1984. The USSR is drawn into a protracted military conflict in Afghanistan. Mitya and Anya are young, in love and have no doubt that they have a long and happy life ahead of them. But Anya's parents are expelled from the country. The lovers part. Mitya remains in the USSR, desperately trying to find an opportunity to meet his beloved. Neither Anya nor Mitya realize that their feelings will be used in a multi-way political operation called "Mukhabbat". It means "love" in Farsi. It is love that turns them into hostages of a dangerous CIA spy game aimed at disrupting the Soviet Union's exit from the war. Mitya's father, Fyodor Savelyev, an intelligence general and adviser to the general secretary, actively advocates the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. This is contrary to the interests of the United States, which wants the continuation of the war and the collapse of the USSR. Unexpectedly, Mitya asks his father to allow him a business trip to Kabul. It will be useful for a future military prosecutor to practice in conditions close to combat. The father is proud of his son, who finally left his childhood love in the past and decided on a real masculine act. To ensure the safety of his son, the general assigns to Mitya an experienced commando, dismissed from the army with a "wolf ticket", Captain Mikhail Krotov. But a foolproof plan doesn't work. Operation Mukhabbat is entering its final stage.
