Sperah

Spera is a village and the district center of Spera District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. It is located on at 1,790 m altitude.During the US occupation of Afghanistan, Sperah sat along a highly used smuggling route from Pakistan into Afghanistan. The area was known to harbor many ex-Taliban and Al Qaeda.Sperah is the location where United States Army Ranger Pat Tillman was fatally shot and killed by friendly fire.