Operation Viper was a United States

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in Baghran District,

Helmand Province Helmand (Pashto language, Pashto/Dari language, Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering ...

, Afghanistan, that started on 10 February 2003. The goal of Operation Viper was for the U.S. to search villages and recover weapons caches and other war material left by

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and

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forces.

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