num_pages: 432
description: This is the 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. Outnumbered 40 to 1 they capture the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif and thereby effectively defeat theTalibanthroughout the rest of the country. They are welcomed as liberators as they ride on horses into the city. And 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 city's ancient fortress known as Qala-I Janghi or the House of War . . .
language: English
title: 12 Strong
publisher: Scribner