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Video of troops boarding helicopters. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) announced today that key military clearing operations for Operation Moshtarak have begun in central Helmand. MOD/Crown Copyright 2010;
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Pause before the Operation starts as Forces gearing up en mass ready for an early morning boarding as the helicopters warm there engines on the first way of Operation Moshtarak as 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh move together in force. Op Moshtarak
A combined force of 15,000 troops are launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
The Brigade Commander, Brigadier James Cowan OBE, today addressed over 1000 troops at Camp Bastion prior to the main assault. The ISAF troops included soldiers from Australia, Canada, the United States, France and Estonia who are partnering with the Afghanistan National Security Forces. The operation has been planned to remove insurgents from areas of central Helmand not previously cleared by ISAF troops.NATO commanders intend to turn the tide this year on the insurgency.
Op Moshtarak is the first part of a three-stage plan to increase security in the country. After the insurgency in the south has been subdued British forces will move to building capacity in the Afghan National Security Forces and this will likely become the main effort later in the year. The third stage will be transition and the reintegration of insurgents and sympathisers into Afghan society through an Afghan-led reintegration policy.
Date: 13th Feb 2010, Location Camp Bastion, Afghanistan;
Smiles all round as the Afghanistan army combined with 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh heading over to the helicopter landing spot as they take of to Operation Moshtarak. A combined force of 15,000 troops are launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The Brigade Commander, Brigadier James Cowan OBE, today addressed over 1000 troops at Camp Bastion prior to the main assault. The ISAF troops included soldiers from Australia, Canada, the United States, France and Estonia who are partnering with the Afghanistan National Security Forces. The operation has been planned to remove insurgents from areas of central Helmand not previously cleared by ISAF troops. NATO commanders intend to turn the tide this year on the insurgency. Op Moshtarak is the first part of a three-stage plan to increase security in the country. After the insurgency in the south has been subdued British forces will move to building capacity in the Afghan National Security Forces and this will likely become the main effort later in the year. The third stage will be transition and the reintegration of insurgents and sympathisers into Afghan society through an Afghan-led reintegration policy. Date: 13th Feb 2010, Location Camp Bastion, Afghanistan,
Photos by SSgt Will Craig MOD/Crown Copyright 2010)