[Men's Journal] Immediately following the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, less than a hundred U.S. Special Forces flew to Afghanistan to wage a significant but secret war with the Taliban. The new Sundance documentary Legion of Brothers, from director Greg Barker centers on this little-known fight.
The film focuses on two 12-man teams of Green Berets, each tasked with a different mission to defeat the Taliban. Captain Mark Nutsch’s Team 595 arrived first in October 2001 and partnered with the anti-Taliban military to capture cities in the north -- something they did primarily on horseback. In November 2001, Captain Jason Amerine’s Team 574 arrived in Afghanistan, and eventually attacked Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the south of the country. |