Operation Hammer Down

Operation Hammer Down
Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Two US Army soldiers with an Afghan soldier during Operation Hammer Down
Date 24 June 2011 - 30 June 2011 Location Gambir Jungle, Kunar Province, Northeast Afghanistan Result Success
Belligerents
Afghanistan United States	Taliban insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Colin P. Tuley
Casualties and losses
5 killed Dozens wounded	Approximately 120 killed 50 Wounded

Operation Hammer Down was a seven-day U.S.-led air-assault offensive in June 2011 designed to eliminate foreign fighters and training camps in the Watapur Valley of Kunar Province in Afghanistan in preparation of an eventual push into the Western Pech area. The operation's primary objective was to destroy suspected training camps at the northern end of the Watapur in order to interdict the flow of insurgents through the valley and forbid the Taliban from increasing their manpower in the western Pech. This operation was conducted by the 2nd Battalion 35th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (Task Force Cacti) as a battalion-wide mission that spread each element throughout the area of operations^[1]

See also[]

• War in Afghanistan
• International Security Assistance Force

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Media related to Operation Hammer Down at Wikimedia Commons

• The Christian Science Monitor - Battle for Afghanistan's Gambir Jungle: Into the 'Valley of Death'

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