Operation Jacana

International Coalition Forces Operation

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Operation Jacana

Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

A Chinook helicopter from 27 Squadron RAF launches after it has embarked troops at a Forward Operating Base (3 May 2002)
| Date| April 16–July 9, 2002

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Location|

Khost province, Paktia Province, Afghanistan

Result|  Coalition victory.
Belligerents
Coalition:
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
Norway|  Taliban
al-Qaeda
Units involved
45 Commando
US Special Forces
Australian SAS
Forsvarets Spesialkommando|  Unknown
Strength
300 Royal Marines|  Number unknown, probably light
Casualties and losses
None|  None

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History

Timeline

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

Battles and operations

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Invasion

* Crescent Wind
* Rhino
* Mazar-i-Sharif
* Kunduz
* Herat
* Kabul
* Tarinkot
* Trent
* Kandahar
* Qala-i-Jangi
* Shawali Kowt
* Sayyd Alma Kalay
* Tora Bora

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Helmand Province campaign

* Lejay
* Eagle Fury
* Lashkar Gah
* Mountain Thrust
* 1st Sangin
* Mountain Fury
* Nawzad
* Achilles
* Musa Qala I
* Volcano
* Kryptonite
* Silver
* Pickaxe-Handle
* Hammer
* Nasrat
* Musa Qala II
* Garmsir
* Eagle's Summit
* Red Dagger
* Shahi Tandar
* Diesel
* Mar Lewe
* Panther's Claw
* Strike of the Sword
* Dahaneh
* Cobra's Anger
* Moshtarak
* Tor Shezada
* Battle of Sangin
* Camp Bastion
* January 2017 Lashkargah
* Sangin
* June 2017 Lashkargah
* Camp Shorabak
* Grishk

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Kandahar Province

* 2001 Kandahar bombing
* Fall of Kandahar
* Tarnak Farm
* Mongoose
* Medusa
* Avalanche
* Kaika
* Panjwaii
* Falcon Summit
* Hoover
* Luger
* Kamin
* Shah Wali Kot
* 2008 Kandahar
* Spin Boldak
* Sarposa
* Arghandab
* Wech Baghtu
* 2009 Kandahar
* Nadahan
* Hamkari
* Dragon Strike
* Baawar
* Battle of Kandahar
* Kandahar massacre
* 2017 Kandahar
* 2020 Kandahar

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Eastern Afghanistan

* Hazar Qadam
* Anaconda (Takur Ghar)
* Warrior Sweep
* Jacana
* Haven Denial
* Mountain Resolve
* Tar Heels
* Korangal valley (Red Wings)
* Jaji border incident
* Bagram (2007)
* South Korean hostages
* Nangar Khel
* Aranas
* Wanat
* Ebrahimkhel
* Alasay
* Bari Alai
* Ganjal
* Kamdesh
* Narang
* Khataba
* 2010 Badakhshan massacre
* Bad Pakh
* Bulldog Bite
* Barawala Kalay Valley
* Do Ab
* Asadabad
* Bagram (2014)
* Jalalabad (2015)
* Bagram (2015)
* Nangarhar
* Jalalabad (2016)
* Janikhel
* Bagram (2016)
* Mohmand Valley
* Tora Bora
* Jalalabad (January 2018)
* Jalalabad (July 2018)
* Jalalabad (September 2018)
* Charikar
* Jalalabad (2019)
* Bagram (2019)
* May 2020

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Kabul Province

* 2002
* 2008 Serena Hotel
* 2008 Indian embassy
* Uzbin
* 2009 raids
* NATO HQ
* 2009 Indian embassy
* Bakhtar
* January 2010
* February 2010
* May 2010
* 2011 Inter-Continental Hotel
* September 2011
* December 2011
* April 2012
* June 2013
* Palace
* January 2014
* 2014 Serena Hotel
* December 2014
* Park Palace
* Parliament
* 7 August 2015
* 10 August 2015
* 22 August 2015
* Spanish Embassy
* April 2016
* Canadian Embassy
* July 2016
* American University
* September 2016
* January 2017
* March 2017
* May 2017
* October 2017 mosque
* 28 December 2017
* 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel
* Ambulance
* March 2018
* 22 April 2018
* 30 April 2018
* September 2018
* 2019 mosque
* 1 July 2019
* 28 July 2019
* 7 August 2019
* 17 August 2019
* 2 and 5 September 2019
* 17 September 2019
* 6 March 2020
* Gurdwara
* May 2020
* June 2020
* July 2020
* August 2020
* September 2020
* October 2020
* November 2020
* University
* December 2020
* 2021 school
* Fall of Kabul (2021)
* 2021 hospital

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Kunduz Province

* Airlift
* Siege
* Harekate Yolo
* Karez
* Oqab
* 2009 airstrike
* Sahda Ehlm
* Gala-e Gorg
* Halmazag
* 2015 battle
* Hospital airstrike
* Hostage crisis
* 2016 battle
* Boz Qandahari
* Kunduz madrassa
* 2020

Major operations

* Mountain Viper
* Asbury Park
* Perth
* Chora
* Firebase Anaconda
* Shewan
* Balamorghab
* Sabzak
* Derapet
* Doan
* Kunduz (2015)
* Omari
* Tarinkot
* Kunduz (2016)
* Boz Qandahari
* Darzab (2017)
* Farah
* Darzab (2018)
* Kunar (2019–2020)
* Ghazni
* 2021 Taliban offensive
* Zaranj
* Kunduz
* Herat
* Kandahar
* Lashkargah
* Kabul

Airstrikes

* Sayyd Alma Kalay
* Uruzgan wedding
* Hyderabad
* Gora Prai
* Haska Meyna/Deh Bala
* Azizabad
* Wech Baghtu
* Granai
* Kunduz (2009)
* Uruzgan helicopter
* Sangin (2010)
* Mano Gai
* Baraki Barak
* Kapisa
* Kunar
* Kunduz hospital
* Sangin (2017)
* Nangarhar
* Kunduz madrassa

Major insurgent attacks
2002

* Kabul

2007

* Bagram
* S Korean hostage
* Baghlan

2008

* Kandahar
* Spin Boldak
* Khost
* Kabul Indian embassy
* Kabul hotel

2009

* Kabul raids
* Kabul NATO
* Kandahar
* Kabul Indian embassy
* Kabul UN guesthouse
* Camp Chapman

2010

* Kabul (Jan)
* Kabul (Feb)
* Kabul (May)
* Nadahan

2011

* Logar
* Kabul hotel
* Nimruz
* Zabul
* Kabul (Sep)
* Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif

2012

* Raids
* Camp Bastion
* FOB Salerno Attack

2013

* Farah
* Kabul court
* Kabul palace
* Jalalabad
* Herat

2014

* Kabul restaurant
* Kabul hotel
* Herat Indian consulate
* Bagram
* 1st Paktika
* 2nd Paktika
* Kabul school

2015

* Jalalabad
* Kabul hotel
* Kabul Parliament
* Khost
* Kabul police
* Kabul Airport
* Kabul NATO
* Ghazni
* Kandahar
* Kabul Spanish embassy
* Bagram

2016

* Jalalabad
* Kabul NDS
* Kunduz-Takhar highway
* Kabul Canadian embassy
* Wardak
* Kabul Hazara protest
* Kabul University
* Kabul Defense Ministry
* Mazar-i-Sharif
* Bagram

2017

* Bombings (Jan)
* Kabul hospital
* Camp Shaheen
* Kabul (May)
* Herat (Jun)
* June Lashkargah
* Herat (Aug)
* Gardez & Ghazni
* Kabul & Ghor
* Kabul Shi'ite

2018

* Kabul hotel
* Jalalabad (Save the Children)
* Kabul ambulance
* Kabul (Mar)
* Kabul (22 Apr)
* Kabul (30 Apr)
* Jalalabad (Jul)
* Baghlan
* Kabul (Sep)
* Jalalabad (Sep)

2019

* Maidan Shar
* Camp Shorabak
* Kabul mosque
* Kabul Defense Ministry
* Ghazni
* Kabul office
* Farah
* Kabul police
* Kabul wedding
* Kabul (Sep)
* Charikar & Kabul
* Qalat
* Jalalabad
* Haska Meyna
* Bagram

2020

* Kabul (6 Mar)
* Kabul gurdwara
* May
* June
* July
* August
* Jalalabad
* September
* October
* November
* Kabul University
* December

2021

* Jan-Aug
* Kabul school
* Spin Boldak

Massacres

* Dasht-i-Leili
* Shinwar
* Nangar
* Narang
* Maywand
* Khataba
* Badakhshan
* Kandahar
* FOB Delhi

Other

* U.S. urination incident
* Quran burning protests
* Insurgents' bodies
* U.S.–Afghan agreement
* United States–Taliban deal
* U.S. withdrawal
* 2011–2016
* 2020–2021
* Peace process
* 2021 Kabul airlift

Operation Jacana is the codename for a series of operations carried out by coalition forces in Afghanistan. The operations were carried out most notably by 45 Commando Royal Marines. U.S. forces, Australian SAS and Norwegian FSK also participated.[1] The operation was a follow-up operation of Operation Anaconda and was meant to kill or capture the remaining Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels. The operation has been called a "mopping up" operation after Operation Anaconda. The operation is named after an African bird type, jacana, described in one manual as "shy, retiring, easily overlooked".

Operation Jacana includes the following operations:[1]

* Operation Ptarmigan
* Operation Snipe
* Operation Condor
* Operation Buzzard

All these operations were meant to "clean up" the remaining Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces out of the area of operations.

## Events

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### Operation Ptarmigan

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On 16 April 2002, a Royal Marine taskforce had been deployed to Bagram Airbase as part of Operation Ptarmigan: A 5-day operation with the aim to clear high mountain valleys (up to 11,000 ft), southeast of Gardez, searching for Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces and to destroy their bunkers and cave complexes. The Operation took place in coordination with Coalition forces conducting Operation Mountain Lion (whose objectives were the same) that began a day earlier. 400 troops from the Royal Marines reconnaissance troop supported by the RAF, discovered a number of previously unknown cave complexes, one of which contained over 20,000 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition in the Shah-i-Kot area, which was destroyed.[2][1][3][4][5]

More than 400 Royal Marines went into "action" alongside a small number of US and Afghan troops after the US requested help; they did not encounter either Taliban or al-Qaeda forces—supporting suspicions that many had fled across the nearby border to Pakistan—but there was evidence and indications that the facilities had been used and coalition troops seized a "great deal" of papers, maps, and radios in Shah-i-Kot area which was studied for intelligence information.[4]

The operation ended on April 18, 2002.[6] By 20 April 2002, a total of nearly 1,700 Royal Marines had been deployed as part of the task force.[3]

### Operation Snipe

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May 10, 2002. Operation Snipe; this was reportedly the largest explosion by Royal Engineers since World War II

In May 2002, 600 Royal Marines and 400 Afghan soldiers supported by U.S. air power and U.S. special operations troops began Operation Snipe, a continuation of Operation Ptarmigan in Patika Province. The Royal Marine force carrying out the operation did not come across any al Qaeda or Taliban fighters (whilst moving into position the marines found small-arms ammunition hidden in a cave and some old defensive positions belonging to al-Qaeda), however on 9 May, the troops discovered caves and removed 30 truckloads of anti-aircraft, anti-tank ammunition and other heavy munitions and military equipment, including mortars, 2 Russian-made tanks were also found outside the cave. On 10 May, British troops destroyed "a vast arsenal of weaponry" (more than 20 truckloads of ammunition and weapons were destroyed in the biggest controlled explosion British forces have carried out since World War II) and al Qaeda or Taliban infrastructure by blowing up an enormous cache of weapons stored in a cave complex. The operation lasted 2 weeks (other sources say 16 days) and ended on 13 May 2002, the operation was part of a much larger operation led by the 101st Airborne Division and designed to show the al-Qa'eda and Taliban fighters, the vast majority of whom were known to be in sanctuaries inside Pakistan, that they could not operate inside Afghanistan with impunity. One reason for the failure of not finding any al-Qaeda or Taliban militants was the refusal by Major-General Franklin Hagenbeck, the US force commander, of several British requests for a blocking force of American troops from 101st Airborne Division to plug two valleys as the Marines moved through them.[5][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

### Operation Condor

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On 17 May 2002, coalition forces began Operation Condor following an incident in Patika province the previous day: On May 16, an Australian SAS patrol came under fire for five hours from heavy mortars and machine guns and was chased by 20 to 60 suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, Apache helicopter gunships and AC-130 gunship carried out airstrikes killing about 10 people, the rest of fighters are thought to have dispersed into small groups and blended in with local residents or fled across the border to neighbouring Pakistan. The next day, other coalition forces were deployed to assist them where a 1,000-strong coalition force (500-800 were Royal Marines) led by the Royal Marines surrounded the Khost-Paktia region. American, British, and Australian forces were in "blocking" positions as the British Royal Marines swept the area, supported by US attack helicopters and gunships who bombarded the area; the operation was conducted at heights of between 6,000 and 8,000 feet. On 17 May Brigadier Roger Lane, the top British commander in the coalition forces was supposedly battling a "substantial force" of suspected al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the mountains, but British Royal Marines spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Ben Curry said on 18 May: "There has been no combat, we have established a forward operating base and are now clearing the area," Coalition jets and helicopters supported ground troops throughout the day. Coalition troops searched the area without meeting any resistance, but a small amount of ammunition including two 120 mm rockets. It later emerged that the militants who attacked the Australians were not Taliban or Al-Qaeda fighters, but rather local tribal militias. Small-scale skirmishes between rival warlords were a common occurrence in Afghanistan's deeply tribal Pashtun culture. It appeared the militia forces had simply mistaken the Australians for their tribal rivals. Once again, coalition forces deployed without finding any signs of Taliban or al-Qaeda presence. On 20 May, Brigadier Roger Lane, the commander of the Royal Marine force in Afghanistan was replaced by Brigadier Jim Dutton, relations between Lane and the head of the US military were said to be poor after US General Tommy Franks allegedly found out about the Royal Marines' Operation from CNN rather than from Brig Lane. He also contradicted the US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, by saying the war in Afghanistan would be over in a few weeks. Mr Rumsfeld publicly disagreed; he reportedly lost the confidence of his men and his junior commanders, and his tactical decisions came across as increasingly "desperate for some success".[8][12][13][14][15][16][17]

### Operation Buzzard

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On 28 or 29 May 2002, the Royal Marines began Operation Buzzard: the aim of the operation was to "prevent freedom of movement of al-Qa'eda and Taliban and to deny them sanctuary from which to operate" according to Royal Marine Lieutenant-Colonel Ben Curry. 45 to 300 British Marines from Taskforce Jacana and local Afghan soldiers were deployed into Khost close to the Afghan-Pakistan border, accompanied by several US civil affairs officials on a "hearts and minds" operation; amid fears that al-Qaeda and Taliban forces were plotting terrorist attacks from across the frontier. The Marines conducted patrols in populated and rural areas using a mixture of helicopter, foot, and vehicle patrols and setting up checkpoints; this new method was to be "unpredictable, operating in smaller sub-unit attachments operating in an area sometimes covertly and introducing that unpredictability and doubt into the minds of the al-Qaeda and Taliban."[18][1][19][20]

Caves and bunkers containing arms, ammunition and supplies were found and destroyed.[21] Over 100 mortars, a hundred anti-tank weapons along with hundreds of RPGs, anti-personnel mines, rockets and artillery shells and thousands of rounds of small-arms and anti-aircraft ammunition. Two British marines confronted nine armed insurgents and made them surrender. However, just like in the previous Condor operation, these turned out to be local militias who had mistaken the Royal Marines for a rival tribal force and opened fire.[22]

## Aftermath

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The operation came to an end on 9 July 2002, the operation had shown that al-Qaeda and the Taliban had abandoned a large-scale presence in the region.[23] Madeleine Bunting criticized the operation, writing in an article for The Guardian newspaper that "Afghanistan is in danger of becoming the most embarrassing chapter in the recent history of British military engagements."[24] In the end, the Royal Marines had encountered only trigger-happy Afghan militias, with no signs of the terrorists that they had been deployed to fight. Nonetheless, the operation did have one lasting impact; it highlighted the need to disarm such militias. This set plans in motion in Washington to build up a national Afghan army to replace such local militias.[25]

A Norwegian Soldier on patrol in Afghanistan - their expertise in altitude and climate became indispensable

45 Commando had been chosen for this operation due to their expertise in high-altitude warfare, for which they train regularly in the Norwegian mountains; despite this experience, altitude sickness still became a problem with some of the marines, who needed to be airlifted out due to this condition. Norwegian special forces were also specifically asked by NATO to operate in these highland areas because of their experience in high altitudes and cold weather.

## Sources

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* Special Forces: War Against Terrorism by Eric Micheletti. ISBN 2-913903-90-8

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Royal Marines - Afghanistan". www.eliteukforces.info. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
2. ^ Clements, Frank A.,  Conflict in Afghanistan: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict), ABC-CLIO, 2003 ISBN 1851094024 ISBN 978-1851094028
3. ^ a b "Last Marines arrive in Afghanistan". BBC. 20 April 2002.
4. ^ a b "Marines end valley mission". BBC. 18 April 2002.
5. ^ a b "UK troops find al Qaeda arsenal". CNN. 9 May 2002.
6. ^ Clements, Frank A.,  Conflict in Afghanistan: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict), ABC-CLIO, 2003 ISBN 1851094024 ISBN 978-1851094028
7. ^ "UK Marines end Operation Snipe". CNN. 13 May 2002.
8. ^ a b "Ten dead in Afghan battle". CNN. 18 May 2002.
9. ^ "Afghan arms cache to be destroyed". CNN. 10 May 2002.
10. ^ "British-led Operation Snipe mounts big push and heads for the hills". the guardian. 5 May 2002.
11. ^ "Marines hail Afghan 'success'". BBC. 13 May 2002.
12. ^ a b "Marines tell of major battle. MoD say they have not engaged the enemy. Who is right?". the telegraph. 18 May 2002.
13. ^ a b "Marines' chief under fire for Afghan 'farce'". the telegraph. 19 May 2002.
14. ^ "Coalition troops in Afghan battle". BBC. 17 May 2002.
15. ^ "Marines commander removed". he guardian. 20 May 2002.
16. ^ "Afghan search operation moves on". BBC. 19 May 2002.
17. ^ Farrell, Theo (7 September 2017). Unwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan. Random House. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-1-4735-2240-4.
18. ^ Clements, Frank A.,  Conflict in Afghanistan: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict), ABC-CLIO, 2003 ISBN 1851094024 ISBN 978-1851094028
19. ^ "British troops in new Afghan operation". the telegraph. 28 May 2002.
20. ^ "UK Marines in new Afghan mission". bbc. 29 May 2002.
21. ^ "Operations in Afghanistan: Background Briefing 1". www.blogs.mod.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
22. ^ Farrell, Theo (7 September 2017). Unwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan. Random House. p. 112\. ISBN 978-1-4735-2240-4.
23. ^ Clements, Frank A.,  Conflict in Afghanistan: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict), ABC-CLIO, 2003 ISBN 1851094024 ISBN 978-1851094028
24. ^ Bunting, Madeleine (20 May 2002). "This futile campaign". The Guardian.
25. ^ Farrell, Theo (7 September 2017). Unwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan. Random House. p. 113\. ISBN 978-1-4735-2240-4.

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* Operation Asbury Park
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* Operation Archer
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* Operation Mountain Thrust
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* Operation Perth
* Operation Mountain Fury
* Operation Falcon Summit
* Operation Counterstrike
* Operation Lions Pride
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* Operation Wyconda Pincer

2007|

* Operation Achilles
* Operation Hammer
* Operation Harekate Yolo
* Operation Luger
* Operation Rock Avalanche
* Operation Silver
* Operation Pickaxe-Handle
* Operation Kryptonite
* Operation Hoover
* Operation Mountain Fury
* Operation Volcano
* Operation Nasrat
* Operation Falcon Summit
* Operation Kamin
* Operation Diablo Dragnet
* Operation Palk Mesher
* Operation Silicon
* Operation Silver

2008|

* Operation Eagle's Summit
* Operation Red Dagger
* Operation Karez

2009|

* Operation Shahi Tandar
* Operation Diesel
* Operation Panther's Claw
* Operation Oqab
* Operation Strike of the Sword
* Operation Cobra's Anger
* Operation Septentrion
* Operation Mar Lewe

2010|

* Operation Dragon Strike
* Operation Moshtarak
* Operation New Dawn
* Operation Tor Shezada
* Operation Baawar
* Operation Bulldog Bite
* Operation New Dawn

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