In late 2004, John Lehman announced that the United States now had the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden narrowed down to a 16-square kilometre area in the Toba Kakar mountains; though they were hesitant to enter the area, Lehman using the reference that it would be another Vietnam. Pakistan's Major General Shaukat Sultan commented the claims of bin Laden being in that mountain range were ridiculous and without basis.