Kaboul

Kabul, August 14, 2021. The Taliban are at the gates of the city, and France prepares to evacuate its embassy. But the sudden fall of Kabul the next day rushes all the plans. French, Italian, German, American diplomats and the police must improvise the evacuation of hundreds of Afghans and refugees to the airport. While chaos reaches the city, the Afghans will soon have only two choices: to kneel or to run away.

Action & Adventure

Kaboul

Action & Adventure

Created By: Thomas FinkielkrautOlivier Demangel
First Aired on: Mar 31, 2025
Popularity: 21.883: 5 votes
Networks: (FR)
Production: Cinétévé (FR)24 25 Films (FR)Panache Productions (BE)La Compagnie Cinématographique (BE)Blonde Audiovisual Productions (GR)ZDF (DE)Cosmote TV (GR)France Télévisions (FR)Rai Fiction (IT)BNNVARA (NL)VRT (BE)SVT (SE)DR (DK)YLE (FI)RÚV (IS)NRK (NO)
Status: Returning Series: In Production

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Season 1

Aired 3 months ago

6 Episodes

Episode 1The Fall52 min
The worst fears of the westernized Afghan Nazany family come true when the Taliban march into Kabul. At the airport, inexperienced junior Italian attache Giovanni struggles to manage an influx of desperate refugees.
Episode 2The Siege50 min
When the Taliban drive American evacuation helicopters away from the French embassy, Gilles opens the doors and Zahara and Baqir manage to get inside. Fazal, pursued by the Taliban, seeks help from a CIA operative.
Episode 3The Threat55 min
Baqir charters five school buses, so the French embassy evacuation to the airport can finally begin. In the meantime, Vera and her colleagues locate Hassan in a Taliban camp, but they are caught trying to rescue him.
Episode 4The Night52 min
Gilles and the French bus convoy are stopped by the Taliban. Also, in the crazy rush of refugees trying to get past the American guards into the airport, Giovanni discovers a young boy who is looking for his parents.
Episode 5The Countdown52 min
Stuck inside the sealed airport, Giovanni can’t go look for Haroon’s parents. In the meantime, Vera and Hassan, still on foot and far from the airport, persuade mistrustful Afghan villagers to sell them a van.