Tora Bora is a mountainous region in southern
Afghanistan,
south west of
Jalalabad near the
Pakistan border, which is
difficult to reach by land. It contains a cave fortress constructed
with the help of the
US for use by the
mujahedin against the
Soviets in the 1980s. It was described in newspapers as a
suitable lair for a villain out of the
James Bond movies:
variously as a multi-storeyed cave complex harnessing hydroelectric
power from mountain streams, or a lower-rise dwelling with hotel-like
corridors capable of sheltering more than 1000.
In 2001 it was in use by al-Qaeda and was suspected to be the
headquarters of Osama bin Laden. The Northern Alliance and
US fought to capture it in December 2001.
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