What the records say
- When
- 6 Feb 2009 – 7 Feb 2009
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 32.07° N, 64.83° E
- Description
- 2009 NATO military operation in Afghanistan
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Diesel
British and Afghan action against Taliban in 2009
Operation Diesel was a raid by 700 British troops from the Royal Marines 45 Commando, 42 Commando, and the 3 Commando Brigade's Reconnaissance Force, as well as armoured infantry and close reconnaissance from 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment on a Taliban drug factory and arms stronghold in the Upper Sangin Valley in Helmand province, Afghanistan on February 7, 2009.
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