Afghan Artillery Supports ISAF for First Time (VIDEO)

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan troops have targeted the Taliban's gateway to Helmand Province in a major operation to allow Afghans back to their homes.

More than 250 troops from several units within the UK Task Force - supported for the first time ever by UK trained Afghan artillery - took part in Operation GLACIER 4.

They attacked a major Taliban headquarters and stronghold, south of Garmsir, in southern Helmand.

The attack began late Saturday night on 17 February 2007, on three major compounds and carried through until Sunday morning. A significant trench and underground tunnel complex linking the strongholds was also destroyed.

(Photo: A Royal Air Force CH47 Chinook Helicopter re-supplies Patrol Base Delhi prior to Operation GLACIER 4 [Picture: PO (PHOT) Sean Clee])

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