BritishForcesNews on Mar 22, 2012
Nearly 1000 British soldiers have joined a major operation to clear insurgents from a Taliban heartland.
The troops joined forces with 1000 soldiers from the Afghan National Army in Operation Now Roz, or "New Day".
Not a single casualty was taken.
The purpose of the three-day mission was to clear the enemy from the area around Yakchal, in the Nahr-e-Saraj district.
The Afghan troops detained two key IED makers and made safe 44 IEDS. They also found seven bomb-making factories, and discovered over 145kg of homemade explosives, 18 mines, 18 pressure-plate switches and 12 directional fragmentation charges.
The ANSF also found another five weapon caches with mortar battles and ammunition, five rocket-propelled grenades, long-barrelled weapons and grenades.
The most exceptional discovery was a Taliban command compound - seeded with IEDS rigged to detonate the building if the compound was raided.
British involvement came from the Queen's Royal Hussars, the 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and 2nd Battalion the Rifles, as well as Armoured Infantry troops from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment in Warrior armoured vehicles.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment deployed in their role to advise the police involved in the operation, while the ANA Reconnaissance Tolay (Company) and the Brigade Reconnaissance Force, manned by soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards and 1st Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, struck at insurgent targets to the south of the area of operations, supported by the Warthog armoured vehicle group.
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) specialists assisted their Afghan counterparts while engineers from 35 Engineers mentored Afghan engineers through building a new checkpoint to maintain security in the area.
The ANSF also found another five weapon caches with mortar battles and ammunition, five rocket-propelled grenades, long-barrelled weapons and grenades.
The most exceptional discovery was a Taliban command compound - seeded with IEDS rigged to detonate the building if the compound was raided.
British involvement came from the Queen's Royal Hussars, the 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and 2nd Battalion the Rifles, as well as Armoured Infantry troops from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment in Warrior armoured vehicles.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment deployed in their role to advise the police involved in the operation, while the ANA Reconnaissance Tolay (Company) and the Brigade Reconnaissance Force, manned by soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards and 1st Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, struck at insurgent targets to the south of the area of operations, supported by the Warthog armoured vehicle group.
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) specialists assisted their Afghan counterparts while engineers from 35 Engineers mentored Afghan engineers through building a new checkpoint to maintain security in the area.
Stumble It!
