Battle of Alasay

Operation Dinner Out
Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Date14–23 March 2009
Location
Result Coalition victory; Taliban retreat.
Belligerents

International Security Assistance Force:

Afghanistan Taliban
Commanders and leaders
France Col Nicolas Le Nen
Afghanistan Col. Hussein
United States Lt Colonel Sean D Wester (USMC)
N/A
Strength
France 400 Chasseurs Alpins
Afghanistan 400 men from the 1st Kandak
around 400
Casualties and losses
France 1 killed
France 1 wounded
Afghanistan 6 wounded
35 killed
70 presumed killed
40 wounded
80 presumed wounded

The Battle of Alasay, codenamed Operation Dinner Out, was a military operation carried out by French troops of the Chasseurs Alpins's 27e Battalion and the Afghan National Army (ANA) 1st Kandak (battalion) between 14 and 23 March 2009.[1] Marine Embedded Training Team 6-4, US Army Embedded Training Team 4-3-201, as well as other US units provided air support, both with attack helicopters and A-10 and F-15E strike aircraft. The operation enabled the construction of two bases for the Afghan Army in the Alasay valley, which had been guerrilla control since 2006.[2]

  1. ^ "Fin de l'opération Dinner Out dans la vallée d'Alasaï - Zone Militaire". Opex360.com. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ^ Guisnel, Jean (23 March 2009). "En Afghanistan, un cessez-le-feu met fin à la bataille d'Alasay". Le Point. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2009.

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