Le 26 et 27 mai 2011, le Battle Group Raptor a conduit l’opération Go Fast dans la province de la Kapisa en Afghanistan, aux côtés des forces de sécurité afghanes.
26 and 27 May 2011, the Battle Group Raptor conducted operation Go Fast in the province of Kapisa in Afghanistan, alongside the Afghan security forces.
NATO/ISAF - On May 26-27, 2011, the French Battle Group Raptor conducted Operation "Go Fast” in the province of Kapisa alongside Afghan security forces. The objective of the mission was to secure the primary route used to resupply three Afghan advanced combat positions (COP: Combat Outpost) in the region of Alasay, east of Kabul.
From first light, as the Franco-Afghan forces progressed, they were targeted by insurgents. The precise and quick response of the paratroopers restored calm.
A little later, as the convoy was heading to the east of the valley, the insurgents resumed their harassment, using notably adolescents as combatants and even children to carry their weapons, thus putting the French and Afghan forces in a difficult position with an asymmetrical threat, such as the use of human shields.
However, this example of shoulder to shoulder cooperation between ANSF and their allied counterparts concluded successfully, as in addition to the effective security of the main route for the replenishment of COP Afghanistan, it allowed the Afghan National Police to question several local Afghan insurgents, among them two who were formally identified as IED makers (improvised explosive devices).
video from French Ministry of Defense
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