Alasay District - Security and Operations

Security and Operations

From approximately 2006 until March 2009 the area was considered insurgent controlled. In March however, French forces from GTIA Kapisa and Chasseurs Alpins 27e Battalion, along with a battalion of Afghan troops were able to successfully drive them out and establish two Afghan National Army bases in the valley.

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