Olivier Demangel
Director
Kabul (2005)
Season 1
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.
Released March 31, 2025
Episode 52 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.new8, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.kabul, imdb.based-on-true-story, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray
Production Companies: Cinétévé, 24 25 Films, France Télévisions, Panache Productions, Blonde Audiovisual Productions + 11 more, ZDF, Cosmote TV, BNNVARA, VRT, SVT, Yle, RÚV, Danmarks Radio (DR), La Compagnie Cinématographique, Rai Fiction, NRK
Network: France 2
S1E1 - The Fall
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.
March 31, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - The Siege
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.
March 31, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - The Threat
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.
March 31, 2005, midnight
S1E4 - The Night
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.
April 7, 2025, midnight
S1E5 - The Countdown
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.
April 7, 2025, midnight
S1E6 - The Departure
In Doha and en route for Paris, Zahara learns about the attack at Kabul airport. Meanwhile, devastated Gilles abandons his Afghan proteges and evacuates with all the other French. It’s all over.
April 7, 2025, midnight
Network: France 2
Episode Runtime: 52 min.
Season Runtime: 317 min.
Released: March 31, 2025
Last Air Date: April 7, 2025, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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