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Battle of Tora Bora

After the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, the hunt for Osama bin Laden began in earnest. He was thought to be in the caves of Tora Bora in the east of the country.

After the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, in late 2001, the hunt for Osama bin Laden began in earnest. CIA commander Gary Berntsen led the drive to catch the Al Qaeda leader. In December 2001 he ordered a small group of special forces soldiers and Afghan fighters into the White Mountains close to Pakistan in the hope of cornering bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora.

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Thu 24 Mar 2016 12:04

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