Shah-i-Kot Valley

Shah-i-Kot Valley

The Shah-i-Kot Valley (also Shahi-Kot, Shah-e-Kot and other variant spellings) is a valley located in Afghanistan's Paktia province, southeast of the town of Zormat. The terrain in and around the valley is notoriously rugged, located at a mean altitude of 9,000 feet. Shah-i-Kot means "Place of the King" and it has historically been a redoubt for Afghan guerrillas hiding from foreign invaders.

The area was the scene of fierce fighting between the Afghan mujahideen rebels and Soviet forces during the Afghan-Soviet War.

It was also the scene of what was then the largest battle of the U.S.-Afghan War to date.cite news
url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=war04&date=20020304&query=A+force+of+about+1%2C000+U.S.+troops+and+their+Afghan+allies+continued+to+battle
title=Afghans: U.S. botched attack
publisher=Seattle Times
date=March 4 2002
accessdate=2007-11-19] cite news
url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=war07&date=20020307&query=A+force+of+about+1%2C000+U.S.+troops+and+their+Afghan+allies+continued+to+battle
title=More troops may join fierce ground battle
publisher=Seattle Times
date=March 7 2002
accessdate=2007-11-19] cite news
url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=notebook10&date=20020310&query=A+force+of+about+1%2C000+U.S.+troops+and+their+Afghan+allies+continued+to+battle
title=Notebook: Afghans push for surrender
publisher=Seattle Times
date=March 10 2002
accessdate=2007-11-19] The Battle of Shah-i-Kot took place during Operation Anaconda, which began on March 2, 2002.

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