The battle is also known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge, after the first casualty of the battle, Navy SEAL Neil C. service members were killed and 12 others were wounded. Although Takur Ghar was eventually taken, seven U.S. on the mountain top, each met with direct assault from al-Qaeda forces. The battle saw three helicopter landings by the U.S. side, the battle proved the deadliest entanglement of Operation Anaconda, an effort early in the War in Afghanistan to rout al-Qaeda forces from the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains. The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al-Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan.
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