The aims of the operation were to root out as many as 300 suspected Afghan insurgents who had moved into the villages of the Zhari District.

During the first morning of the operation, Leopard tanks from Lord Strathcona's Horse entered Zhari, accompanied with pickup trucks filled with Afghan National Army troops.

The contact lasted for more than an hour but at the end the commandos, supported by Portuguese special forces snipers, manage to get to their objective.

[citation needed] Shortly afterwards, Corporal Matthew McCully, a signals operator with the 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, was killed when he stepped on a landmine.

[1] Master Corporal Rob McGregor, of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, was injured in the operation when he fell and broke his ankle.