Amidst the savage battlegrounds, Afghanistan war correspondent, Elsa Casanova (Diane Kruger, Unknown) is willing to risk evereything to get her story, even her life. Taken hostage by the feared Taliban she faces inminent execution. As the news reaches goverment officials an elite commando force is despatched. But when all their radio equipment is destroyed during conflict, Elsa and her rescuers find themselves stranded. Relentlessly pursued by enemy soldiers, their only hope of escape is to trek across a hostile, unforgiving mountain terrain in a deadly quest for survival.