Chapter 20
Chapter 20
Our observations confirmed that not only was there traffic going through the Khyber Pass but there were also wooden crates being unloaded from trucks. We had also seen people carrying weapons across their shoulders. This was the information we needed. The reports and photographs would be examined by military intelligence and a plan would be put together. An air strike would be politically risky. Torkham sat almost exactly on the Pakistani border and an air strike would certainly be interpreted as an act of war. Instead, a blockade would be established between Torkham and the Tora Bora. Any lines of travel west and south of Torkham would be cut off. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda would be forced to abandon the trafficking of weapons or divert their route south and cross th
