Operation Falcon Summit

Operation Falcon Summit
	Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021); Battle of Panjwaii
	; A Canadian .50 calibre machine gun fires on Taliban fighters while dust rises in the background
Date	December 15, 2006 – January 2007
Location	Panjwaii district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan
Result	NATO victory; Taliban retreated out of the area
Belligerents
Canada; United Kingdom; Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Estonia; Denmark	Taliban
Commanders and leaders
Tim Grant; Omer Lavoie	Local commanders
Strength
2,000	900 insurgents
Casualties and losses
7 wounded[citation needed]	60–70 killed; 20 captured [citation needed]

Operation Falcon Summit (Pashto: Baaz Tsuka) was a Canadian-led operation in the Battle of Panjwaii and, on a larger scale, in the War in Afghanistan.^[1]

NATO forces launched the operation on December 15, 2006, with the intention of expelling Taliban fighters from the Panjawi and Zhari districts of Kandahar.

Canadian troops had been fighting with Taliban fighters in the area for several months. Although the operation was under British command, the majority of movements and elements on the ground were Canadians operating from forward operating bases set up in the district during the fighting of Operation Mountain Thrust and Operation Medusa.

^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2010-10-08). The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts [5 volumes]: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts. ABC-CLIO. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-85109-948-1.

[1] Tucker, Spencer C. (2010-10-08). The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts [5 volumes]: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts. ABC-CLIO. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-85109-948-1.

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