The story behind the first CIA officers in Afghanistan after 9/11 and the Russian chopper that flew them in
Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan carrying the first CIA officers sent into the country after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, marking the opening move in the U.S. response that would soon become America’s longest war. The seven-man CIA team, code-named JAWBREAKER, landed in the Panjshir Valley on Sept….