Parwana is home.
If we are lucky
some of us may survive this.
This way.
I do not know what you thought would happen there.
I do not know what you hope will happen now.
But I know that we need to talk
about this path
you have put us on.
I know
if we do not talk about it,
you will not like where it leads.
Or what it costs.
I apologize, I tried to get him to leave
but he was insistent on speaking to you.
Sir,
it is very good to see you again.
Who are you?
We met when I was installed as the chief of the Directorate branch
overseeing Panjshir operations.
Directorate.
You're a spy.
I am an admirer of yours.
I grew up with the stories of your greatness.
So I've come to pay my respects to you.
And to offer you my service.
Thank you, I don't need any service you provide.
Are you certain?
Because I think I can help you to handle
the unfortunate situation
with your guest.
Please understand,
in the Panjshir,
there is very little to know that I don't know.
But in Kabul...
in the ministries,
where the real decision are made,
I am the one looking in.
But I listen.
I hear things.
And today I hear that you are holding
an American
that may be very dangerous to you.
You should get your hearing checked.
What I am hearing is wrong?
Yes.
There is no lithium deposit near Meshbahar,
a deposit that your people discovered and that
you control and that Kabul
considers critical to its economic survival?
A deposit that you have made yourself indispensable to operating
owing to relationships you hold with the US?
Relationships which are now strained after
you kidnapped an FBI agent.
Tread carefully boy.
You do not know me,
nor the danger you are inviting.
You missed
your last
payment.
The tribute
you pay the Ministry for the right to ignore their rules,
our rules,
my rules...
...it never arrived.
It seems to me that you have acquired a ticking time bomb,
and for some reason you cannot figure out how to let it go.
So give it
to me.
Tread carefully,
because I know you Omar,
Abdul's nephew.
You were passed over by your uncle
for more coveted positions.
Shall we call Abdul together
and see which is more important to him,
your questions
or my commerce?
One last thing.
I hear there may be two Americans
attempting to rescue the hostage you
didn't kidnap.
One of them, a senior member of the FBI.
I will do the best I can to stop them.
Out of
respect
for you.
We are late?
I don't know if it is true...
He would not come here if it were not true.
I want to know why it is true.
Why?
We know why,
that man just told you why,
and he will be back sooner or later to tell you again.
I can handle him, he is no threat.
He is no threat as long as our money holds his masters at bay.
But that shield is weakening, and he knows it.
This situation will not hold.
We stand balanced
between mortal enemies.
That is not a position in which one can make sudden, wild moves.
The moment we release her,
we would have to explain why we took her in the first place.
We have reached the point
at which something must break.
It is only a question of what it will be,
and how much it will hurt.
What happened?
I don't know.
Whatever this was it wasn't working.
So we will do this for now.
Of course.
English only?
Faraz Hamzad has lied.
To you.
To everyone.
The extent of the lies remains unknown,
but their existence is apparent.
I have seen it myself.
Our relationship with Faraz Hamzad...
...is being reevaluated.
Perhaps...
...you have been right,
and it would be wise for us
to exert a little more control over his business.
It would be a good time for you
to pay him a visit.
What is this?
He's trying to push to see the commander.
I am here for Hamzad.
Move these men away.
He does not answer to you,
and he certainly does not answer to this.
I know he lied.
I know you are holding a woman of great value and no identity.
The Minister is no longer protecting him.
Will you be producing him,
or will I be coming to take him?
Come with me.
I will take you to him.
Let's go.
What are you doing?
You have made this so much worse than it needed to be.
We could have
bribed you,
we could have
conspired with you to gain influence
if that's what you wanted.
I've made it worse?
A moment ago I'd have settled for Hamzad alone.
Now?
The moment you lower your weapons,
I'll be conscripting every boy in this village.
You've made this a catastrophe.
So, I ask again.
What do you think you're doing?