War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.

Uzbin Valley ambush

2008 battle during the War in Afghanistan

French International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops were ambushed by Afghan Taliban insurgents, with heavy casualties, in the Uzbin Valley outside the village of Spēṟ Kunday in the Surobi District of Kabul province in eastern Afghanistan on 18 August 2008.