Last Team Out of Kabul - Surrounded by the Taliban

In 2021, former Royal Marine Commando H. Collins was leading a diplomatic security team protecting the Japanese Embassy in Kabul when the chaotic evacuation of US and other forces from Afghanistan began. Left behind in a city filled with Taliban fighters and seeking extraction, this is his dramatic story.

About the author

H. Collins served as a Royal Marine in 40 Commando. He later worked in Iraq as a security contractor, where he spent five years in the ‘Triangle of Death’, and Afghanistan; he was in Fallujah in 2005, and Ramadi until 2010. In 2014, he found himself back in Kabul, working with civilian security contractors responsible for the diplomatic security of the Japanese Embassy. He was there in 2021 when one of the largest ever airlift evacuations took place from Kabul.

Summary

In 2021, former Royal Marine Commando H. Collins was leading a diplomatic security team protecting the Japanese Embassy in Kabul when the chaotic evacuation of US and other forces from Afghanistan began. Left behind in a city filled with Taliban fighters and seeking extraction, this is his dramatic story.

Product details

• Authors: H. Collins, COLLINS.H
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2022
• EAN: 9781802471113
• ISBN: 978-1-80247-111-3
• Illustrations: 8-page colour plate section
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Afghanistan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: historical, political & military, Kabul, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Terrorism, armed struggle, Iraq, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Baghdad, Autobiography: historical, political and military, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, Biography: historical, political and military, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare