Operation Oqab

Operation Oqab (Eagle in English, Adler in German) was a military operation conducted by ISAF and Afghan National Army troops, with the objective to force the Taliban out of Kunduz Province. Since April 2009, the German forces in northern Afghanistan were under pressure from the Taliban and the Jihad Union. The attack on the German forces after the visit of chancellor Angela Merkel on April 7, 2009 and the following months showed that the Taliban and their allies exerted heavy pressure to try and force the German troops out of Afghanistan, since involvement in the conflict is controversial in Germany. The ISAF and Afghan forces began an offensive to reinforce the control and security of Kunduz Province before the Afghan presidential...