Tarnak Farms
Tarnak Farms was an
Afghan training camp near Kandahar, which served as a base to Osama bin Laden and his followers from 1998 to 2001. It was also the site of the Tarnak Farm incident
In 1998,
Nazim Jihad to Tarnak Farms following Northern Alliance threats to attack Jalalabad. Video of Tarnak Farms in 2000 made by the Central Intelligence Agency appeared to show bin Laden at the location.[1][2][3] The administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton considered seizing bin Laden at Tarnak Farm, but the mission was never carried out due to concerns about killing innocent women and children, as well as legal disagreements within the administration.[4][5]
The Tarnak Farms facility housed an
wills at Tarnak Farms.[7]
On April 17, 2002,
Nathan Lloyd Smith and wounded eight CF soldiers.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Sage, Mark (March 18, 2004). "CIA missed chance to capture bin Laden in 2000". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
- ^ "Missed opportunities: The CIA had pictures. Why wasn't the al-Qaida leader captured or killed?". NBC News. March 17, 2004. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
- ^ "Watch the video: Osama Bin Laden's HQ". The Times. October 1, 2006. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ Mayer, Jane, "The Dark Side", 2008.
- ^ Ensor, David (March 17, 2004). "Drone may have spotted bin Laden in 2000 - Mar 17, 2004". www.cnn.com. Time Warner. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- OARDEC (2008-01-17). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Qahtani, Maad" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 34–37. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "Watch the video: Osama Bin Laden's HQ". The Times Online. 2006-10-01. Archived from the original on 2006-12-27.
- Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- S2CID 141837377.