force!

Take cover!

Get the windows apart!

You're doomed.

We surrounded.

Open the gate.

Open the gate.

We'll see if your Taliban can be trusted.

Okay, we'll escort you.

What do we do now?