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	Shahi-Kot Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Operation Anaconda begun on March 2nd 2002, as U.S. and Afghan forces sweeped the Shahi-Kot valley area with the aim of rooting out rebel forces regrouping in the valley after the fall of the Taliban regime in November 2001.
		The Shahi-Kot Valley (also Shah-i-Kot, Shah-e-Kot and other variant spellings) is a valley located in Afghanistan's Paktia province, southeast of the town of Zormat.
		The terrain in and around the valley is notoriously rugged, located at a mean altitude of 9,000 feet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shahi-Kot_Valley (498 words)

	Encyclopedia: Qutb Shahi dynasty
		Portrait of Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1580-1612) was the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda (1512-1687).
		The Qutb Shahi dynasty (whose members were also called the Qutub Shahis) was the ruling family of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India.
		Golconda and later Hyderabad served as capitals of the sultanate, and both cities were embellished by the Qutb Shahi sultans.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Qutb-Shahi-dynasty (1533 words)

	Operation Anaconda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
		Army Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, of the Third Special Forces Group, is killed by friendly fire from an Air Force AC-130 aircraft along the road from Gardez to the Shahi Kot Valley.
		U.S.-led forces overtake the valley and cave complexes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Anaconda (648 words)

	Afghan soldiers advance - PittsburghLIVE.com
		ZORMAT, Afghanistan— Hardened Afghan soldiers with tanks, rocket launchers and mortars advanced to the edge of the Shahi Kot valley Monday, vowing to clean out nests of al-Qaida and Taliban fighters who may still be lurking in its labyrinth of caves despite more than a week of aerial bombing and firefights with U.S. troops.
		No one knows how many enemy fighters may still be in the valley after the U.S.-led onslaught, but the newly arriving Afghan forces clearly expected danger as they prepared to enter an area that many believe is the last stronghold of al-Qaida and the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan.
		When entering the valley, the Afghan force will have to contend with whatever enemy hide-outs have not yet been detected and bombed, as well as with land mines and booby traps laid by al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/terrorism/s_60752.html (1105 words)

	Afghan Battle Won - But Is Guerilla War Beginning?
		His comments echoed remarks from Pentagon officials who from day one of the battle, in the high-altitude Shahi Kot valley near the eastern Afghan town of Gardez, said it was just a stop on the way towards ridding Afghanistan of rebels, not a final showdown.
		Yet there is still one controversial question which the battle for Shahi Kot has raised, a question more reminiscent of the American experience in Vietnam than the Soviet Union's in Afghanistan.
		The Pentagon estimates about 800 rebels died at Shahi Kot and about 20 prisoners were taken.
	www.rense.com /general21/af.htm (864 words)

	March 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan: Army Chief Warrant Officer, of the Third Special Forces Group, is killed in an ambush along the road from Gardez to the Shahi Kot Valley.
		2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
		But election observers from South Africa and the Organisation of African Unity have stated that the outcome was legitimate.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/March_2002 (732 words)

	GN Online: U.S. troops find arms caches
		The arms cache was found in the area of the Shahi Kot valley in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, where the U.S. military says hundreds of Al Qaida and Taliban fighters were killed last month, the spokesman told reporters.
		Despite the success of operations around Shahi Kot and elsewhere in Afghanistan, Hilferty said coalition commanders believed the war was far from won.
		Hilferty said missions by coalition forces were now complicated by a lack of concentrated pockets of rebels, as had been the case before the "Operation Anaconda" offensive around Shahi Kot.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=46315 (401 words)

	Military Medicine: Lessons Learned: Operation Anaconda
		I infiltrated the Shahi-Kot Valley on March 2 in a CH-47 (Chinook) helicopter as part of the first force on the ground.
		Its mission was to destroy or capture al Qaeda and Taliban forces in mountain positions located in the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of the city of Zurmat.
		By 2002, U.S. and coalition forces were well established in the country and many military operations had been conducted, with additional missions being planned.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200410/ai_n9464206 (1472 words)

	FT.com - Special Reports / Attack on Terrorism
		As few as 100-200 al-Qaeda defenders may be left in the Shahi-kot valley after a nine-day battle as the US continued to withdraw soldiers on Monday by helicopter.
		The bulk of the fighting now has been turned over to Afghan commanders, who moved 500 additional troops towards the valley on Monday from Gardez, the provincial capital, as US forces were rotated out.
		General Tommy Franks, the US commander of the Afghan campaign, said on Monday that while some US troops have been moved out of the battle area in Paktia province, others would take their places.
	specials.ft.com /attackonterrorism/FT3G0C20PYC.html (511 words)

	VFW Magazine: Battle of Shahi Kot Valley: in the largest U.S. light infantry battle in years. GIs took the terrorists head on. But eight Americans were killed in action - War On Terrorism - Afghanistan Conflict, Operation Anaconda - Brief Article
		The Shahi Kot Valley--meaning "The Place of the King"--is an ancient redoubt for Afghan guerrillas on the run.
		VFW Magazine: Battle of Shahi Kot Valley: in the largest U.S. light infantry battle in years.
		Battle of Shahi Kot Valley: in the largest U.S. light infantry battle in years.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0LIY/is_9_89/ai_87704447 (657 words)

	1870138.stm
		The Afghan Ministry of Defence said alliance troops were chasing the remnants of the rebel force after taking over the valley of Shahi Kot on Wednesday following a two-week US-led campaign.
		US B-1 bombers pounded al-Qaeda and Taleban positions on a ridge in the Shahi Kot valley early on Wednesday.
		We have cleaned up Shahi Kot and killed most of them [the rebels], and the rest have fled," said Major General Karamuddin.
	news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1870000/1870138.stm (521 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		Jan was optimistic that the Shahi Kot valley would be cleared by the end of Tuesday, however US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday the operation was still a few days from completion.
		WASHINGTON - US and Afghan forces were mopping up in the Shahi Kot valley in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, senior Pentagon officials said, stopping short of confirming claims by Afghan commanders that the last major Al Qaeda and Taleban positions had fallen.
		While the focus remained on the Shahi Kot fighting, a senior Afghan military official said Taliban and al Qaeda rebels had also regrouped in four eastern provinces, including Wardak, Khost, Ghazni and other locations in Paktia province.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/130302/subcont.htm (10259 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		The ridges above Shahi Kot echo with the pounding and terraced fields in the valley are pockmarked from the aerial strikes.
		US and Afghan soldiers interviewed near the crumbled ruins of villages in the Shahi Kot Valley said their mission has turned into hunting down small teams of fighters, who carry weapons with high mobility such as rocket-propelled grenade launchers and heavy machine-guns.
		This was how US and allied Afghan forces described their contact before dawn yesterday with a group of suspected Taliban fighters in the Shahi Kot Valley, won from the Taliban this week.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /02mar17/inter.htm (3722 words)

	u_s__invasion_of_afghanistan.html
		On March 4, 2002, Seven American Special Forces soldiers were killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
		On March 2, 2002, Army Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, of the Third Special Forces Group, was killed in an ambush along the road from Gardez to the Shahi Kot Valley.
		By March 6, eight Americans and seven Afghan soldiers had been killed and about 400 opposing forces had also been killed in the fighting.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/u/u_/u_s__invasion_of_afghanistan.html (2618 words)

	BuzzFlash World Media Watch
		During an operation in Shahi-Kot valley two weeks ago, US troops had combed nearly 50 caves but did not find any Taliban or Al-Qaeda fighters except bundles of Islamic literature, maps and operation plans.
		MOSCOW, April 07 (PNS): According to the claims of Russian news agency IANS, the US army suffered heavy losses in Afghanistan during its offensive against Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters in Shahi-Kot valley on Thursday night, a media report said.
		Terming the change in Pakistan as "cosmetic", he said foreign militants operating in the valley have been told that whatever action Pakistan government has taken against their leaders was "temporary".
	www.buzzflash.com /mediawatch/2002/04/08wmw.html (2193 words)

	The Indian Express : International
		We have seized the majority and have control of the majority of the (Shahi Kot) valley,’’ he said.
		Major Hilferty said there was still work to be done in the Shahi Kot area and the war in Afghanistan was not over with other rebel pockets elsewhere in the country to be rooted out.
		On Tuesday, Afghan General Abdul Joyenda said the allied troops had overrun the Shahi Kot rebel positions, sending the fighters fleeing toward the border with Pakistan and effectively ending the biggest battle of the Afghan war.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie20020314/int8.html (477 words)

	NPC News Sources - Search Results by Category
		Fighting was continuing in the Shahi Kot valley some 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the Paktia provincial capital Gardez, military officials said.
		The battle for control of the valley illustrates the challenges for the US-led coalition as it seeks to destroy al-Qaeda, the Islamic militant group led by Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden which is blamed for the September 11 suicide attacks on the United States.
		A mortar ambush injured at least 12 soldiers from the US 10th Mountain Division as they landed Saturday right on top of an al-Qaeda command bunker near the village of Marzak south of here.
	npc.press.org /poolreports/newsDetail.cfm?newsid=141 (751 words)

	Search continues for al-Qaida - PittsburghLIVE.com
		On the flat, dusty plain that leads to one of the entrances to the Shahi Kot valley, trucks moved in the distance.
		In Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, a spokesman for the "shura," or council, said that the newly arrived troops under Gen. Gul Haidar had been deployed along a ridge at the edge of the Shahi Kot valley.
		Hilferty, speaking at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, said about 2,000 troops remain on the ground in the Shahi Kot valley, with Afghans slightly outnumbering international coalition forces for the first time in the operation.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/terrorism/s_60938.html (682 words)

	Afghanistan: Who's calling whose bluff?
		KARACHI - With most of the Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters withdrawing from the mountains of Shahi Kot valley in eastern Paktia province- in the face of intense US and allied opposition - new places have been earmarked for them to continue their fight against foreign forces in Afghanistan.
		Several hundred Taliban and al-Qaeda troops who had occupied caves, tunnels and passes in Shahi Kot and Zarmat near the provincial capital of Gardez have quietly retreated to nearby areas.
		And many strong commanders of the Hizb-i-Islami, such as Juma Khan in Mazar-i-Sharif and Kashmir Khan in the Kunhar valley, are playing a similar game.
	www.atimes.com /c-asia/DC14Ag01.html (833 words)

	AII POW-MIA InterNetwork
		Hilferty said Paktia's Shahi Kot Valley area -- the centre of last month's heavy fighting -- was largely cleared of armed opposition and international forces were concentrating reconnaissance and searches in nearby areas around Gardez and Khost.
		The U.S.-led coalition says it killed hundreds of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in and around the Shahi Kot Valley.
		Hilferty elaborated on an attack on Wednesday, saying some several hundred Afghan soldiers and dozens of U.S. special forces patrolling the Shahi Kot area were targeted but unharmed by five tube-launched rockets.
	www.aiipowmia.com /inter22/in040702swa.html (490 words)

	Reporters on the Job csmonitor.com
		The US forces and Afghan fighters were taking on Al Qaeda fighters in the Zarmat District and Shahi Kot valley.
		"I jumped in a four-wheel drive Toyota pickup truck that was going my way, and was able to proceed to Shahi Kot valley, through a dusty and muddy road south west of Gardez."
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0308/p06s02-wogn.htm (350 words)

	BBC News SOUTH ASIA Soldiers face 'bounty' threat
		Coalition special forces together with Afghan army troops recently patrolling the sensitive Shahi Kot valley have come under long-range rocket fire there, which suggests that al-Qaeda and Taleban forces are still active in close proximity to the area.
		A military offensive, Operation Anaconda, that claimed the lives of nine US soldiers was concluded just two weeks ago in the rugged Shahi Kot valley of Paktia, where al-Qaeda remnants have been active.
		Information obtained by US intelligence operatives showed that Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda followers had offered $400 payment to each family living in at least three villages of the Shahi Kot valley so that they would evacuate the area.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1916000/1916986.stm (677 words)

	The Rest - WORLD WATCH - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia
		"Operation Anaconda will be completed in 12 hours," Franks said at Bagram Air Base on the outskirts of Kabul, which was the control point for the operation in the mountainous terrain around the Shahi Kot valley.
		BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afgha ni stan (Reuters) - U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, in overall charge of coalition forces in Afghanistan, said Monday that "Operation Anaconda" was drawing to a close.
		The last of the major battles ended last Wednesday when U.S., Canadian and Afghan troops stormed rebel caves and trenches near Gardez, about 60 kilometres south of Kabul.
	archive.sptimes.ru /archive/times/754/rest/r_5991.htm (417 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		The Shahi Kot Valley is where this explosion symbol is. And in the Shahi Kot valley, you have roads running southeast and southwest out of Gardez and encircle this area.
		This is very close to the Pakistan border, and it's an area of the Armar Mountains, this long mountain range right here, and again, think of the Aspen or Vail ski areas, and that's about what it's like.
		Supposedly, we have the roads blocked, and the people trapped in the mountains, but a lot in caves and well armed.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0203/06/lt.06.html (1657 words)

	U.S. Teams Find Weapons Caches in Afghan Caves
		BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers said on Saturday they destroyed large caches of al Qaeda and Taliban arms and ammunition in the Shahi Kot Valley of eastern Afghanistan.
		"Operation Anaconda" around Shahi Kot, the biggest ground campaign of the Afghan War, was declared officially over in early March, but U.S.-led coalition patrols continue to comb the rugged terrain for pockets of rebels and stores of weapons.
		"When we were in the valley this time, we found thousands and thousands of rounds."
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/656325/posts (523 words)

	South Asian Week in Review
		After heavily bombing and shelling the mountains, Afghani troops spearheaded an attack in the Shahi Kot valley with the backing of 1000 US marines.
		Fighting in the Arma mountains area of eastern Afghanistan between US/Afghani soldiers and al-Qaeda/Taliban forces appeared to reach a decisive stage this week, with US and Afghani military spokesmen saying the battle had turned in their favour.
		The fighting was reported to be the heaviest thus far in the five-month US military campaign in Afghanistan.
	www.himalmag.com /week_in_review/15_march.htm (720 words)

	::: US LAUNCHES OPERATION AGAINST TALIBAN, AL-QAEDA :::
		Mansoor fought against US and allied forces during their operation to round up al-Qaeda and Taliban fugitives in the Shahi Kot valley in March this year, it said.
		The US forces targeted Zurmat because the area is considered a base for pro-Taliban commander Maulawi Saifur Rehman Mansoor, the agency said.
	www.muslimuzbekistan.com /eng/ennews/2002/08/ennews21082002_6.html (630 words)

	Rantburg: Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Blogs of War
		He estimated the number of remaining fighters still putting up resistance in the Arma mountains where the Shahi Kot valley is located numbered "in the range of 100".
		The deputy commander of the Afghan defence ministry forces in the eastern Paktia province, Mohammad Aref, said late on Tuesday that Afghan and US troops had taken control of all known al-Qaeda positions in the Shahi Kot valley after a three-pronged offensive.
		US Major Bryan Hilferty told a news briefing at Bagram, that the Shah-i-Kot valley in eastern Afghanistan was now under the control of coalition forces.
	www.aach.net /rantburg?D=2002-03-13 (2507 words)

	Five Airmen receive Silver Stars
		His award was for efforts as an F-15E Strike Eagle weapons system officer at Shahi Kot Valley, Afghanistan, in March 2002 during Operation Anaconda.
		Jason Quesenberry and Staff Sgt. Thomas Case of the 17th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Benning, Ga., and Staff Sgt. Michael Shropshire, of the 20th ASOS at Fort Drum, N.Y. Although he was not assigned to the group when his heroic act occurred, Colonel Fairchild now commands the 17th ASOS.
		During this mission, he worked with tactical air controllers on the ground to support troops in combat.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123009388 (1070 words)

	CNN.com - The road home - March 23, 2002
		I leave you with the motto of the soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, whom I followed into battle in the Lower Shahi Kot valley.
		I've gone from the man-made canyons of New York and the gaping horror of ground zero to the war-ravaged valleys of Afghanistan.
		Ironically, these are the same words many firefighters, emergency crew personnel and police officers used September 11 in the twisted, crumbling hell of the World Trade Center:
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/03/23/savidge.finale3 (396 words)

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