French forces in Afghanistan
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French forces in Afghanistan were involved in the War in Afghanistan from late 2001 until fully withdrawing by 2014. They operated within two distinct frameworks:
French VAB patrolling in Afghanistan in 2009.
Uzbin Valley ambush
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French International Security Assistance Force troops were ambushed by Afghan Taliban insurgents, with heavy casualties, in the Uzbin Valley outside the village of Spēṟ Kunday in the Surobi District o
French forces in Afghanistan
…component had carried out 1 700 sorties and 300 shows of force. In August 2008, nine French soldiers were killed and 21 wounded by guerilla forces in the Uzbin Valley Ambush, near Surobi. A tenth soldier died in a related road accident. These losses, the heaviest in France since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, shocked the…
Surobi Uzbin Valley