Hyena Road
Canadian troops fight to open a deadly supply road through Taliban heartland in Kandahar while wrestling with trust, betrayal, and the murky ethics of modern war. Hyena Road follows Captain Pete Mitchell as he leads a Canadian battle group tasked with carving a secure route—later called Hyena Road—through the most dangerous stretch of Kandahar province. Beside him, Warrant Officer Ryan Sanders and other soldiers from a Western Canada regiment based on Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry push construction under constant ambush threat. The mission forces Mitchell to balance kinetic raids against the need for local cooperation, while Sanders grapples with the human cost of each patrol. Afghan fighters and interpreters become uneasy partners whose loyalties shift with every village and every IED. The film tracks how small decisions about who to trust can decide whether the road opens