Kohtal

Kohtal, (also known as Lundi Kohtal, Landi Kohtal, Sukh Kohtal) is a geographic location near the border of Kandahar Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Role in the Opium trade

In his 2002 book, "", Peter L. Bergen describes Landi Khotal as a "one of the world's largest heroin-smuggling posts."cite book
url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?pid=416983&tab=1&agid=2
title=Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
publisher=Simon & Schuster
author=Peter L. Bergen
date=June 4, 2002
accessdate=2008-08-08
quote="About midway through the pass we reached the small town of Landi Khotal, a seemingly innocuous place that has long been one of the world's largest heroin-smuggling posts."]

Home to an Afghan training camp

Several captives held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo were suspected of attending the Kohtal training camp.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_700-798.pdf#52
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ahmed, Ali Abdullah
date=8 March 2006
pages=pages 52-53
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-30] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_799-899.pdf#90
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Razzak, Abdul
publisher=United States Department of Defense
author=OARDEC
date=August 5 2006
pages=pages 90-93
accessdate=2008-01-01]

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