Sangin is a district in the east of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Its population was reported at 58,100 in 2012, all of which belong to Pashtun ethnic...

area in Afghanistan" in 2010. Sangin also houses the main bazaar for Sangin District. Route 611 passes through Sangin. Sangin has a hot desert climate (Köppen...

during the war in Afghanistan. During the engagement, the district centre of Sangin District in Helmand Province was occupied by British forces and was...

The Battle for Sangin was an extended campaign during the War in Afghanistan. Sangin is considered the bloodiest battleground of Afghanistan by both United...

February 2014. Thornton 2013, p. 22. "PICTURE of the day: 3 RIFLES Recce in Sangin". MoD. Retrieved 1 October 2017. "Two Grenades and a Death at the Gym"....

States. In March 2012, the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines deployed to Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan to conduct counterinsurgency operations...

Battalion 5th Marines were killed in the Sangin district when an IED destroyed the MATV they were riding in. The 3/5 Sangin deployment was the deadliest deployment...

The town of Sangin, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, was captured by the Taliban on 23 March 2017. For two months, the Taliban had launched fresh attacks...

base used by both British and US forces located just west of Sangin Village, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The FOB was named after British...

on a foot patrol in Sangin District, Helmand Province, Monday 27 July 2009. WO2 Upton was serving in Afghanistan as 2IC of Sangin's Police Mentoring Team...

Mullah Dadullah launched simultaneous attacks against the district centres of Musa Qala, Sangin, and Now Zad. While the local police forces and Afghan army...

The 2017 Sangin airstrike was an American bombing of the Sangin District in the Helmand Province in Afghanistan. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan...

provinces. On 23 March 2017, Sangin district was captured by the Taliban, as they had overrun the district center of the town of Sangin. During the earlier phase...

Robinson got its name from an American soldier killed in action in Sangin District, Staff Sergeant Christopher L. Robinson, 36, of Brandon, Mississippi...

He died of injuries sustained during a fire fight with Taliban forces in Sangin, Helmand Province, from a bullet probably fired from a NATO weapon. The...

London Gazette (Supplement). 3 January 2006. p. 5. "Shura held in Sangin District Centre yesterday". NATO. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2014. "No...

Laghman, Kunar Sarkani District and Herat provinces in Afghanistan, and form the majority of the population in the Sangin District. Jaldak, which is located...

of these was in Sangin, which was cut off and surrounded by the Taliban in early July. Eleven soldiers were killed in Sangin District over the subsequent...

related fighting was reported across a larger area, particularly in Sangin district to the south of Musa Qala. Musa Qala is a town of around 15,000 to...

Members of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, conducted operations in the Sangin District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...

October 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF to the Sangin District of Helmand Province. During this time they took part in two separate...

two Land Rovers take a tactical pause during a combat patrol in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province, Afghanistan at the Helmand province campaign...

2011, the battalion deployed again to Afghanistan, this time to the Sangin District of Helmand Province. They conducted a Relief-In-Place (RIP) with 2nd...

responsible for the security and area around the Kajaki Dam and the Sangin District. The battalion deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve from...

Russo-Georgian War  Georgia  Russia Defeat 2010–2011 Battle of Sangin Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ISAF...

attempting to clear Taliban from Sangin in Helmand. Canadians were tasked to relieve British soldiers besieged in Sangin district centre, and at the same time...

to Camp Shorabak in an advisory role, due to the Taliban overrun of Sangin district in Helmand province. The base was initially home to the Afghan National...

hours of 23 March 2017 Sangin district was captured by the Taliban as they have overrun the district center, the town of Sangin. During earlier phase of...

clearing, holding and building in the districts of Panjwai and Zhari, while also protecting Arghandab District and the Afghan–Pakistan border in the area...

1/5 and elements of 1/6 in both the "green" and "brown" zones of the Sangin District for a second tour in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The battalion...