Operation_Mar_Lewe

Operation Mar Lewe

Operation Mar Lewe

Security Assistant force operation

Operation Mar Lewe was a three-day International Security Assistance Force operation started in the early hours of Friday 29 May 2009 when the Taliban were attacked as the Afghan Security Forces and British Army struck at enemy positions around the village of Yatimchay, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Musa Qaleh, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.[1] "Mar Lewe" is Pashto for "snake wolf".[1][2]

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The British Army forces were from the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers,[1] a well trained, operationally hardened Light Role Infantry Battalion.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Fusiliers and Afghan soldiers clear Taliban stronghold". Ministry of Defence. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  2. [2]
    Mullen, Tom (4 June 2009). "Leading the way in battle to defeat the Taliban". Evening Chronicle. p. 18.
  3. [3]
    "2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers". British Army. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
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