Trailer for the documentary Shepherds of Helmand.
In 2008, an all-volunteer group of National Guard Soldiers from Oregon deployed to Afghanistan to train the Afghan National Army. Their mission was to be a first-of-its-kind ‘counter narcotics’ battalion sent into the deadly Helmand Province to interdict the opium trade. The mission quickly breaks down and the soldiers find themselves separated and isolated on remote patrol bases along the Helmand river. At Patrol Base Attal (Afghan word for ‘warrior’) the men suffer daily attacks from a determined enemy committed to over running the base and killing everyone inside it.
Shepherds of Helmand takes viewers deep into an Afghanistan rarely seen by the outside.
Duration
4 min 55 sec
Views
4,599
Posted On
January 04, 2012
4 min 55 sec
Views
4,599
Posted On
January 04, 2012
Director
Gary Mortensen
Writer
Gary Mortensen
Studio
Independent
Release
October 10, 2010
Gary Mortensen
Writer
Gary Mortensen
Studio
Independent
Release
October 10, 2010
Cast
Unknown or Not Available
Unknown or Not Available
Trailer Tracks
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