| Operation Mar Lewe | |||||||
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| Part of theWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | |||||||
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| Unknown | |||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed Unknown wounded | Unknown | ||||||
Operation Mar Lewe was a three-dayInternational Security Assistance Force operation started in the early hours of Friday 29 May 2009 when theTaliban were attacked as theAfghan Security Forces andBritish Army struck at enemy positions around the village of Yatimchay, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south ofMusa Qaleh,Helmand Province,Afghanistan.[1] "Mar Lewe" isPashto for "snake wolf".[1][2]
The British Army forces were from the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers,[1] a well trained, operationally hardened Light Role Infantry Battalion.[3]