Season: 1 | Episode: 1 | Length: 60m
British soldiers come face to face with the enemy when Taliban fighters breach the airfield. But with the Taliban now in control of the country, they're forced to put old hostilities aside as they work together to control the crowds. Young soldiers must make life-and-death decisions on who is eligible for evacuation, while in the air, one pilot narrowly avoids a catastrophic collision - while the RAF must decide whether to overload aircraft to take more evacuees
Documentary telling the story of the evacuation of Kabul, using MoD footage shot by combat camera teams and revealing personal accounts of the operation. In the first episode, a small British military team is sent out to prepare for a possible evacuation, but nobody knows quite what to expect. Suddenly, the Taliban shock the world by taking Kabul. The military scramble to clear the airfield of thousands of panicked civilians. Can they regain control and start the evacuation?
