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Garmsir (Pashto: ګرمسير; from Persian گرمسیر, meaning "hot place" [1]) is the center of Garmsir District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Helmand River on 31°07′00″N 64°12′00″E / 31.1167°N 64.2000°E / 31.1167; 64.2000 at 714 m altitude and 63 km southwest of Lashkargah
Garmsir District (or Garmser; [2] Pashto: ګرمسير; from Persian گرمسیر, meaning "hot place") is located in the southern part of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The district is large, but all the villages are along the Helmand River .
Throughout the 2001-2021 war in Afghanistan, Helmand was a hotbed of insurgent activities [10] [11] [12] and was often considered at the time to be Afghanistan's "most dangerous" province. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The province also witnessed some of the heaviest fighting during the war, where at its peak hundreds of civilians were being killed monthly. [ 15 ]
An enlargeable topographic map of Afghanistan. Geography of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is: a landlocked country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Asia (Central Asia) Greater Middle East. Iranian plateau; Time zone: UTC+04:30; Extreme points of Afghanistan High: Noshaq 7,492 m (24,580 ft) Low: Amu Darya 258 m (846 ft)
Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located on the Iranian Plateau, [6] at the crossroads of Central Asia [7] [8] and South Asia. [9] [10] The country is the 40th largest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the Kabul Province. With a location at the intersection of major trade ...
In Afghanistan, some ugly aspects of the local culture and the brutality of the Taliban rubbed American sensibilities raw, setting the stage for deeper moral injury among Marines like Nick Rudolph. U.S. military soldiers tend to a local Afghan man, who was shot after being suspected of planting an IED roadside bomb in Genrandai village in ...
Forward Operating Base Delhi in Afghanistan was a military expeditionary base occupied by the United States Marine Corps. It was along the Helmand River Valley in Garmsir at an abandoned Agricultural College building. [1]
The Battle of Garmsir (also Garmser) was a battle between United States Marines and other ISAF coalition forces, and Taliban insurgents in Garmsir, southern Afghanistan. It was part of the Helmand Province campaign and took place primarily between 2007 and 2011. By the end of December 2007, the situation on the ground had reached a stalemate ...