Shortly after the 2005 London attacks, the British Secret Intelligence Service and the American CIA accidentally learn that Al Qaeda is preparing another major terrorist attack from Afghanistan. An attack that will hit the West harder than the September 11 attacks. But what exactly Al Qaeda is planning, and when, is completely unclear. After all, it is not possible to infiltrate this terrorist organization. Unless... Izmat Kahn, 'the Afghan', a former Taliban commander, has been imprisoned for years in GuantÔanamo Bay. To learn more about the planned attack, Special Forces Colonel Mike Martin, who grew up in Iraq, is ordered to assume Khan's identity and return to Afghanistan in the deepest secrecy.