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Canadian forces lost 38 in operations in Afghanistan in 2006. In the same period, 24 British soldiers and marines were killed on the ground while one marine, one soldier and 12 airmen were killed when a Royal Air Force Nimrod crashed during a reconnaissance flight over Afghanistan on September 2, 2006. US military personnel have also been ...
2006: 2014: NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan US Army USMC US Air Force Australian Army New Zealand Army French Army Turkish Army Mongolian Armed Forces NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan Headquarters [10] Green: Kabul District [9] Integrity: Kabul District [9] Invicta: Kabul District 2006: Italian Army [11] Julien (Julian) Kabul District ...
Forward operating bases at Salerno, Ghazni, Orgun-E and Sharana: Christmas-time morale boost for troops Operation Slipper: 22 October 2001: 31 December 2014: The first phase of the Australian Defence Force's operation in Afghanistan Operation Snipe: 2 May 2002: 13 May 2002: The remote Afghan mountains
The 2006 Taliban offensive was a major military offensive launched by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan in the spring of 2006. The offensive was planned to unfold on three main fronts concentrated in the provinces of Helmand and Kandahar : the first front was to target northern Helmand, focusing on the districts of Sangin , Nowzad , and Kajaki .
In 2006, the U.S. Foreign Policy magazine and the U.S.-based "Fund for Peace" think-tank ranked Afghanistan in 10th place on their "failed state index".The authors said their index was based on "tens of thousands of articles" from various sources that they had gathered over several months in 2005.
The 1-87 Infantry and A Troop / 3-17 Cav are based out of Orgun-E and Gardez Fire Base respectively, but also located at several smaller bases in the eastern central part of the country, along the border with Pakistan. Living conditions are more austere there due to their remote locations, but they all receive mail, supplies of food and ...
U.S. officials say they are racing to evacuate as many people from Afghanistan as possible before the end of the month, when America's 20-year military presence in the country is scheduled to end.
951st Engineer Company (Sapper), RCP 6, Wisconsin National Guard Feb. 2009-Sept. 2009 (relocated to FOB Shank) 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment [3] sometime between July 2006 and January 2011. Elements of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Battalion and with attachments of 1st Battalion, 285th Aviation Recon.