2003 Lejay Firefight

2003 Lejay Firefight

Timeline

  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013

Battles and operations

Invasion
  • Crescent Wind
  • Rhino
  • Mazari Sharif
  • Kunduz
  • Herat
  • Kabul
  • Tawin Kowt
  • Shawali Kowt
  • Sayyd Alma Kalay
  • Qala-i-Jangi
  • Kandahar
  • Tora Bora
Helmand Province
  • Lejay
  • Eagle Fury
  • Lashkar Gah
  • Mountain Thrust
  • 1st Sangin
  • Mountain Fury
  • Now Zad
  • Achilles
  • Musa Qala I
  • Volcano
  • Kryptonite
  • Silver
  • Pickaxe-Handle
  • Hammer
  • Nasrat
  • Musa Qala II
  • Garmsir
  • Eagle's Summit
  • Red Dagger
  • Shahi Tandar
  • Diesel
  • Mar Lewe
  • Panther's Claw
  • Strike of the Sword
  • Dahaneh
  • Cobra's Anger
  • Moshtarak
  • Tor Shezada
  • 2nd Sangin
  • Camp Bastion
Kandahar Province
  • Medusa
  • Avalanche
  • Kaika
  • Panjwaii
  • Falcon Summit
  • Hoover
  • Luger
  • Kamin
  • Shah Wali Kot
  • 1st Kandahar
  • Spin Boldak
  • Sarposa Prison
  • Arghandab
  • Wech Baghtu
  • 2nd Kandahar
  • Nadahan wedding bombing
  • Hamkari
  • Dragon Strike
  • Baawar
  • Kandahar
Eastern Afghanistan
  • Hazar Qadam
  • Anaconda (Takur Ghar)
  • Warrior Sweep
  • Jacana
  • Haven Denial
  • Mountain Resolve
  • Tar Heels
  • Korangal valley (Red Wings)
  • Afghanya
  • Ebrahimkhel
  • Jaji border incident
  • Nangar Khel
  • South Korean hostages
  • Wanat
  • Alasay
  • Kamdesh
  • Narang
  • Khataba
  • Bad Pakh
  • Bulldog Bite
  • Do Ab
Kabul Province
  • 1st Kabul
  • Hotel Serena
  • 1st Indian Embassy
  • Uzbin
  • Feb 2009 Kabul raid
  • 2nd Indian Embassy
  • Bakhtar guest house
  • NATO headquarters
  • Jan 2010 Kabul raid
  • Feb 2010 Kabul raid
  • May 2010 Kabul bombing
  • NATO convoy
Kunduz Province
  • Kunduz airstrike
  • Oqab
  • Sahda Ehlm
  • Gala-e Gorg
  • Harekate Yolo
  • Karez
  • Mountain Viper
  • Asbury Park
  • Perth
  • Chora
  • Firebase Anaconda
  • Shewan
  • Balamorghab
  • Derapet
  • Doan

Airstrikes

  • Azizabad
  • Baraki Barak
  • Deh Bala
  • Gora Prai
  • Granai
  • Hyderabad
  • Kapisa
  • Kunar Raid
  • Kunduz
  • Mano Gai
  • Sayyd Alma Kalay
  • Sangin
  • Uruzgan
  • Wech Baghtu

Insurgent attacks

  • Ashura
  • 2007 Bagram
  • 2007 Baghlan
  • Camp Chapman
  • April 2012
  • Camp Bastion

Massacres

  • Dasht-i-Leili Massacre
  • Kandahar
  • Khataba
  • Maywand
  • Nangar
  • Narang
  • Shinwar

Other

  • US urination incident
  • 2012 Quran buring protests
  • Insurgents' bodies
  • U.S.-Afghan Strategic Agreement
  • U.S. Withdrawal

Coordinates: 33°09′00″N 65°07′59″E / 33.15°N 65.133°E / 33.15; 65.133

A skirmish occurred on the morning of February 10, 2003 outside of Lejay, a small village in the northern, mountainous part of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The village is in the Baghran valley, and one of the few highways in Afghanistan passes through it. American intelligence analysts assert that the village is the focus of the Opium Trade.

Vehicles approaching the village report being fired on. In response American forces mobilized hundreds of troops to comb the country surrounding the village in Operation Eagle Fury. The Operation mobilized dozens of coalition warplanes.

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