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Operation Dragon Strike Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Date September 27, 2010 - December 31, 2010 Location Kandahar province, Afghanistan Belligerents 
United States
Canada
Afghanistan
Taliban insurgentsCasualties and losses U.S. casualties
34 killed[1]
Canadian casualties
1 killed
Afghan casualties
7+ policemen killed[2][3]Unknown Timeline
2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011
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Airstrikes
Hyderabad · Sayyd Alma Kalay · Gora Prai · Azizabad · Granai · Deh Bala · Sangin · UruzganInsurgent attacks
Bagram Air Base · Baghlan · Camp ChapmanOperation Dragon Strike was a NATO counter-insurgent mission in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, against Taliban forces, which started on September 27, 2010.
The aim of the operation was to reclaim the strategic southern province of Kandahar, which was the birthplace of the Taliban movement. The area where the operation took place has been dubbed "The Heart of Darkness" by Coalition troops.[4]
The main force leading the operation were units from the 101st Airborne Division. Some of the heaviest of the fighting during the operation had been in the Zhari District, which is on the main highway to Kandahar and a major insurgent supply route into the city, the Arghandab District and the Panjwaye District.[5]
The operation had drawn large criticism from the local civilian population because of claims of heavy-handed tactics by the U.S. military. During October, U.S. troops destroyed hundreds of Afghan civilian homes, farm houses, walls, trees and plowed through fields and buildings using explosives and bulldozers in the Zhari district. One village, Tarok Kolache, was totally destroyed by aerial bombing. Military officials stated that most of the farms, orchards and buildings destroyed had been booby-trapped by the Taliban. Also, they argued that the destruction was positive in that it will force Afghan residents to go to their local government center for compensation, seeing this as a way to connect the civilian population to the Afghan government.[6]
In late December, the civilians, displaced by the fighting, had started to go back to their homes only to find them destroyed.[7] The damages caused by Coalition troops to civilian property were estimated to be more than 100 million dollars.[8]
References
- ^ http://icasualties.org/OEF/Index.aspx
- ^ http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-10-05/news/24111794_1_afghan-police-mirwais-hospital-kandahar
- ^ http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/1428-3-police-killed-12-others-wounded-in-kandahar-blast
- ^ http://www.aolnews.com/2010/09/27/operation-dragon-strike-battle-for-kandahar-begins/
- ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/27/eveningnews/main6905761.shtml
- ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/10/world/main7040897.shtml
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2039748,00.html
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A3B620110111
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Reactions Afghan War documents leak · International public opinion · Opposition · Protests
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- 2010 in Afghanistan
- Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) involving the United States
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