What the records say
- When
- 18 Aug 2008 – 19 Aug 2008
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 34.66° N, 69.85° E
- Description
- 2008 military Skirmish Between Taliban and French ISAF Forces in Afghanistan
Uzbin Valley ambush
2008 battle during the War in Afghanistan
French International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops were ambushed by Afghan Taliban insurgents, with heavy casualties, in the Uzbin Valley outside the village of Spēṟ Kunday in the Surobi District of Kabul province in eastern Afghanistan on 18 August 2008.
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