# Tangi Valley

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{{Short description|Valley in Wardak, Afghanistan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
[[File:An ASLAV in a defensive position in Afghanistan during 2010.jpg|thumb|An Australian Army [ASLAV](/source/ASLAV) overlooking the Tangi Valley in 2010]]
'''Tangi Valley''' (also known as '''Wardak Valley''' or '''Tangi Wardak''') is located in the south of [Wardak Province](/source/Wardak_Province) in [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan). Between 2009 and 2011 it was occupied by US forces, and became known for the large number of US troops killed there.<ref name="ssgw">{{cite book |last1=Brereton |first1=Brian G. |date=2015 |title=Social Science Goes to War: The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan |chapter-url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190216726.001.0001/acprof-9780190216726-chapter-10 |publisher=Oxford University Press |chapter=10 |isbn=9780190216726}}</ref> It was considered an important area and hence was a focus of insurgent activity due to its proximity to [Kabul](/source/Kabul), the capital of Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rivera |first1=Ray |last2=Rubin |first2=Allisa J. |last3=Shanker |first3=Thom |title=Copter Downed by Taliban Fire; Elite U.S. Unit Among Dead | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/asia/07afghanistan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |accessdate=8 July 2022 |date=6 August 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

The [2011 Chinook shootdown](/source/2011_Chinook_shootdown_in_Afghanistan) took place in the Tangi Valley.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clemons|first=Steve|title=Close to Kabul: Chinook Tragedy in the Tangi Valley|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/08/close-to-kabul-chinook-tragedy-in-the-tangi-valley/243212/|accessdate=28 November 2012|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=6 August 2011}}</ref> The day was the single biggest loss of US lives in Afghanistan.<ref name="ssgw" />

By 2014, the Taliban had taken over the valley, with the central government at the time no longer having presence or control.<ref>{{cite news|last=Khaja |first=Nagieb |title=Afghanistan conflict: Life inside a Taliban stronghold| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-29658839 |accessdate=8 July 2022 |date=20 October 2014 |newspaper=BBC}}</ref>

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{{Wardak Province}}

Category:Valleys of Afghanistan
Category:Landforms of Maidan Wardak Province

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