Battle of Ebrahimkhel
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| Battle of Ebrahimkhel | |||||
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| Part of the War in Afghanistan | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 United States Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Netherlands |
 Taliban Al-Qaeda | ||||
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35 soldiers 2 F-16s | 300 insurgents | ||||
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| at least 25 | |||||
The Battle of Ebrahimkhel was a pursuit action between the Allied forces and the
War on Terror. In the end, the Battle at Ebrahimkhel was the largest ground-to-ground firefight since the Vietnam War in 1968.[1]
Battle
The first actions were when the
Qalat. Attacks went on for the nights before August 8, 2006, and the Afghans there lost a rate of three officers a week. On hit-and-run missions, the Afghan police checkpoint was battered from RPG and mortar rounds. The Afghans and Americans decided to chase down the Taliban and kill or capture them. The Afghans and Americans set off on a chase after the dozen Taliban insurgents who attacked the checkpoint. The convoy was to meet up with Romanian soldiers who had the communications and a powerful machine gun. However, they misunderstood and returned to their base. As the unit neared the first village, a Taliban fired a few potshots at the lead truck, but was captured. He was part of a Taliban ploy where they gave him a weapon and if he didn't shoot the Allies, they would kill him. Later, an old man told the Allies that the Taliban passed through, and the Americans began to chase them to the border with Pakistan. Then, the Allied radio (Icom) informed them that the Al-Qaeda
had joined the Talibans. When both were together, they had the tendency to fight to the last man.
The Allies were stranded due to no or little communications. Since the road to
smoked the position where the enemy was to locate where they needed fire. The Dutch dropped flares on the enemy, trying make them flee. Then, the Americans took up positions on a hill which was raked by RPG fire. The Allies evacuated the area down Route 1 to Qalat for safety. The battle was the biggest since the Vietnam War
. It was confirmed by the military that the Americans and their 35 Afghan comrades had faced a force of an estimated 300 Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters, of which at least 25 were killed.
References
- ^ Zullo, Allan: Battle Heroes: Voices from Afghanistan