forces had estimated the strength of the rebels in the Shahi-Kot Valley at 150 to 200, but later information suggested the actual strength was of 500 to 1,000 fighters. Afghan Taliban commander Maulavi Saifur Rehman Mansoor later led Taliban reinforcements to join the battle. The Taliban and al-Qaida forces fired mortars and heavy machine guns from entrenched positions in the caves and ridges of the mountainous terrain at U.S. troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia battled between 300 to 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters to obtain control of the valley.
non- Special Operations Forces) forces participating in direct combat activities.īetween March 2 and Ma1,700 airlifted U.S. This was the first operation in the Afghanistan theater to involve a large number of U.S. This operation was the first large-scale battle in the United States War in Afghanistan since the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001.
The operation took place in the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of Zormat. Operation Anaconda took place in early March 2002 in which the United States military and CIA Paramilitary Officers, working with allied Afghan military forces, and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and non-NATO forces attempted to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces.
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