Operation Mountain Thrust

Operation Mountain Thrust
	Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Date	c. May 15, 2006 – July 31, 2006
Location	Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, Zabul and Uruzgan provinces in Afghanistan
Result	Tactical Coalition victory; Strategic Taliban withdrawal
Belligerents
Coalition:; Afghanistan; United Kingdom; United States; Canada; Australia; Romania; Netherlands; Czech Republic	Taliban ; al-Qaeda
Commanders and leaders
David Fraser; Rahmatullah Raufi	Akhtar Usmani; Mullah Baqi Kakar; Mullah Mohammad Ibrahim Giwat (allegedly)
Strength
3,500 security forces; 3,300; 2,300; 2,200; 1,100; 120; Total: 11,000+	At least 2,500 insurgents
Casualties and losses
107 killed, 43 captured; 6 killed, 30 wounded; 24 killed, 50 wounded; 4 killed, 30 wounded; 11 wounded; 2 killed, 1 wounded; 1 killed, 4 wounded; 11 PMC killed Total: ; 155 killed; 127+ wounded; 43 captured	1,134 killed; 387 captured

Operation Mountain Thrust was a NATO and Afghan-led operation in the War in Afghanistan, with more than 3,300 British troops, 2,300 U.S., 2,200 Canadian troops, about 3,500 Afghan soldiers and large air support. Its primary objective was to quell the ongoing Taliban insurgency in the south of the country.

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