Operation Unified Resolve is an air and ground operation to flush out and trap al-Qaeda fighters hiding in the eastern Afghanistan provinces.
Launched on June 23, 2003, Operation United Resolve is a joint operation between Pakistan, United States, and Afghanistan. Over 500 hundred troops, mostly from the U.S. 82nd Airborn Division, began hunting the Taliban and al-Qeada fighters in the provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar on Afghanistan's eastern border. The operation is especially focused on the city of Jalalabad, a known al-Qeada stronghold strategically located on the main route between the Afghan capital Kabul and Pakistan city of Peshawar.
Anti-coalition forces, led by former Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, have attacked coalition forces with their usual retinue of rockets, mines, and bobby traps. Hekmatyar has been organizing alliances between the remaining anti-coalition forces in the area and increasing their coordination.
In addition to hunting the Taliban and al-Qeada fighters, Operation Unifed Resolve also distributes humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people in the nearby valleys.
OperationUnifiedResolve is an air and ground operation to flush out and trap al-Qaeda fighters hiding in the eastern Afghanistan provinces.
Launched on June 23, 2003, Operation United Resolve is a joint operation between Pakistan, United States, and Afghanistan.
The operation is especially focused on the city of Jalalabad, a known al-Qeada stronghold strategically located on the main route between the Afghan capital Kabul and Pakistan city of Peshawar.
Troops from Pakistan, the United States and Afghanistan began a mission (OperationUnifiedResolve) hunting Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters along Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan.
As part of OperationUnifiedResolve, Pakistani troops focused on securing passes on the border with Afghanistan.
Syed Ishay Ghalani, chairman of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan, was nominated by the party as its presidential candidate for the Afghan general election expected to be held June 2004.
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