Operation Mar Karadad  (translated as Operation Snakebite) was commanded by HQ Task Force Helmand, a bolstered HQ 52 Infantry Brigade, supported by 82nd Airborne Task Force Corsair. Afghan troops supported by British, Danish and US troops fought for control of the town, which was a major Taliban drug trafficking station and the Taliban's only occupied village in the strategically crucial Helmand province.
Operation Mar Karadad (also known as Operation Snakebite) was a military operation involving Afghan troops alongside British, Danish and US forces to capture a key Taliban-controlled town in Helmand province, which served as a major drug trafficking hub for the Taliban.