Topic summary

Operation Falcon Summit

Operation Falcon Summit
BelligerentsCanada
United Kingdom
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Estonia
DenmarkTalibanCommanders and leadersTim Grant
Omer Lavoie Local commandersStrength 2,000 900 insurgents

Major operations

Airstrikes

Major insurgent attacks
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Operation Falcon Summit (Pashto: Baaz Tsuka) was a Canadian-led operation in the Battle of Panjwaii and, on a larger scale, in the 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 fighting with Taliban fighters in the area for several months. Although the operation was under British command, the majority of 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.