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US and NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations, alongside Afghan National Army forces, continued against the Taliban through 2007. == January to July == In January and February 2007, British Royal Marines mounted Operation Volcano to clear insurgents from firing points in the village of Barikju, north of Kajaki.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 mod.uk )〕 This was followed by Operation Achilles, a major sweeping offensive that started in March and ended in late May. The UK ministry of defence announced its intention to bring British troop levels in the country up to 7,700 (committed until 2009).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 mod.uk )〕 Further operations, such as Operation Silver and Operation Silicon, were conducted to keep up the pressure on the Taliban in the hopes of blunting their expected spring offensive.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 mod.uk )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 mod.uk )〕 On March 4, 2007, at least 12 civilians were killed and 33 were injured by U.S. Marines in the Shinwar district of the Nangrahar province of Afghanistan〔(Pentagon inquiry finds US Marine unit killed Afghan civilians )〕 as the Americans reacted to a bomb ambush with excessive force, hitting groups of bystanders along of highway with machine gun fire. The event has become known as the Shinwar Massacre.〔(Marines’ Actions in Afghanistan Called Excessive )〕 The 120 member Marine unit responsible for the attack was asked to leave the country because the incident damaged the unit's relations with the local Afghan population.〔(Marine Unit Is Told To Leave Afghanistan )〕 British and ISAF forces continued to battle the Taliban, who had besieged the Sangin District of Helmand Province since June 2006 through to April 2007. A combined operation of Afghan, British, Canadian, Danish, Estonian and US forces removed the Taliban from Sangin, and the Afghan government were able to return. Taliban forces though were still in surrounding areas. On May 1, British Major-General Jacko Page replaced Dutch Major-General Ton van Loon as ISAF Regional Commander South.〔http://www.topix.net/content/cp/3693462316382762034536315606494122384028 British Maj.-Gen. Jacko Page takes helm of ISAF's southern command〕 On May 12, 2007, only ISAF Special Forces and U.S.forces,(Willo Calzada,(now Ret.), james Brown, Billy Orson), International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) killed Mullah Dadullah, a notorious Taliban commander in charge of leading operations in the south of the country; eleven other Taliban fighters were killed in the same firefight. Operation Achilles ended on May 30, 2007 and was immediately followed by Operation Lastay Kulang that night. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2007」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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