from their support position one kilometre from the village, "rouge 4" rushed to help, reaching the heights of sper kunday in eight minutes. however, they were unable to make their junction with "carmin 2" and had to support it from a distance, with machine gun fire and 4 milan missiles. it was then engaged by taliban snipers and prevented from deploying its mortars as "carmin 2" requested. the taliban then manoeuvered so as to climb down towards the village and surround the patrol, which had to fight to maintain its junction to the valley.