“The U.S. consulate in Peshawar [Pakistan] reported an apparent ‘major escalation in Pakistani assistance’ in March [1998], when twenty-five large Mercedes Benz trucks covered with tarpaulins transported an estimated two thousand ‘Pakistani Taliban’ to Kabul Airport for air transport to Kunduz [Afghanistan].” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 128