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The Horse Soldiers is the true - dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following September 11 - 2001 and - riding to war on horses - defeated the Taliban. Heavily outnumbered - they nonetheless succeed in capturing the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif - where they are welcomed as liberators as they ride on horseback into the city - the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that the Taliban have been kicked out. The soldiers rest easy - as they feel they have accomplished their mission. Then the action takes a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of Taliban troops - the Horse Soldiers are ambushed by the would-be P.O.W.s and - still dangerously outnumbered - they must fight for their lives in the citys ancient fortress known as Qala-I Janghi - or the House of War......