Battle of Takur Ghar

Battle of Takur Ghar
	Part of Operation Anaconda during the War in Afghanistan
	; An artist's rendition of the battle
Date	3–4 March 2002
Location	Takur Ghar, Afghanistan33°20′30″N 69°12′58″E / 33.34167°N 69.21611°E
Result	Coalition pyrrhic victory
Belligerents
United States	Taliban; Al-Qaeda; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Commanders and leaders
MG Frank Hagenbeck; BG Gregory Trebon; LTC Pete Blaber; CPT Nate Self	Maulvi Saif-ur-Rehman Mansoor
Strength
7 SEALs, 20 Army Rangers, 4 airmen; 4 MH-47 Chinooks, 1 AC-130 gunship, 2 F-15Es, 2 F-16s, 1 Armed Predator Drone	At least 10 at hilltop camp; Around 35 in reinforcement
Casualties and losses
7 killed; 12 wounded; 2 Chinooks lost	25–200 killed

The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al-Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan. For the U.S. side, the battle proved the deadliest entanglement of Operation Anaconda, an effort early in the War in Afghanistan to rout al-Qaeda forces from the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains. The battle saw three helicopter landings by the U.S. on the mountain top, each met with direct assault from al-Qaeda forces. Although Takur Ghar was eventually taken, seven U.S. service members were killed and 12 others were wounded. The battle is also known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge, after the first casualty of the battle, Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts.

^ Naylor, Sean (1 June 2006). Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 46, 118–119. ISBN 978-0-14-192946-0.
^ ^a ^b MacPherson, Malcolm (July 25, 2006). Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan. New York: Dell. p. 290. ISBN 978-0553586800.
^ MacPherson, Malcolm (July 25, 2006). Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan. New York: Dell. p. 62. ISBN 978-0553586800.
^ MacPherson, Malcolm (July 25, 2006). Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan. New York: Dell. p. 239. ISBN 978-0553586800.

[1] Naylor, Sean (1 June 2006). Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 46, 118–119. ISBN 978-0-14-192946-0.

[Victory-2] MacPherson, Malcolm (July 25, 2006). Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan. New York: Dell. p. 290. ISBN 978-0553586800.

[3] MacPherson, Malcolm (July 25, 2006). Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan. New York: Dell. p. 62. ISBN 978-0553586800.

[4] MacPherson, Malcolm (July 25, 2006). Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan. New York: Dell. p. 239. ISBN 978-0553586800.

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