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The first group, consisting of twelve men landed just South of Mazar-e Sharif.
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Rangers and Special Forces attacked Kandahar in Operation RHINO. They spent five-and-a-half-hours on the ground securing their target and helping other squadrens complete their missions.
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The team who were to take Kabul landed near the Bagram Air Base, met Generals, and set up an Observation Post.
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Continuous air strikes tore the Taliban apart and weakend them greatly.
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The U.S. idea of showing its commitment to the cause was sending in close air support missions for a continuous eighteen hour attack against the Taliban. More than twenty armored vehicles and twenty more supply vehicles of the Taliban's were destroyed.
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Team Alpha and Bravo came face to face with the Taliban at a "Natural Choke point" in the mountains. They sent in bombers that weakened the Taliban causing them to flee.
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The city was secured by Dostum. The citizens cheered him and his allies as they paraded down the street in their victory.
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The Taliban fell apart quickly as the Special Forces completed phase three of the Operation before mid-day.
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Less than a day after the attack on the city itself began, the Taliban were driven from the capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul.
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During the month of December, the U.S. Embassy re-opened in the Afghan Capital