In 2002, cable information producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new task in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her snug American way of life, Barker finds herself in the course of an out-of-control conflict zone. Fortunately, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter beneath her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the important thing to turning into a profitable correspondent.