Tora Bora

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Tora Bora, is a 2011 Kuwaiti movie, directed by Walid Al-Awadi, and starring Saad Al-Faraj, Khaled Ameen, Al Araby Al Sassy. with a runtime of 102 minutes.

Overview

Tora Bora is a Kuwaiti drama that follows an elderly couple, Abu Tareq and Om Tareq, as they undertake a harrowing journey through war-ravaged Afghanistan in search of their youngest son Ahmed, who was radicalised by extremists and left Kuwait to join a terrorist group. Their elder son Tareq races to find both his parents and his brainwashed brother, aided by Pakistani intelligence. A sobering film about the devastating reach of extremism and its capacity to destroy ordinary families, Tora Bora asks how a single individual's catastrophic choices can pull an entire family into darkness.

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