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  2. Battle of Barawala Kalay Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Taliban would engage the 2/327th Infantry with heavy small arms fire for five continuous hours on 29 March 2011. [8] The 2/327th Infantry would suffer 6 soldiers killed and another 7 soldiers wounded. [8] The 2/327th Infantry would inflict heavy casualties upon the Taliban, killing more than 100 Taliban insurgents. [8]

  3. Forward Operating Base Sarkari Karez - Wikipedia

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    Forward Operating Base Sarkari Karez was a foreign military base in Maywand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. [1] [2] The base was initially established, secured and named by the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry "Ramrods" in 2008. It was built by the Bravo Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion based in Fort Hood. [3]

  4. Combat Obscura - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. Operation Karez - Wikipedia

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    Whilst German sources stated that they were participating in Operation Karez in northern Afghanistan in conjunction with the Afghan army and the Norwegian QRF, the German magazine Der Spiegel stated that the German government hesitated to deploy the reconnaissance, logistics and KSK forces originally promised by the German regional commander ...

  6. List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001 ...

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    From May 1996, Osama bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose alliance with the Taliban. [1] Following the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa, the US military launched cruise missiles at these camps with limited effect on their overall operations. A follow-on ...

  7. Korengal - Wikipedia

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    Korengal is a 2014 documentary about the War in Afghanistan directed by Sebastian Junger.It picks up where the film Restrepo (2010) left off, taking the viewer deeper into the experiences of the soldiers of Second Platoon, Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army while they were stationed in Korengal Valley of Kunar Province ...

  8. Battle of Nawzad - Wikipedia

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    Marines from Fox 2/7 in Now Zad, August 1, 2008 Marines from Lima 3/8 maneuver through Nawzad after an airstrike, April 2009 Marines from Golf 2/3 in Nawzad, June 2009. In March 2008, marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines arrived to reinforce the British and Estonian forces. The Marines' mission was to "train police", but they were ...

  9. Battle of Garmsir - Wikipedia

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    By 5 July, elements of 2/8 were engaged in heavy fighting at Toshtay, 16 miles (26 km) south of Garmsir. [8] After protracted fighting, the Marines overcame much of the Taliban resistance and began to set up additional patrol bases in Garmsir as part of the Clear-Hold-Build strategy designed to drive the Taliban south and continue Marine ...