what they were doing is up there trying to get haji ghafour. he was a terrorist group, essentially, that had some association with al qaeda and some sort of truce with the taliban. these guys were nasty characters. they are a lot of foreign fighters, guys that aren't really there to fight against -- to fight for afghanistan, where they are there on their own agenda, and what they were doing in the area was repressing people to fight. he was also credited with a series of ambushes which i caught the attention of some of the commanders. they decided they had to go up to shok valley to get haji ghafour because he was able to export a lot of violence from the safe haven. the idea was to go get him and take care of the safe haven. what they ran into was not only were they fighting to geography, because it was such a harsh place to get you, they were also fighting restrictions that were placed on units now in afghanistan. we have all seen the news, right? night raids are highly regulated. who control the battle states is highly regulated. one of the