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Subject:
Operation Harekate Yolo I & II
Nasty German Idiot
1/10/2008 12:10:48 PM
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In late October 2007, Regional Command North together with Afghan National Army and Afghan National Security Forces launched its first important operation against hostile forces in the northern provinces. It was composed of about 2000 coalition troops from Afghanistan, Norway, Germany, Italy, Spain and Hungary and its purpose was to oust Taliban militants from several locations in Ghowrmach discrict, Faryab Province, and Faizabad, Badakhshan Province, wherefrom they had operated and caused a number of ANA and coalition casualties since early summer of 2007. The offensive follows threats of senior Taliban officers to expand the insurgency to the relatively peaceful north.
Operation Harekate Yolo I was launched in late October and was composed of about 160 German paratroopers and 400 Afghan National Army soldiers. Its aim was to identify Taliban hideouts in Badakhshan province and to drive the militants out of the district.
The second stage of the offensive, Operation Harekate Yolo II, was launched on November 1. As announced by ISAF RC North commanding general Brig.Gen. D. Warnecke, ISAF forces detained several suspected insurgents on the first day of the operation, who were accused of having organized several attacks on western troops, among others a suicide attack which seriously injured three Germans in October. It was composed of about 900 Afghans, 260 Norwegians,[15] 300 Germans, several dozen Italians, and some troops of Hungary and Spain. Intelligence gathered by reconnaissance planes indicated the presence of about 300 Taliban in Ghowrmach.
Between November 1, and November 6, troops from Norway and Germany together with Afghan security forces battled militants in Ghowrmach-district, Northwest Afghanistan, in what was described as a "active warfare" by the Norwegian Department of Defense.[16] The hostile force is said to have suffered a number of casualties whilst no NATO casualties were reported. The exact death toll had not been disclosed yet as of November 9, but according to Norwegian news rapports "between 20 and 25 insurgents" were killed in action,[17] the German MoD verified further 14 hostile fighters killed in action . The fighting erupted on November 3 and intensified after the weekend. NATO aircraft provided Close Air Support during the operation. The operation ended on November 6/7.
In the aftermath, a Norwegian soldier died in an IED attack in Meymaneh on November 8.[18][19] ANA's 209th Corps finally took over control of the district on the same day.
Subsequent to the battle a number of soldiers from the Norwegian Military Observer Team Navy (unit made up of soldiers from the Kystjegerkommandoen) were awarded the US Army's Commendation Medal, for their efforts in expelling the Taliban from Ghowrmach district.[20]
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