The news isn't good: 347 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Kandahar.

One of the prisoners is Jabir Hassani -- a Taliban warlord and old enemy of Major Connor. Now Connor and his Delta Force unit must bring back two men kidnapped during the break out, and kill or capture Hassani, who is planning to kill the Afghan president.

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