Battle of Aranas | |||||||
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Part of the War in Afghanistan | |||||||
![]() Village of Aranas | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() ![]() | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
![]() 14 soldiers ![]() Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() 6 killed 8 wounded ![]() 3 killed 11 wounded | 1 killed |
The Aranas ambush was an attack by the Taliban against a US-Afghan patrol returning from a tribal meeting. The Taliban inflicted heavy casualties on US-Afghan forces, and the Americans managed to evacuate with their wounded in the darkness.