Battle of Shawali Kowt
Battle of Shawali Kowt | |||||||
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Part of the War in Afghanistan and the Afghan Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Northern Alliance | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jason Amerine | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
300 | 30-50[1] |
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- Saur Revolution (1978)
- Herat uprising (1979)
- Chindawol uprising (1979)
- Bala Hissar uprising (1979)
- Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89)
- Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
- Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
- Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
The Battle of Shawali Kowt took place near the Arghandab River in Afghanistan during the Invasion of Afghanistan. On December 2, 2001, after a pitched street-by-street battle, the Green Berets and Afghan Freedom Fighters captured the town of Shawali Kowt,[2] but could not gain control over a bridge over the Arghandab River, a gateway to the Taliban spiritual center of Kandahar. That night, the Taliban forces launched a major counterattack, triggering a retreat by the Afghans. Over the next eight hours, the American forces defended against the retreat. U.S. Air Force Sergeant Alex Yoshimoto, the combat controller, orchestrated numerous air strikes from a variety of fighters and bombers, thwarting the Taliban charge and forcing the enemy to retreat.[citation needed]
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