Operation Falcon Summit

Operation Falcon Summit (Pashto: Baaz Tsuka) was a Canadian-led operation in the Battle of Panjwaii and on a larger scale, the 2001–present War in Afghanistan. NATO forces launched the operation on December 15, 2006, with the intention of expelling Taliban fighters from the Panjawi and Zhari districts of Kandahar. Canadian troops had been fiercely battling Taliban fighters in the area for several months. Although the operation was under a British... more

Operation Falcon Summit (Pashto: Baaz Tsuka) was a Canadian-led operation in the Battle of Panjwaii and on a larger scale, the 2001–present War in Afghanistan. NATO forces launched the operation on December 15, 2006, with the intention of expelling Taliban fighters from the Panjawi and Zhari districts of Kandahar. Canadian troops had been fiercely battling Taliban fighters in the area for several months. Although the operation was under a British command, the majority of the movements and elements on the ground were Canadians operating from forward operating bases set up in the district during the fighting of Operation Mountain Thrust and Operation Medusa. During the early morning hours of December 15, NATO aircraft attacked a Taliban command post in the area, using laser-guided bombs, rockets, and fuel air explosives to blast apart the makeshift fortress the Taliban had constructed out of stone, concrete, and sheet metal. The same day, aircraft began dropping three sets of leaflets... less