Operation Eagle's Summit

Operation Eagle's Summit
	Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
	; British troops of the Queen's Royal Lancers providing security for the convoy.
Date	August 2008 – September 5, 2008
Location	Kandahar and Helmand Provinces, Afghanistan
Result	Coalition tactical victory.
Belligerents
Coalition:; United Kingdom; Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Canada; United States; Denmark; Australia; France; Netherlands	Taliban
Commanders and leaders
Mark Carleton-Smith	?
Strength
2,000; 1,000; Other ISAF: 1,000; Total: 5,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 7 injured; 2 injured; 2 injured	200 killed (NATO claim)

The Kajaki Dam provides flood control, power and irrigation water to the Helmand Valley.

Operation Eagle's Summit (Oqab Tsuka in Pashto) was a military operation conducted by ISAF and Afghan National Army troops, with the objective of transporting a 220-tonne turbine to the Kajaki Dam in Helmand Province through territory controlled by Taliban insurgents. Ending in success for the coalition, it involved many British troops, and was said to have been one of the largest logistical operations carried out by the British Army since World War II.^[3] The operation took its name from the eagle pictured on the insignia of the 16th Air Assault Brigade.^[4]

^ "Kajaki dam troops return to base". MoD. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
^ Leithead, Alastair (2008-09-03). "UK troops in huge turbine mission". BBC. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
^ "Triumph for British forces in Boy's Own-style Kajaki mission". afghanistan-un.org. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ Judd, Terri (2008-09-03). "Operation Eagle's Summit: the inside story of a daring foray into Taliban territory". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

[Kajaki_dam_troops_return_to_base-1] "Kajaki dam troops return to base". MoD. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-10.

[BBC-2] Leithead, Alastair (2008-09-03). "UK troops in huge turbine mission". BBC. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

[3] "Triumph for British forces in Boy's Own-style Kajaki mission". afghanistan-un.org. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[independent-4] Judd, Terri (2008-09-03). "Operation Eagle's Summit: the inside story of a daring foray into Taliban territory". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

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