fall of Mazar-i-Sharif
... that prior to the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif, all American military flights into Afghanistan had to be launched from Uzbekistan or aircraft carriers in the Arabian Sea?
... that prior to the <b id="mwDf0"><a href="./Fall_of_Mazar-i-Sharif" id="mwDf4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif">fall of Mazar-i-Sharif</a></b>, all American military flights into <a href="./Afghanistan" id="mwDf8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> had to be launched from <a href="./Uzbekistan" id="mwDgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> or <a href="./Aircraft_carrier" id="mwDgE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a> in the <a href="./Arabian_Sea" id="mwDgI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a>?