OPERATION WILD GOOSE CHASEby B. RamanThe various operations mounted by the US and allied forces in Afghanistan under the umbrella of OP Enduring Freedom such as OP Anaconda, OP Mountain Lion, OP Snipe and OP Condor are turning out to be a farce, which would have been laughable but for their tragic consequences for the so-called war against international terrorism. OP Enduring Freedom is threatening to degenerate slowly into OP Enduring Farce.The US claims of having killed hundreds of Taliban and Al Qaeda dregs during OP Anaconda (March, 2002) in Eastern Afghanistan were not corroborated by subsequent ground evidence,...