The true story of the SAS's war in Afghanistan.
In the spirit of such SAS blockbusters as Andy McNab's 'Bravo Two Zero', 'Jihad!' is the extraordinary true story of covert SAS operative Tom Carew, and the role of Britain's most elite soldiers in fighting Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
In 1980, the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, beginning the most crucial battle of the Cold War. In the high mountain passes of the North-West Frontier and the Hindu Kush, the CIA and its Western allies saw an opportunity to bring the mighty Red Army to its knees.
Carew's mission was to smuggle out captured top-secret Soviet equipment, and to smuggle in high-tech weaponry for the Mujahideen. He was also to set up clandestine training camps in Pakistan to teach the Islamic guerrillas how to defeat their Russian invaders.
Arriving in the middle of one of the bloodiest conflicts since the Second World War, Carew found himself battling to stay alive as he was hunted by helicopter gunships and Russian special forces. Living and fighting with the Mujahideen like a latter-day Lawrence of Arabia, Carew's experiences of close combat with the Soviet army are as unique as they are extraordinary.
