Operation Falcon Summit

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.

Operation Falcon Summit
Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Battle of Panjwaii

A Canadian .50 calibre machine gun fires on Taliban fighters while dust rises in the background
DateDecember 15, 2006 – January 2007
Location
Panjwaii district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan
Result NATO victory
Taliban retreated out of the area
Belligerents
 Canada
 United Kingdom
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
 Estonia
 Denmark		 Taliban
Commanders and leaders
Tim Grant
Omer Lavoie		 Local commanders
Strength
2,000 900 insurgents
Casualties and losses
7 wounded 60–70 killed
20 captured

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.

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