It's the early 2000s and 9/11 is fresh in the world's memory. The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan, and a new threat is emerging: suicide bombings, ordered by military commander of the Taliban, Mullah Dadullah.

The Hunt is a powerful retelling of a real-life Special Forces mission to catch Dadullah. Using classified sources and his unique insight into the way the SAS works, Andy McNab gives a page-turning account of what it took for the Special Forces to find their target and take him down. It's a story of hostage negotiations, undercover missions and a final, epic assault on Dadullah's compound.

In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Andy McNab about how fiction is the best and safest medium for true storytelling, why senior military leaders considered Mullah Dadullah an important target, and the psychology behind that thinking – and the experience of the hunt through the eyes of a professional soldier.