Operation Jacana

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Operation Jacana
Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
A Chinook helicopter from 27 Squadron RAF launches after it has embarked troops at a Forward Operating Base (3 May 2002)
Date April 16–July 9, 2002 Location Khost province, Paktia Province, Afghanistan Result Coalition victory.
Belligerents
Coalition:  United Kingdom  United States  Australia  Norway	Taliban  al-Qaeda
Units involved
45 Commando US Special Forces Australian SAS Forsvarets Spesialkommando	Unknown
Strength
300 Royal Marines	Number unknown, probably light
Casualties and losses
None	None

Operation Jacana is the codename for a series of operations carried out by coalition forces in Afghanistan. The operations were carried out most notably by 45 Commando Royal Marines. U.S. forces, Australian SAS and Norwegian FSK also participated.^[1] The operation was a follow-up operation of Operation Anaconda and was meant to kill or capture the remaining Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels. The operation has been called a "mopping up" operation after Operation Anaconda. The operation is named after an African bird type, jacana, described in one manual as "shy, retiring, easily overlooked".

Operation Jacana includes the following operations:^[1]

• Operation Ptarmigan
• Operation Snipe
• Operation Condor
• Operation Buzzard

All these operations were meant to "clean up" the remaining Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces out of the area of operations.