 On October 9, of 2001 Hamid Karzai entered Afghanistan and linked up with his supporters to seize Tarinkot.Taliban forces launched a counterattack against Karzai's lightly-armed forces and he was forced to withdraw.On November 3, Karzai contacted a member of the Special Activities Center, identified only as "Greg V." who immediately acted by linking up Karzai and himself with his joint CIA/US Army Special Forces/JSOC team.