Operation Nile
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42m
Operation Nile (July 9-10, 2006) was a daring preemptive strike on Taliban leadership in the Chora Valley north of Tarin Kowt. The op was executed by Canada's elite Joint Task Force 2, Australian Delta Commando Company 4RAR, Afghan National Security Forces, two Australian CH-47D Chinook helicopters, Dutch Apache gunships, and US air support, including AC-130H gunships, MQ-1 Predator drone and a B-1B Lancer bomber.
Operation Nile was one of the fiercest close engagements of the Afghanistan War. The nighttime heli-borne raid that turned into a running gunfight with hundreds of insurgents, has since become legendary in Australian special operations circles.
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