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US Army 101st Airborne 3-187 "Bravo" company soldiers are inserted by chinook helicopter 23 July, 2002 on a sensitive site exploitation (SSE) mission near the town of Narizah in Southeastern Afghanistan. The three day mission, intended to deny sanctuary to Al Qaida and Taliban fighters in villages along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border resulted in the recovery of several weapons caches and one Afghan detained for questioning.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2002
Image Size: 3000x2069 / 17.8MB; Afghanistan 101st Airborne Sensitive Site Exploitation Enduring Freedom Southeast Afghanistan Narizah mission raid Al Qaeda Taliban village Afghan local haven hideout base Bin Laden Mullah Omar search high value target puck prisoners weapons cache infantry unit troops soldiers American USA host border region Pakistan smuggling mountain top insertion extraction ch-47 chinook air assault operation sweep Al Qaida Paratroopers
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US Army 101st Airborne 3-187 "Bravo" company soldiers are inserted by chinook helicopter 23 July, 2002 on a sensitive site exploitation (SSE) mission near the town of Narizah in Southeastern Afghanistan. The three day mission, intended to deny sanctuary to Al Qaida and Taliban fighters in villages along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border resulted in the recovery of several weapons caches and one Afghan detained for questioning.