DEBKAfile’s military sources confirm at least one initial engagement between US elite forces who have crossed from neighboring Tadjikistan, a former Soviet republic,
into southeast Afghanistan since Saturday, September 22.
They were Led through the mountains by Russian intelligence officers familiar with Afghan frontier terrain and Tadjik and Pushtun smugglers associated with Russian intelligence.
There was another brush Saturday, between British SAS units who entered Afghanistan from the north and linked up with the Afghan general Rashid Dustum, an Uzbek, and a Bin Laden band.
Members of the British force penetrated Afghan military lines and reached the outskirts of Kabul.
ИМХО, Россия сделела самое умное - принимает спецназеров и помогает спецназовским операциям, но при этом без постоянных военных баз на территории б. советских Сред-Аз. республик.
