USAF B-52s drop bombs directed by Special Forces ODA operators as Northern Alliance cavalry charge Taliban trenches and dug-in T-55 tanks, in an early SF action. Operational Detachments Alpha had been inserted into Afghanistan to recruit warlord militias using CIA cash to fight Taliban and al Qaeda in Operation Enduring Freedom. US SOF encompassed a multitude of specialists identified by a lexicon of acronyms ranging from SR surveillance reconnaissance, DR Direct Action “hunter-killer” assassination squads for HVT high value targets, communications, hostage rescue, and Psyops, bolstered by Rangers, SEALs, Mountain troops and AMF Afghan militias. OGA Other Government Agencies like CIA, FBI added their own skills. SOAR Special Operations Aviation Regiment would provide airlift Chinooks, gunship aerial firepower. CCT combat controllers might call in USAF strikes. Coalition ISAF nations contributed SOF teams incorporated into the US command structure: UK, Australian, New Zealand SAS, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, German KSK, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania.