Director: Nicolai Fuglsig
12 Strong is a 2018 war drama, based on real events, about a small United States Special Forces team sent into Afghanistan in the weeks after the September 11 attacks to work alongside local allies.
What is 12 Strong about?
In the autumn of 2001, a newly formed Special Forces detachment led by an untested captain is among the first American units deployed to northern Afghanistan. Cut off from conventional support in rugged, unfamiliar terrain, the soldiers must earn the trust of an Afghan militia commander and coordinate with fighters whose language, tactics and priorities are not their own. Improvising on horseback and under heavy odds, the team takes on a series of dangerous objectives against Taliban forces. The story follows the mission's mounting risks and the uneasy partnership at its center, drawn from an account of the early campaign.
Cast & crew
Chris Hemsworth leads as the team's captain, alongside Michael Shannon, Michael Peña and Trevante Rhodes as fellow soldiers, with Navid Negahban as the Afghan commander they partner with. Nicolai Fuglsig directs.
Context & significance
Released in 2018 and directed by Nicolai Fuglsig, 12 Strong dramatizes an early operation of the 2001 Afghanistan campaign, adapted from Doug Stanton's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers. It stages large-scale action across desert and mountain landscapes and centers on the working relationship between the American team and their Afghan allies. As a fact-based war film, it recounts a specific historical mission; this page keeps to a neutral description of that setting and the events depicted, without political commentary. For K-Time viewers who follow military and historical dramas, it offers a straightforward, large-scale entry in the genre.
Where & how to watch
12 Strong is available to stream on K-Time with Persian subtitles. The page you are reading is free, and starting playback simply asks you to sign in with a free K-Time account. K-Time's Farsi-first interface lets Persian-speaking viewers find the film, enable subtitles and resume it across their devices without hassle.