Operation Champion Sword

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{{Infobox military conflict

|conflict=Operation Champion Sword

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

|image=Soldier in Champion Sword.jpeg

|image_size=300px

|caption=A soldier on patrol in Afghanistan as part of the operation

|date=28 July 2009 – 5 August 2009

|place=Khost Province, Afghanistan

|result=

• Improvement of security in region
• Capture of 14 militants and bomb-makers
• Improvement of security before Afghan Election

|combatant1={{flag|United States}}

• Combined Joint Task Force 82
• 25th Infantry Division

{{flagcountry|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|2004}}

|combatant2= {{flag|Taliban}}
{{flag|al-Qaeda}}
{{noflag|Other allied groups}}

|commander1={{flagicon|United States}} Stanley A. McChrystal
{{flagicon|United States}} Robert L. Caslen Jr.

|commander2={{flagicon|Taliban}} Mohammed Omar
{{flagicon|al-Qaeda}} Osama bin Laden

}}

{{Campaignbox US war in Afghanistan}}

Operation Champion Sword was a joint military operation by the forces of the United States and Afghanistan as part of an International Security Assistance Force against the Taliban and allies. Lasting for a week, the operation resulted in the capture of 14 militants and homemade bomb-makers, as well as improving the general security of Khost Province.http://www.dodvclips.mil/?fr_story=FRdamp359035&rf=sitemap {{Dead link|date=March 2022}} The operation targeted safe havens and terrorist hideouts in the Sabari and Tere Zayi districts of Khost province.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cjtf82.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1868:targeting-the-enemy&catid=16:recent-events&Itemid=401|title = CJTF 82 – Smartphone Addiction and Tips}}