Operation Panther's Claw | |||||||
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Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | |||||||
Operation Panther's Claw in blue; Operation Strike of the Sword in red | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom Denmark Estonia Islamic Republic of Afghanistan United States | Taliban | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Brigadier Tim Radford Colonel Frank Lissner | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 700 650 140 | 500 insurgents (British estimate)[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10 killed[2] 12 soldiers killed[3][4][5][6] 4 PMCs killed [3] | 200+ killed (British claim)[7] |
Operation Panchai Palang, or Panther's Claw, was a British-led military operation of the War in Afghanistan in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. It aimed to secure various canal and river crossings to establish a permanent International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) presence in the area.[8] The commander of the operation declared the first stage a success on 27 July 2009.[9]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).