EPISODE · Mar 21, 2018 · 37 MIN
The Battle of Barg-e Matal
from The Spear · host Modern War Institute at West Point
In this episode, Maj. Jake Miraldi walks listeners through the 2009 Battle of Barg-e Matal in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province. He was part of a small US force sent to retake a village captured by Taliban forces. They expected to be at the village for 96 hours. His battalion ended up fighting there for two months.
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