Confidence India was an operational sector of the United States military's Operation Confidence hearts-and-minds mission in eastern Afghanistan. In 2012, the US Army established a forward operating base (FOB) north of the Afghan village of Sangin with the objective of pacifying the Pakistan border region, which had historically been a Taliban stronghold. The Pakistan Army facilitated the crossing of Taliban cadres from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the Afghan side of the border, and, while the plain north of Sangin and India Base was initially a tranquil frontier, the plain soon became a major infiltration point for Taliban cadres. On 24 May 2012, a militia cadre led by Janat Gul Korai crossed the border, only to be annihilated by an American airstrike. On 30 May, the Taliban attacked the outpost, killing several special forces soldiers in the process. During June, the Taliban launched a protracted siege of the base after reinforcing their cadres in the area as part of a major offensive against the US and Afghan government forces in the region. However, the Americans and their Afghan allies in India Base utilized American airpower to turn the tide against the insurgent besiegers and hold out against superior numbers. The Taliban would continue to appear around the base even after their main assault was repelled, and the American special forces operatives called in A-10 Warthogs to rake the Taliban cadres with gunfire and eliminate them.