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In June, a small contingent of 72 troops, 48 American and 24 Afghan, were operating in and around Wanat, a mountain Quam [clarification needed] that was the center of the Waygal District government and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the coalition military base Camp Blessing.
Restrepo is a 2010 American documentary film about the War in Afghanistan directed by British photojournalist Tim Hetherington and American journalist Sebastian Junger.It explores the year that Junger and Hetherington spent, on assignment for Vanity Fair, [4] in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, embedded with the Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne ...
In 2006, PRT Kamdesh – later renamed Combat Outpost Keating – was one of several U.S. Army outposts established in Northern Afghanistan. Located in a remote valley surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountains, the base was regarded as a deathtrap; the troops stationed there faced regular Taliban attacks, culminating in one of the bloodiest American engagements of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Armadillo is a 2010 Danish documentary film about Danish soldiers in the War in Afghanistan directed by Janus Metz.The film follows a group of soldiers from the Guard Hussars Regiment who are on their first mission in Helmand Province at a forward operating base near Gereshk named FOB Armadillo.
Combat Obscura is composed of video footage taken from 2011 to 2012 by lance corporal Miles Lagoze and other cameramen from the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, in Sangin-Kajaki, Afghanistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As a combat photographer, the footage was originally shot for recruitment and propaganda purposes. [ 3 ]
16 Days in Afghanistan: Anwar Hajher: co-production by United States and India Kabuli Kid: Barmak Akram: Haji Gul Aser, Leena Alam, Valéry Schatz, Amélie Glenn Drama: Produced in France; screened at the 65th Venice International Film Festival: Opium War: Siddiq Barmak: Peter Bussian, Marina Golbahari, Joe Suba, Fawad Samani: Black comedy
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FOB Salerno was located approximately 25 km from the Pakistan border and the most viable path connecting it to Afghanistan was the Khost-Gardez Pass, which is highly vulnerable to attack and often lead to supply shortages at the base. In fact this path was the scene of Operation Magistral, the last large scale Soviet operation in Afghanistan. [8]