Tornado IDS Afghanistan Operation 44+97 AG 51 Mazare Sharif August 2008In August 2003 the United Nations mandated an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to help the Afghan government to provide effective security and develop security forces to prevent terrorist groups from forming in the country again. NATO took the lead of the ISAF and in 2007 as part of the operations Germany sent 6 Tornados from Aufklrungsgeschwader 51 Immelmann (51st Reconnaissance Wing) to Mazar i Sharif. These Tornados reconnaissance