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    The siege of Musa Qala took place between July 17 and September 12, 2006 in Afghanistan's Helmand province. A small force of International Security Assistance...
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  • 2006 Taliban offensive (category Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Australia)
    attack unless they could be sure of success due to the lack of support from the local population. The police chief of Musa Qala, Abdul Wulley, earned the nickname...
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    Musa Qala (Pashto: موسی کلا; "Fortress of Moses") is a town and the district centre of Musa Qala District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It is located...
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  • The Battle of Musa Qala (also Qaleh or Qal'eh) was a British-led military action in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, launched by the Afghan National...
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    the siege. The governor of Helmand province appointed a new local governor, and a permanent ANA base was established in the town. Siege of Musa Qala Walsh...
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  • Siege of Musa Qala (2006) – War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Siege of Bint Jbeil (2006) – Second Lebanon War Siege of Al Amarah (2006) – Iraq War Siege...
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    Helmand province campaign (category Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving the United Kingdom)
    centres of Musa Qala, Sangin, and Now Zad. While the local police forces and Afghan army battalions managed to repel these attacks with the support of US advisors...
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  • Operation Nasrat Bagram Air Base Baghlan Battle of Musa Qala Battle of Chora Battle of Firebase Anaconda Battle of Aranas Significant military operations in...
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    Herrick order of battle International Security Assistance Force Provincial reconstruction team Battle of Musa Qala Battle of Now Zad Siege of Sangin Attack...
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    Pathfinder Platoon (category Airborne units and formations of the United Kingdom)
    they were forced to stay in Musa Qala fighting almost daily battles. The group was supposed to be reinforced by a company of 120 paratroopers but they had...
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  • Operation Mountain Thrust (category Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021))
    Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, [2] June 27–28, 2006 Musa Qala, Helmand July 10–11, 2006 Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Siege of Sangin Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan...
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    Chris Bell (British Army officer) (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    part in Operation Telic. At the age of 35: 65  he commanded a Mechanized battalion during the Battle of Musa Qala in Helmand Province.: xv  Speaking subsequently...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nawzad. Battle of Now Zad Battle of Musa Qala Siege of Sangin Helmand Province campaign – ongoing ISAF campaign...
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    Mellieħa Bay (Mellieħa) Mgarr ix-Xini (Xewkija) Mġiebaħ (Mellieħa) Mistra Bay (Qala Mistra) (San Pawl il-Baħar/Mellieħa) Paradise Bay (Mellieħa) Pretty Bay or...
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    The siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi), also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi) and the Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi),...
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  • Abdul Bari (Taliban commander, Helmand) (category Year of birth missing)
    involved in the Taliban's successful capture of Musa Qala, told Asia Times that Abdul Bari was in overall command of the attack. Another Taliban commander named...
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    The siege of Kobanî was launched by the Islamic State (IS) on 13 September 2014, in order to capture the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî (also...
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    for the Liberation of Al-Sham kills and arrests ISIS-affiliates in Idlib]. The New Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 July 2020. Musa, Rami (10 June 2015)...
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    condition to withstand a possible siege.: 27  Next, Hassan took on the task of irrigating the surrounding villages of the Alamut valley. The land at valley's...
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  • Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (category Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members)
    hostage crisis in Russia The 2024 Solingen stabbing in Germany The 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing in Afghanistan The Tarmuwa massacre in Nigeria The 2024...
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  • The siege of Deir ez-Zor was a large-scale siege imposed by the Islamic State (IS) militant group against several districts in the city of Deir ez-Zor...
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    hostages during a siege in which he demanded that the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the Kouachi brothers, not be harmed. The siege ended when police...
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  • decapitated in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. A total of 18 men have been arrested by...
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  • 2024 Qorodal bus shooting (category Persecution of Hazaras)
    the incident and had ignored a series of targeted attacks against Shia Hazaras. 2024 Kabul bus bombing 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing "IS group claims deadly...
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    Sinjar massacre (redirect from Sinjar siege)
    before blowing it up. While the siege of Mount Sinjar was continuing, ISIL killed hundreds of Yazidis in at least six of the nearby villages. 250–300 men...
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  • of the war in Helmand, Afghanistan, centring on the December 2007 operation by British, American and Afghan troops to recapture the town of Musa Qala...
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    The siege of Menagh Air Base (also spelled Menegh, Mannagh, or Minakh) was an armed confrontation between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army...
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    movements as a symbol of jihad. It usually consists of the Black Standard with a white text of the Shahada (Islamic declaration of faith) emblazoned across...
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  • Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    Hudhayfah Al-Ansari (Arabic: أبو حذيفة الأنصاري) is the current spokesman of the Islamic State. He was announced as the spokesman in a speech released...
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    Masyaf Castle (category Castles of the Nizari Ismaili state)
    emirate from the middle of the 12th century until the end of the 13th century. Saladin besieged it in May 1176, but the siege did not last long and it...
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