Overview
- The six-part series premiered on ZDF Mediathek on Monday, July 20, 2026, and will stream for six months before a three-night late‑evening broadcast on ZDF starting July 27.
- Producers Cinétévé and 24 25 Films (Mediawan) led a French‑German‑Greek co-production that involves multiple European public broadcasters including France Télévisions, NPO, SVT, DR, YLE, RUV, NRK and Cosmote TV.
- The drama tells the days around the August 2021 NATO withdrawal through interwoven fictional perspectives of Afghan civilians, embassy staff and NATO or US personnel to explore rescue missions, moral choices and chaotic evacuations.
- The ensemble cast features Jeanne Goursaud, Jonathan Zaccaï, Gianmarco Saurino and others, and includes one of Eric Dane’s final screen roles as a CIA agent involved in preventing attacks at Kabul airport.
- ZDF will air the six‑part drama together with the documentary 'auslandsjournal frontlines: Kabul – die Rückkehr der Taliban' to give viewers factual background and to refocus public attention on the fate of Afghans, particularly women, after the 2021 collapse.