NATO Operations in Afghanistan - Helmand Province Campaign, Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Helmand province campaign, Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan, Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2008, Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2007, Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006, Operation Mountain Fury, Battle of Chora, Siege of Sangin, Operation Eagle's Summit, Operation Karez, Operation Achilles, Battle of Dahaneh, Operation Pickaxe-Handle, Operation Harekate Yolo, Operation Red Dagger, Operation Perth, Operation Oqab, Operation Kryptonite, Operation Shahi Tandar, Operation Hammer, Operation Diesel, Operation Mar Lewe, Operation Silver, Operation Volcano. Excerpt: Mountain Viper Asbury Park Perth Chora Firebase Anaconda Shewan Balamorghab Derapet AirstrikesSayyd Alma Kalay Gora Prai Azizabad Granai Deh Bala Sangin Uruzgan Insurgent attacksBagram Air Base Baghlan Camp Chapman The Helmand province campaign is a series of military operations conducted by ISAF forces against Taliban insurgents in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Their objective has been to control a province that is known to be a Taliban stronghold, and a center of opium production. The deployment of international, mostly British, forces was part of the stage three expansion of the ISAF mandate, to cover the southern regions of Afghanistan. Until then Helmand province had seen only a limited coalition presence. In the spring of 2008, a battalion of U.S. Marines arrived to reinforce the British presence. In the spring of 2009, 11,000 additional Marines poured into the province, the first wave of President Obama's 21,000 troop surge into Afghanistan. On June 19, 2009, the British Army (with ISAF and ANA forces) launched Operation Panther's Claw and on July 2, 2009, US Marines launched Operation Khanjar, both major offensives into the province in hopes of securing the region before the Afghanistan presi...