Operation Warrior Sweep was a 2003 operation in theWar in Afghanistan.[1] It involved a July 20, 2003 deployment of about 1,000 soldiers of theAfghan National Army, together with U.S.-led coalition troops, in theZormat Valley region and the 3,260 meter-high peaks of theAyubkhel Valley in the southernPaktia Province inAfghanistan. The operation was in response to intelligence reports that someTaliban andal-Qaeda operatives were active in the area. It marked the first major combat operation for the Afghan troops. The Operation was completed in mid-September.
By July 29, soldiers from the82nd Airborne Division were transported in by CH-47 Chinook helicopters to assist in the Operation.
The coalition forces uncovered dozens ofgrenades, C-4 plastic explosives, a crate ofdynamite, more than 20 rocket propelled grenade rounds, a box of anti-aircraft rounds and hundreds of 7.62 mm and handgun rounds.
NeitherTaliban noral-Qaedaguerrillas were encountered. U.S.-led coalition forces cleared illegal checkpoints from a number of key roads, including the main road leading fromGardez toKhost. The Afghan Army secured the road leading toZormat.
When U.S. forces arrived in the village of Atel Mohammed, residents hid theirQurans and other religious items. They feared that U.S. soldiers would kill them if they discovered they wereMuslim. U.S. soldiers explained to the villagers that this was not the case.
Toward the conclusion of the Operation in mid-September, forces from the United States, Italy, Romania and Afghanistan discovered several secretcaves and caches containing more than 20,000 pieces of ordnance.
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