 In the autumn of 2007, Mullah Salaam travelled to Kabul where he met President Hamid Karzai and persuaded him that he could provoke a tribal uprising against the Taliban.Coalition and Afghan commanders then planned Operation Mar Kardad to recapture Musa Qala from the Taliban.The offensive began on December 7, 2007, but the tribal uprising promised by Mullah Salaam never occurred.