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An Afghan interpreter was killed and seven ISAF servicemembers and an Afghan Border Police officer were injured. [111] September 21: A US Army UH-60 Blackhawk crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing 9 US soldiers. Cause of the crash was unknown but the Taliban have claimed to have shot it down.
ODA 595 is inserted covertly in Afghanistan aboard Boeing CH-47 Chinook flown by 160th SOAR on October 19, 2001. [6] They land 40 miles south of Mazar-i-Sharif , the country's fourth-largest city and a longtime stronghold of the Taliban , where they meet Dostum.
ODA 595 from Charlie Company, 3rd Btn, 5th SFG [46] was, along with ODA 555, one of two ODAs inserted on 19 October. They helped General Dostum outside Mazar-i-Sharif. [ 45 ] ODA 595 were instrumental in helping the Northern Alliance to capture several thousand foreign and Afghan Taliban and bringing hundreds more local Afghans over to the ...
A US military helicopter crashed Friday afternoon near the southern border, killing two soldiers and a US Border Patrol agent, according to a statement from the military.
An Afghan military helicopter crashed in the country's north Sunday after hitting a power line base, killing at least two crewmembers, the Defense Ministry said. Afghan air force pilots played a ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three men who died in a small plane crash in Oregon were Afghan Air Force pilots who fought with the American military and came to the U.S. as refugees after Afghanistan ...
Afghan Border Police (ABP) Regional Command - West in Herat Province of Afghanistan. The Afghan Border Force (ABF) was [1] a paramilitary police responsible for counterinsurgency and security of Afghanistan's border area with neighboring countries extending up to 30 miles (48 km) into the interior and formed part of the Afghan National Army. [2]
The Battle of Qala-i-Jangi in Afghanistan (sometimes also referred to as the "Battle of Mazar-i-Sharif") was a six-day military engagement following an uprising of prisoners of war who had been taken into custody by US-led coalition forces on 25 November 2001. The battle took place from 25 November to 1 December, in northern Afghanistan.