![]() ![]() Inside the Americans’ Toyota Tacomas, radios crackled to life. The Special Forces NCOs walked down the line of vehicles, checking everyone was where he was supposed to be, then climbed into their pickups. ![]() “We’ve been telling you about the Shahikot for a long time,” they said.įinally the last militiaman pulled himself up into his assigned truck. The Americans had only told their Afghan allies about the impending attack on the Shahikot earlier that day, but Zia’s men were not in the least surprised. Dozens of SF soldiers, AFO operators, and CIA personnel mingled with about 400 Afghan troops, whom the Americans were trying to group in their new squads, platoons, and companies as they climbed onto the trucks. ON the road outside the Gardez safe house, Task Force Hammer got ready to roll.Įxhaust fumes from over three dozen trucks mixed in the night air with smoke from scores of cigarettes as drivers idled their engines. ![]()
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