Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Jamie Doran journeys to Afghanistan to join Zubair Massoud, advisor to the National Security Council and a member of one of the most famous families in the country. Traveling on perhaps the most dangerous road in the world—the Baghlan-Kunduz Highway—the two men head north from Kabul to the breathtaking mountains of Badakhshan to discover just how bad the situation really is for local Afghans since the withdrawal of most NATO forces almost two years ago.

With other politicians too frightened to leave the relative safety of Kabul, Massoud is determined to see the state of the territory for himself. He’s being increasingly spoken of as a future leader of Afghanistan and is advised not to go, but this is one journey he feels duty-bound to make.

Both Massoud and Doran find themselves in insurgent territory where they interview Taliban prisoners, local militia commanders, ANA grunts and ordinary people who flock to the streets to welcome a man they feel is on their side. Many Afghans today feel abandoned by the West, though few have been willing to make their feelings public. But Zubair Massoud has decided to speak out before it’s too late. He has a plan—one that will cause consternation in Western circles—he wants the Russians to return to Afghanistan and join the fight against the terrorists threatening his nation.