Why was the Tora Bora region important?
Shane Master Sgt. At first, we weren’t really sure of the importance of the Tora Bora region. The only thing we knew was that the people from the north, the Northern Alliance, started pushing the Taliban down. The Taliban was fleeing, heading down into areas south and over to the eastern side…. Now with a bit of hindsight, Tora Bora turned out to be one of the big battles there. Did you know going in, that might be what was going to happen and [how] it developed? Shane Master Sgt. No, that’s just pretty much how it evolved there. We even were surprised ourselves when we come back and heard some of the stories, and how much attention that Tora Bora had, compared to some of the other regions. We just thought it was just another battle, just like up in the north, just trying to push Taliban and Al Qaeda — either capture them, or push them back out of the area.
