Battle of Tora Bora
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The Battle of Tora Bora occurred from 30 November to 17 December 2001, as part of the United States invasion of Afghanistan during the war in Afghanistan. It took place around the cave complex of Tora
The mountains surrounding Tora Bora
The complex's proximity to the Afghan-Pakistani border (dark green); depicted within Pakistan are the now-dissolved Federally Administered Tribal Areas (multicolored)
A CIA deputy (right) meeting with Afghan mercenaries at Tora Bora
The first U.S. team to enter the complex
Killing of Osama bin Laden
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On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, who founded a
Battle of Tora Bora
…2010, they found evidence that bin Laden was living in a safe house in Abbottabad, Pakistan. On 2 May 2011, the U.S. announced that U.S. Navy SEALs had killed bin Laden at a raid of his safe house. In 2008, Greer said that his Delta Force team and CIA paramilitary officers traveled to Tora Bora after the CIA had…
Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, May 4, 2011
CIA aerial photo of the compound
Situation Room: The U.S. national security team, with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden (left), and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gathered in the White House Situation Room to monitor the progress of the operation
USS Carl Vinson conducting flight operations in the Persian Gulf (April 4, 2011)