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"KABUL, Afghanistan "KABUL, Afghanistan U.S. forces in Afghanistan have launched Operation Avalanche in an attempt to go after terrorists who are complicating their efforts to stabilize the country, military officials said Monday.
Billed as the biggest U.S. push against the enemy in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda in 2002, commanders sent 2,000 soldiers into largely lawless areas of southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty told reporters at the coalition military headquarters at Bagram, north of the capital Kabul, that Operation Avalanche "is the largest [operation] we have ever designed."
The enemy "isn't going to know when we hit, he isn't going to know what we're doing," Hilferty said.
"Right now, I'd say there's four infantry battalions involved" of around 500 men each, Hilferty said. Some Afghan National Army and militia forces also will be involved, he said.
The number of U.S. troops in Operation Avalanche appeared to be bigger than the March 2002 Operation Anaconda, one of the heaviest battles since the U.S.-led campaign forced the Taliban from power in 2001. In Operation Anaconda, a total of 2,000 American and allied Afghan forces participated.
"KABUL, Afghanistan "KABUL, Afghanistan U.S. forces in Afghanistan have launched Operation Avalanche in an attempt to go after terrorists who are complicating their efforts to stabilize the country, military officials said Monday.
Billed as the biggest U.S. push against the enemy in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda in 2002, commanders sent 2,000 soldiers into largely lawless areas of southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty told reporters at the coalition military headquarters at Bagram, north of the capital Kabul, that Operation Avalanche "is the largest [operation] we have ever designed."
The enemy "isn't going to know when we hit, he isn't going to know what we're doing," Hilferty said.
"Right now, I'd say there's four infantry battalions involved" of around 500 men each, Hilferty said. Some Afghan National Army and militia forces also will be involved, he said.
The number of U.S. troops in Operation Avalanche appeared to be bigger than the March 2002 Operation Anaconda, one of the heaviest battles since the U.S.-led campaign forced the Taliban from power in 2001. In Operation Anaconda, a total of 2,000 American and allied Afghan forces participated.
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