American forces were carefully combing through a vast cave network on a steep mountain slope Wednesday after the fiercest battle in Afghanistan in nearly a year, the U.S. military said. Two men detained in the fighting were being questioned. King said the military believes the men were followers of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a renegade warlord who has allegedly linked his forces with remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida. “The man who was detained talked about a link to Hezb-e-Islami, which is Hekmatyar’s military group. We had other intelligence that I cannot go into that also indicated the involvement of this group,” King said. Full Story
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