Friendly fire incident at Sangin

For the 2021 battle nearby, see Battle of Lashkargah.
Friendly Fire incident at Sangin
Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
DateMarch 29, 2006
Location
Helmand province, Afghanistan
Belligerents
Coalition:
 United States
 Canada
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan		 Afghanistan Taliban
Casualties and losses
United States 1 killed
United States 1 wounded
Canada 1 killed
Canada 3 wounded[1]
Afghanistan 8 killed
Afghanistan 1 wounded[1][2]		 30 (unconfirmed)[3]

The Friendly fire incident at Sangin was a military incident that took place on March 29, 2006. Afghan insurgents mounted an assault on a forward operating base in Helmand province near the town of Lashkar Gah, which had been opened only six weeks earlier and was staffed by 100 ANA soldiers and their American trainers,[3] using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades, and mortars.[4]

While eight Afghan soldiers were killed in the initial assault, an American soldier was killed and another wounded, a Canadian soldier was killed and three more wounded, and another Afghan soldier was wounded following a friendly fire incident in which an American soldier manning a Humvee-mounted 7.62mm gun fired on their positions.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Soldier's family struggles to accept his death". CTV News. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Officials to Investigate Incident that Killed U.S., Canadian Troops". US Department of Defense. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "How Pte. Costall died". The Globe and Mail. 30 March 2006.
  4. ^ "Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference boi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).