Friendly fire incident at Sangin
The Friendly fire incident at Sangin was a military incident that took place on March 29, 2006. Afghan insurgents mounted an assault on a forward operating base in Helmand province near the town of Lashkar Gah, which had been opened only six weeks earlier and was staffed by 100 ANA soldiers and their American trainers, using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades, and mortars.
| Friendly Fire incident at Sangin | |||||
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| Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | |||||
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Coalition: United States Canada United Kingdom Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Taliban | ||||
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1 killed 1 wounded 1 killed 3 wounded 8 killed 1 wounded | 32 killed | ||||
While eight Afghan soldiers were killed in the initial assault, an American soldier was killed and another wounded, a Canadian soldier was killed and three more wounded, and another Afghan soldier was wounded following a friendly fire incident in which an American soldier manning a Humvee-mounted 7.62mm gun fired on their positions.
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