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Good Friday Battle
The Good Friday Engagement took place on April 2, 2010 as part of the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Bundeswehr's operation in Afghanistan between a paratrooper unit and members of the Taliban. These were supported by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Three paratroopers were killed in the engagement. In the engagement, German soldiers were involved in prolonged combat operations with their own losses for the first time since the Second World War. Background The engagement took place in the Kunduz area as part of the ISAF operations there and German participation in the war in Afghanistan. Engagement On April 2, 2010, soldiers from Paratrooper Battalion 373 from Seedorf, Lower Saxony, Seedorf were tasked with clearing up and removing booby traps. At around 1 P.M. local time, the 34 paratroopers, led by their company commander, came under ambush from 30 to 40 insurgents. Three soldiers were wounded early on, two of them seriously, Sergeant Naef Adebahr and Corporal Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunduz Province
Kunduz () is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northern part of the country next to Tajikistan. The population of the province is around 1,136,677, which is mostly a tribal society; it is one of Afghanistan's most ethnically diverse provinces with many different ethnicities in large numbers living there.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine The city of Kunduz serves as the capital of the province. It borders the provinces of Takhar Province, Takhar, Baghlan Province, Baghlan, Samangan Province, Samangan and Balkh Province, Balkh, as well as the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. The Kunduz Airport is located next to the provincial capital. The Kunduz River valley dominates the Kunduz Province. The river flows irregularly from south to north into the Amu Darya river which forms the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. A newly constructed bridge crosses the Amu Darya at Sherkhan Bandar and the international trade is a large source of Kunduz's economy. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
