[Dog]

Looking at the map in 50....the air assault on the compound netting 14 AQ types took place northeast of Khost.....that looks like it is very close to the border.

[Cap Huff]

Did a place name ever come up on where the 14 were taken? I quickly looked on another thread and could only see that it was at a compound north of Khowst.

[Boot Hill]

"Looking at the map in 50....the air assault on the compound netting 14 AQ types took place northeast of Khost.....that looks like it is very close to the border."

Yes, very close. Compare the map in post #50 to the map below. The road leaving NNE out of Khowst goes over the mountains and the border, down into the Pakistani town of Sadda. The other immediate route through the mountains to Pakistan leaves due east out of Khowst, and goes over the mountains to the Paki town of Alizai. Both Sadda and Alizai are located within the Pakistani tribal area of Kurram.

The air assault was probably by helicopter out of the military airfield 3 miles northeast of Khowst with the assault occurring along Afghani side of the trail to Sadda. In addition to bases like at Khowst, my guess is that U.S. forces have also placed small detachments of soldiers along all pass routes along the frontier.

--Boot Hill