Friendly fire incident at Sangin

When

29 Mar 2006

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.59° N, 64.36° E

Description

2006 battle

2006 military incident in Afghanistan

The Friendly fire incident at Sangin was a military incident that took place on March 29, 2006. Afghan insurgents mounted an assault on a forward operating base in Helmand province near the town of Lashkar Gah, which had been opened only six weeks earlier and was staffed by 100 ANA soldiers and their American trainers, using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades, and mortars.

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