A sign inside the establishment in Jalalabad read simply, “If you supply data, you will get beer.” The idea was that anyone—or any foreigner, because Afghans were not allowed—could upload data on a one-terabyte hard drive kept at the bar, located in the Taj Mahal Guest House. In exchange, they would get free beer courtesy of the Synergy Strike Force, the informal name of the group of American civilians who ran the establishment.
