:Operation Omaid

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|partof=the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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| place = Kandahar, Afghanistan

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|combatant1= Coalition
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|combatant2= Insurgents
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} Taliban insurgents

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• {{flagicon|Afghanistan}}12,000{{cite news |title=Nato to launch surge against Taliban in Kandahar |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7538510/Nato-to-launch-surge-against-Taliban-in-Kandahar.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2010-03-30 |accessdate=2010-03-30}}

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{{Campaignbox US war in Afghanistan}}

Operation Omaid (Dari for Hope) was a planned 2010 military operation by international and Afghan forces to secure the southern city of Kandahar and push back the Taliban.{{cite news |first=Nasrat |last=Shoib |title=US operations already started in Kandahar: commanders |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/afghanistan/US-operations-already-started-in-Kandahar-commanders/Article1-520457.aspx |agency=Agence France-Presse |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=2010-03-18 |accessdate=2010-03-21}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It would have come in the wake of the coalition offensive in Helmand Province focused on Marja, codenamed Operation Moshtarak. According to a Taliban spokesperson, a series of deadly bombings in Kandahar on March 13 was carried out in response to the announcement of the impending operation.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/19-explosion-near-pakistani-consulate-in-kandahar-hh-04|title= Taliban assault on Kandahar kills 35|date=14 March 2010|work=Dawn|accessdate=21 March 2010}}