Afghanistan produces more narcotics than Colombia. True. And when this became apparent in early years of the Afghan War, the US sent some of its best DEA Agents to fight what was already a booming opium business. So too did its closest allies, fearing drugs were fuelling the war, and the terrorists behind it.

Told by those on the front line, this unprecedented and intimate series lays bare the ‘War on Drugs’ in Afghanistan. It uncovers the crime, corruption and complexity of the Afghan War; the kings, the characters, the compromises, the challenges…

And the courage of those who dared make a change.