Operation Anaconda

402460 15: U.S. Army soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division (L) and a Canadian Army officer from the Princess Patricias Light Infantry Battalion stand nearby as a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands March 15, 2002 near the main area of action in the Shah-i-Kot Valley, Afghanistan. The coalition forces in the Shah-i-Kot Valley have identified and destroyed 24 openings or caves and found seven more in an offensive called Operation Harpoon. All caves are searched and blown up. The Canadian troops number approxiamately 500 for this operation. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)