Unknown Unknown Dates 29 May 2009 – 1 Jun 2009 | 2 killed,
Unknown wounded Unknown Result British/ANA victory. | |
Location Helmand Province, Afghanistan Combatants Afghanistan, Taliban, United Kingdom Similar Operation Tar Heels, Operation Pickaxe‑Handle, Operation Kryptonite, Operation Bulldog Bite, Battle of Barawala Kalay Val | ||
Operation Mar Lewe was a three-day International Security Assistance Force operation started in the early hours of Friday 29 May 2009 when the Taliban were attacked as the Afghan Security Forces and British Army struck at enemy positions around the village of Yatimchay, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Musa Qaleh, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. "Mar Lewe" is Pashtu for "snake wolf".
The British Army forces were from the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, a well trained, operationally hardened Light Role Infantry Battalion. Corporal Stephen Bolger, of the Special Forces Support Group, and Lance Corporal Nigel Moffett, of the Light Dragoons were killed by a roadside bomb during the operation.
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