Takur Ghar is a high

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located in the

Arma Mountains The Arma Mountains are a mountain range in the Zurmat District of the Paktia province of Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South As ...

of southeastern

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

. The peak is on the eastern border of the

Shah-i-Kot Valley The Shah-i-Kot Valley (also Shahi-Kot, Shah-e-Kot and other variant spellings) is a valley in the Paktia province of Afghanistan, southeast of the town of Zormat. The terrain in and around the valley is notoriously rugged, located at a mean alt ...

. The peak of Takur Ghar was the location of fierce fighting between

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and

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insurgents, as well as

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fighters, during

Operation Anaconda Operation Anaconda or the Battle of Shah-i-Kot was a military operation that took place in early March 2002 as part of the War in Afghanistan. CIA paramilitary officers, working with their allies, attempted to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban force ...

in March 2002 as part of the larger US war in Afghanistan. Naylor, Sean (2005). ''Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda''. New York: Penguin Group. Takur Ghar is featured in the 2010

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video game ''

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''.

References

Mountains of Afghanistan Landforms of Paktia Province {{Paktia-geo-stub