The Battle of Tora Bora was a military engagement that took place in the cave complex of Tora Bora, eastern Afghanistan, from November 30 – December 17, 2001, during the final stages of …

Dec 3, 2024 · Battle of Tora Bora, (December 3–17, 2001), a U.S.-led coalition attack on the cave complex of the White Mountains at Tora Bora, Afghanistan, on the country’s eastern border …

Tora Bora is a rugged region in the northern end of the Spin Ghar Mountains in eastern Afghanistan, located about 30 miles southeast of Jalalabad. Given its system of natural caves, …

Their destination was Tora Bora (Pashto for “black dust”), a series of cave-filled valleys in the White Mountains where ridgelines rose from wooded foothills to jagged, snow-covered peaks …

On November 30, 2001, after Osama bin Laden was determined to be hiding in the White Mountain range of Tora Bora, the combined teams of CIA operatives and Afghan tribal …

Jun 19, 2025 · This is an operational analysis of the 2001 US-led assault on the Tora Bora cave complex in the Safed Koh mountain range in Eastern Afghanistan.

Dec 1, 2011 · Bin Laden and Taliban forces had planned for some time to make a stand at Tora Bora. Beginning on Oct. 7, 2001, US-led airpower and special operations forces teamed with …

Nov 23, 2025 · Aided by heavy U.S. bombing, anti-Taliban tanks today fired at a vast cave complex in the White Mountains in Tora Bora, where al-Qaida forces are believed to be hiding.

When Tora Bora was eventually captured by the U.S. and Afghan troops, no traces of the supposed "fortress" were found despite painstaking searches in the surrounding areas. Tora …

Dec 18, 2025 · Battles raged across Afghanistan in the 102 days following September 11, from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul to Tora Bora. Yet bin Laden escaped while al Qaeda and the Taliban …