Battle of Takur Ghar
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title:
Battle of Takur Ghar
text:
The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al-Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan. For the U.S. side, the battle proved the deadliest entanglement of Operation Anaconda, an effort early in the War in Afghanistan to rout al-Qaeda forces from the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains. The battle saw three helicopter landings by the U.S. on the mountain top, each met with direct as
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description:
2002 battle of the War in Afghanistan, between U.S. and al-Qaeda forces
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Takur_Ghar
date created:
2006-12-23T01:58:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T10:39:00Z
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