Question: Operation Mountain Viper was working to uncover hundreds of suspected rebels from the Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement, located where?
Context: Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada (Pashto: هبت الله اخونزاده‎ ; Arabic: هيبة الله أخوند زاده‎ ‎ Haibatullāh Aḫūnd Zādah; born 1961) is the Emir (leader) of the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. Ibrahim Abu Mohamed (alternative spelling, Ibrahim Abu Mohammed) is an Egyptian-born and educated Sunni Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti of Australia since September 2011.  As the spiritual leader of Australian Sunni Muslims the Grand Mufti holds the highest religious post for a Sunni Islamic scholar in Australia.  The honorific his eminence is used in referring to Mohamed. Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (Pashto: اختر محمد منصور‎ ; or ;  1968 21 May 2016) was the Emir (leader) of the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan, from 29 July 2015 to 21 May 2016. In Operation Mountain Viper, the United States Army and the Afghan National Army (nearly 1000 in number) worked together from August 30 to early September, 2003, to uncover hundreds of suspected Taliban rebels dug into the mountains of Daychopan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Taqlid or taqleed (Arabic تَقْليد "taqlīd") is an Islamic terminology denoting the conformity of one person to the teaching of another.  The person who performs taqlid is termed "muqallid".  The definite meaning of the term varies depending on context and age.  Classical usage of the term differs between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam.  Sunni Islamic usage designates the unjustified conformity of one person to the teaching of another, apart from justified conformity of layperson to the teaching of "mujtahid" (a person who is qualified for independent reasoning).  Shia Islamic usage designates the general conformity of non-mujtahid to the teaching of mujitahid, and there is no negative connotation.  In contemporary usage, especially in the context of Islamic reformism, it is often shed in a negative light, and translated as "blind imitation".  This refers to the perceived stagnation of independent intellectual effort ("ijtihad") and uncritical imitation of traditional religious interpretation by the religious establishment in general. The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) (also known as "Muslims Australia") was founded in 1964 as an umbrella group for various small Sunni Islamic groups and councils, and is a Sunni Islamic organisation.  The mission of AFIC is to provide service to the community in a manner that is in accordance with the teachings of Islam and within the framework of Australian law, and to advocate for the Sunni Muslim community on matters that will affect the community's relevance, settlement and integration within Australian society.  It is highly debatable whether AFIC represents Australian Muslims, as AFIC run organisations are very few, and their members are not elected by a majority Muslim vote. Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن الطيب الباقلاني‎ ‎ ; c. 940 - 5 June 1013), often known as al-Bāqillānī for short, or reverentially as Imam al-Bāqillānī by Sunni Muslims, was a famous Sunni Islamic theologian, jurist, and logician who spent much of his life defending and strengthening orthodox Sunni Islam.  An accomplished rhetorical stylist and master orator, al-Baqillani was held in high regard by his contemporaries for his expertise in debating even the most complex of theological and jurisprudential issues.  Al-Baqillani is often given the honorary epithets "Shaykh al-Sunna" ("Doctor of the Prophetic Way"), "Lisān al-Umma" ("Mouthpiece of the Community"), "Imād al-Dīn" ("Pillar of the Faith"), "Nāsir al-Islām" ("Guardian of Islam"), and "Sayf as-Sunna" ("Sword of the Prophetic Way") in Sunni tradition. The Taliban (Pashto: ‎ "ṭālibān " "students"), alternatively spelled Taleban, which refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country. Operation Red Wings, informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar (often incorrectly called "Operation Redwing" and/or "Operation Red Wing"), was a combined / joint military operation during the War in Afghanistan in the Pech District of Afghanistan's Kunar Province, on the slopes of a mountain named Sawtalo Sar, approximately 20 mi west of Kunar's provincial capital of Asadabad, in late June through mid-July 2005.  Operation Red Wings was intended to disrupt local anti-coalition militia (ACM) activity, thus contributing to regional stability and thereby facilitating the Afghan Parliament elections scheduled for September 2005.  At the time, anti-coalition militia activity in the region was carried out most notably by a small group led by a local man from Nangarhar Province, Ahmad Shah, who had aspirations of regional Islamic fundamentalist prominence.  He and his small group were among the primary targets of the operation. Hussain Rasheed Ahmed (Arabic: حسين رشيد أحمد‎ ‎ ; born March 18, 1957) is a Maldivian Sunni Islamic scholar (Shaafi'ee school of belief) and political leader in Republic of the Maldives.  He is also the first elected President of Adhaalath Party (Adhaalath Party), a political party in the Republic of Maldives known for its Sunni Islamic positions.
Answer: Afghanistan