The attack on Bari Alai (Battle of Nishagam) [1] was a Taliban insurgent attack on the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Observation Post (OP) Bari Alai in the perimeter of Nishagam in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

OP Bari Alai is most famous for a large-scale Taliban attack on May 1, 2009, when an estimated force of 100-200 Taliban assaulted the Observation Post.

The assault began with a barrage of exchanged small-arms fire from insurgent positions surrounding the base while a second group split off and scaled the mountains that peaked above Bari Alai, strafing the outpost with grenade and explosive launched fire.

2009年5月18日 · Many U.S. troops in the area suspect that the Afghan POWs may have passively helped their Taliban attackers by laying down their arms, or even actively colluded with the enemy in the attack. Details of the battle have been sketchy, since all three Americans at Observation Post Bari Alai were killed in the fight.

2010年4月30日 · But conversations with American troops familiar with the situation reveal that in the early morning hours of May 1, more than 100 Taliban fighters launched a coordinated uphill attack on Bari Alai, a tactically critical, fortified mountaintop outpost that overlooks the convergence of the Hel Gal, Durin, Marin, and Kunar River Valleys, as well ...

It's unsure if an earlier arrival would have helped at OP Bari Alai which was devastated by a Taliban attack. They began a sweep of the nearby area searching for a missing American.

Video shot by the Taliban showing an attack on Outpost Bari Ali, May 1, 2009, in which three Americans and three Latvians were killed. Jerrald Jensen's brigade rebuilt the outpost a month later...

This is part 1 and 2 of a Emmy nominated story I produced and filmed in Afghanistan in 2010 for Dan Rather Reports, it aired for the first time on Sept. 13, 2011…

But conversations with American troops familiar with the situation reveal that in the early morning hours of May 1, more than 100 Taliban fighters launched a coordinated uphill attack on Bari Alai, a tactically critical, fortified mountaintoop outpost that overlooks the convergence of the Hel Gal, Durin, Marin, and Kunar River Valleys, as well ...

2024年1月29日 · The Attack on Bari Alai (Battle of Nishagam) was a Taliban insurgent attack on the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Observation Post (OP) Bari Alai in the perimeter of Nishagam in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. The attack was successful in being the first time during the war in Afghanist