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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.
4) 12 strong
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince the Northern Alliance to join forces with them to fight the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the Americans must adopt the rudimentary tactics of the Afghan horse soldiers....
Language
English
Formats
Description
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by war, Corporal Chris Merriman is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her Taliban defiance escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merriman and his team will need all they can muster to fight their way across the...
6) Warhorse one
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While conducting a rescue operation to evacuate desperate missionaries during the 2021 U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a SEAL team helicopter is shot down and the one remaining member, Master Chief Richard Mirko, continues alone. When he reaches the target of his mission, he finds an ambushed vehicle and only one survivor a traumatized little girl. Can he get her to safety through a gauntlet of hostile insurgents and the brutal Afghan wilderness?...
7) Hyena Road
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hyena Road is a taut war action film about Canadian troops in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of three very different men: A sniper who has never allowed himself to think of his targets as human and becomes implicated in the life of one; an intelligence officer who has never contemplated killing and becomes the engine of a plot to kill; and a legendary Mujahideen warrior who had put war behind him and is now the center of the battle zone.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of "decompression leave" with their unit, among tourists, at a five-star resort in Cyprus. But it's not that easy to forget the war and leave violence behind.
10) The kill team
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, follow Andrew Briggman, a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan who witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader, Sergeant Deeks. Andrew considers reporting them to higher-ups, but the heavily armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them.
11) 12 Strong
Language
English
Description
The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
12) Combat Obscura
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unvarnished perspective of the intensity and paradoxes of war shot by Marine Corps videographer Miles Lagoze. This ingeniously edited documentary is composed solely of footage the Corps did not intend for you to see. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the **Dallas International Film Festival.** *"...Lagoze detonates any lingering illusions of military heroism." - Lawrence Garcia, **AV Club*** *"An unfiltered tour-de-force...
13) A War
Language
Danish
Formats
Description
Company commander Claus Pedersen and his men are stationed in Afghanistan. During a mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him and his family back home.
14) Lions for lambs
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Two determined California college students, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. The two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan. Dr. Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field and the human consequences of war becomes clear for these two students trapped behind enemy lines, they...
16) Lone survivor
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The story of four Navy SEALs sent on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative. They are ambushed by enemy forces in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. Based on The New York Times bestseller.
18) Jirga
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An ex-soldier returns to Afghanistan to find the family of a civilian he accidentally killed during the war. Seeking forgiveness, he puts his life in the hands of the village justice system.
19) The veteran
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan he finds it hard to fit back into society. He takes a job in undercover surveillance and soon becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are linked to a suspected terrorist cell. His plan to assassinate the thugs is sabotaged and his rage spirals out of control as he embarks on a brutal quest for justice with devastating consequences.
20) Krigen=: A war
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Danish
Description
Afghanistan. During a routine mission, soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire. Commander Claus makes a decision to save his men, which has grave consequences for him, and his family back home
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