010550Z TF 3FURY 3/A/4-73 CAV PATROL DEBRIEF

06JAN08 THE PATROL SPD FROM FOB HERRERA AT 0550z AND ARRIVED AT BCP 12 AT APPROXIMATELY 0730z. RTE DENVER IS AMBER FROM THE FOB TO THE VICINITY OF WC 7649 5960. FROM THAT POINT TO WC 7750 6010 THE ROUTE VARIES FROM AMBER TO RED AND IS ICY. THE ROUTE FROM WC 7750 6010 TO BCP 12 VARIES FROM RED TO BLACK. THE ROUTE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY UNTIL CLEARED OR A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT TAKES PLACE. THE JINGLE TRUCK TRACKS IN THAT AREA ARE NARROWER THAN AN UAH THEM TO DRIFT INTO SNOW BANKS. ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WILL TURN THE ROUTE BLACK. A32 BECAME STUCK SEVERAL TIMES EAST OF KOTGAY (WC 7750 6010.) EACH TIME IT WAS PULLED OUT OF A SNOWDRIFT BY A31. ONCE THE PATROL ARRIVED AT BCP 12, IT LINKED UP WITH ABP PERSONNEL AND CONDUCT A VCP IOT CONFIRM/DENY ENEMY AND REFUGEE MOVEMENT IN THE AREA. BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A GROUP OF REFUGEES, THE AREA MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REFUGEE TRAFFIC ON BCP 12 IS STILL IN THE KOTRI VALLEY, PAKISTAN (WC 8200 5750.) THE REFUGEES FLED THIS AREA AS A RESULT OF WINTER FIGHTING BETWEEN MUSLIM SECTS. IT IS APPARENT THAT THERE ARE PAKISTANIS TAKING REFUGE IN THE JAJI AREA. FOUR VILLAGES IDENTIFIED DURING THIS PATROL PROVIDING SANCTUM TO REFUGEES ARE: Ahmad Kheyl (WC 7920 6260) Gol Ghundey (WC 7840 6130) Kotgay (WC 7750 6010) Sharif Kalay (WC 7440 5870) THE VEHICLE CHECKPOINT ESTABLISHED AT THE BORDER CROSSING (WC 8050 5910) HAD LESS TRAFFIC MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THAN A PREVIOUS PATROL CONDUCTED ON 06JAN08 (APPROXIMATELY 20 MALES CAPTURED IN THE HIIDE SYSTEM). A GROUP OF LOCAL NATIONALS CROSSING THE BORDER FROM PAKISTAN REPORTED INCREASED TALIBAN MOVEMENT/TRAINING IN THE KOTRI VALLEY OF PAKISTAN. ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT PASTED INTO PAKISTAN IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A TRUCK DRIVER FROM KOTGAY. HE WAS ENTERING PAKISTAN TO PAY OFF A DEBT HE HAD WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HE CLAIMED TO NOT KNOW THE NAME OF. THE PATROL COLLAPSED THE VCP ABOUT 1000z AND RTBD FOB HERRERA AT ABOUT 1230z.