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Episode: Team Alpha, Part 1/2: The Tip of the Spear | CIA
Description: October 17, 2001. The dust of 9/11 has barely settled. America and the world are reeling.In Afghanistan, 8 CIA officers - a crack team of linguists, tribal experts and paramilitaries - are the first Americans to infiltrate Taliban territory after the attacks. Their mission is to ensure that Al Qaeda does not strike again. They are Team Alpha.In Part 1, Vanessa Kirby joins CIA linguist David Tyson and author Toby Harnden to tell the true story of Team Alpha's first foray in to a dangerous and unpredictable new theatre of war.Could YOU adapt to a...