Battle of Chora

Battle of Chora
	Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
	; A Dutch army PzH 2000 firing on Taliban positions in Chora. Photographed by David Axe on June 16, 2007.
Date	June 15–19, 2007
Location	Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan32°51′10″N 66°05′05″E / 32.8528°N 66.0847°E
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
Coalition:; Netherlands; United States; Australia; Afghanistan	Taliban
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Hans van Griensven; Lieutenant Colonel Rob Querido; Captain Larry Hamers; Militia leader Rozi Khan	Mullah Mutalib (KIA); Mullah Ismael (KIA)
Strength
500+ soldiers; 100 police officers; 150–200 militiamen	Unknown, possibly several hundred insurgents
Casualties and losses
16 killed; 2 killed; 1 killed	71 killed
	65 civilians killed

The Battle of Chora took place in and around the town of Chora (3,000 inhabitants), in Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province, from June 15 to 19, 2007. The fighting was between ISAF and Afghan forces on one side and Taliban forces on the other, for the control of the Chora District center, regarded by the Taliban as a tactical target because it provides ground access from unsecured Gizab District in the north to the provincial capital of Tarinkot. According to some press reports, the fighting was the largest Taliban offensive of 2007 in Afghanistan, and resulted in the death of one American, two Dutch, and 16 Afghan soldiers, as well as approximately 58 civilians and 71 Taliban fighters.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c Vrijsen, Eric (January 4, 2008). "Uruzgan: Het gevecht om Chora". Uruzgan Weblog (in Dutch). Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved March 7, 2015 – via Web-log.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d van Bemmel, Noël (June 23, 2007). "Infanteristen, commando's: iedereen vecht tegen Taliban". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
^ "Over 100 die in southern Afghan battle". USA Today. Associated Press. June 18, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
^ "Operation Enduring Freedom: Coalition Deaths". iCasualties.org. Archived from the original on July 8, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Operation Enduring Freedom: Coalition". iCasualties.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
^ "Afghan officials: Over 100 killed in southern battle". CNN. Associated Press. June 19, 2007. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.

[Vrijsen-1] Vrijsen, Eric (January 4, 2008). "Uruzgan: Het gevecht om Chora". Uruzgan Weblog (in Dutch). Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved March 7, 2015 – via Web-log.

[Bemmel-2] van Bemmel, Noël (June 23, 2007). "Infanteristen, commando's: iedereen vecht tegen Taliban". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

[3] "Over 100 die in southern Afghan battle". USA Today. Associated Press. June 18, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.

[4] "Operation Enduring Freedom: Coalition Deaths". iCasualties.org. Archived from the original on July 8, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

[icasualties_default-5] "Operation Enduring Freedom: Coalition". iCasualties.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

[6] "Afghan officials: Over 100 killed in southern battle". CNN. Associated Press. June 19, 2007. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.

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