Battle of Qala-i-Jangi 2001
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 25 November 2001 – 1 December 2001 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2001 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Afghanistan | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Afghan Conflict, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | United Kingdom, United States | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 36.6667, 66.9833 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Qala-i-Jangi in Afghanistan (sometimes also referred to as the "Battle of Mazar-i-Sharif") was a six-day military engagement following an uprising of prisoners of war who had been taken into custody by U.S.-led coalition forces on 25 November 2001. The battle took place from 25 November to 1 December, in northern Afghanistan. It followed the intervention by United States-led coalition forces to overthrow the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which had been harboring al-Qaeda operatives.
More than 400 foreign fighters surrendered outside Mazar-i-Sharif and were held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress by the Afghan Northern Alliance forces, where they were interrogated by the anti-Taliban warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum's fighters and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel hunting al-Qaeda suspects. The prisoners, who had not been searched properly when they surrendered, violently revolted and the ensuing fighting escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the conflict. It took Northern Alliance fighters, assisted by British and American special forces and air support, six days to quell the revolt.
All but 86 of the prisoners were killed as well as a number of Northern Alliance fighters. The only U.S.
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