Editing Operation Anaconda (section)

==Units involved==
The operation was composed of elements: Task Force Dagger: ODAs from the [[5th Special Forces Group (United States)|5th SFG]], B company, 2nd Battalion, [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)|160th SOAR]] and [[United States Air Force Combat Control Team|USAF Combat Controllers]]. Task Force Rakkasan: 3rd Brigade, [[101st Airborne Division (United States)|101st Airborne Division]], 1st and 2nd battalion [[187th Infantry Regiment (United States)|187th Infantry Regiment]], 1st Battalion, [[87th Infantry Regiment (United States)|87th Infantry Regiment]], [[10th Mountain Division (United States)|10th Mountain Division]]. Task Force Commando: [[2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (United States)|2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division]], 4th Battalion, [[31st Infantry Regiment (United States)|31st Infantry Regiment]] 3rd Battalion, [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]]. Task Force 64: 1 Squadron, Australian [[Special Air Service Regiment (Australia)|Special Air Service Regiment]]. [[Task Force K-Bar]]: ODAs from the [[3rd Special Forces Group (United States)|3rd SFG]]. Task Force Bowie: AFO (made up of a 45-man reconnaissance unit [[Delta Force]] and augmented by selected [[SEAL Team Six|DEVGRU]] operators recce specialists, combat controllers and supported by ISA's technical experts, AFO conducted covert reconnaissance usually sending small 2 or 3 man teams on foot or on [[All Terrain Vehicle|ATV]]s, deploying observation posts to watch and report enemy movements and numbers as well as environmental reconnaissance). Task Force Sword/11: Mako 30, 31 and 21, Task Force Blue/DEVGRU.<ref>Neville, Leigh, '' Special Forces in the War on Terror (General Military)'', Osprey Publishing, 2015 {{ISBN|978-1472807908}}, p.29-31 p.50</ref>

SOF teams from [[Task Force K-Bar]] and Task Force 64, which included: [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEALs]] from SEAL Teams 2, 3 and 8, Green Berets from [[3rd Special Forces Group (United States)|3rd SFG]], The Canadian Army's [[Joint Task Force 2]] (JTF2), The German Army's ''[[Kommando Spezialkräfte]]'' (KSK), the [[Norway|Norwegian]] special forces units ''[[Forsvarets Spesialkommando]]'' (FSK) and Marinejegerkommandoen (MJK), elements of the [[Australian Special Air Service Regiment]] and the [[Special Air Service of New Zealand|New Zealand Special Air Service]], Dutch [[Korps Commandotroepen]] and the Danish special forces from ''[[Jægerkorpset]]''. these teams inserted into the outer edges of the valley to cut off any escape.<ref>Neville, Leigh, '' Special Forces in the War on Terror (General Military)'', Osprey Publishing, 2015 {{ISBN|978-1472807908}}, p.54</ref>

Other units that took part are the B Co. 159th Avn Rgt, [[75th Ranger Regiment (United States)|75th Ranger Regiment]],<ref>Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror (General Military), Osprey Publishing, 2015 {{ISBN|978-1472807908}}, p.50-54</ref> [[Joint Special Operations Command]] and CIA's [[Special Activities Division]] and British [[Royal Marines]].

The Afghan militia forces were made up of three [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] units. The first unit, led by commander Zia Lodin, had around 600 men. They were planned to use as the main force and given the name TF Hammer for the operation. They received advice and training from ODAs 594 and 372. The other Afghan units were led by Zakim Khan and Kamel Khan, each comprising about 400 to 500 fighters. Zakim's units partnered with ODAs 542 and 381, while Kamel's units worked with ODAs 571 and 392. These two forces were designated as TF Anvil.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Donald P. |last2=Dempsey |first2=Martin E. |title=A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, October 2001 - September 2005 |url=https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/gwot/DifferentKindofWar.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230133024/https://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/GWOT/DifferentKindofWar.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |publisher=Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS |language=en |date=July 2010}}</ref>