“On December 2 [2001], a twelve-man Green Beret A-team, designated ODA 572, arrived in Jalalabad [Afghanistan] to support [Northern Alliance militia commander Hazrat] Ali’s attack [on bin Laden and other al Qaeda forces] on Tora Bora. The unit was ordered not to engage in combat operations. Rather, its principal mission was to call in air strikes on al Qaeda positions in the mountains.”
– Matthew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry, Page 226