Op ACHILLES - ISAF troops launch major Afghan offensive

5 Apr 07: UK troops serving with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been taking part in a major operation in the Sangin area of Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. The aim of the offensive, part of Operation ACHILLES, was to re-establish the authority of the Government of Afghanistan in Sangin and to create a secure, stable and prosperous environment in which reconstruction and development can take place. From www.mod.uk

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[guysey1]

afganistan is were we need to base our fight,iraq was a mistake,we should have dealt with the afgans first.the trouble is we need to deal with the pakistanis as well or there is no point going on they are sheltering the taliban in the mountains .we also need to increase the size of the british army and maybe bring back conscription.

[xtraGEDWARDS]

(coment cont) the Taliban are bullies with a pervese interpretation on Islam. and when bullies keep being fought off they go away, and thus the ballence of power swings to NATOs favour as the extreenists are seen as weak. the Afgahns the support the winning team NATO. stop being ignorant. lurn your politics and history. then come back for a sencible disscussion on tactics.

[Tonymount]

@Axisdeutsche. As a 12 year old, you obviously know all about CQB or as we Brits call it. FIBUA !

[Luishazong]

Damn, good air strike, now that the marjah offensive is under way the war might just shift sides. Im sure we will be victorious

[AXISDEUTSCHE]

isaf are the british or german army,coz what ever those soldiers are they have no idea about breaching a house or maybe this is not reall

[Idrasag0n]

Go ISAF!!!

[OhReallyNoWai]

looks all fake.. it's like they put the camera on a tripod in every shot. When u hear gunfire and see the troops trying to walk in a safe place the camera is in the open on a tripod to film em... anyway.. british soldiers rock

[liam1666]

er its hard to talk when theres people shooting at you n having you been watching the news the british do tlk to the farmers and civilians they only 'blow' places up when there suspected taliban or have/ are beeing shot from that current location...

[Spes01]

If we pull out now then it's the inocent people who are gonna be even worse off. We got into this mess so now we have to see it through to the end. A anounced/sudden withdrawal is out of the question because the fighting will get even worse with all these different groups claiming that they puched NATO out.

[xtraGEDWARDS]

the normal rules of hearts and minds dont apply here, there has been only one rule in governing the place since its foundin. that is with the sword and shit loads of brutality. Stop being an armchair general and wake up. this is war. a war that hasnt stopped since the 80s when the commies rolled in.