Marjah

E512990

Marjah is a rural agricultural town in southern Afghanistan that gained international attention as a major Taliban stronghold and the focus of a large NATO offensive in 2010.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marjah canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation
populated place
town
administrativeStatus sub-district center of Nad Ali District
belligerent Afghan National Army NERFINISHED
International Security Assistance Force NERFINISHED
NATO NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
conflict Taliban insurgency NERFINISHED
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan
controlledBy Taliban (various periods during war) NERFINISHED
country Afghanistan
event Operation Moshtarak NERFINISHED
governingBody Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (pre-2021) NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic agricultural
rural
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
opium poppy cultivation
hasIssue insecurity due to insurgency
landmines and unexploded ordnance
hasLanguage Dari NERFINISHED
Pashto NERFINISHED
hasReligion Islam
knownFor NATO military offensive in 2010
Taliban stronghold
locatedIn Helmand Province NERFINISHED
Helmand River valley NERFINISHED
southern Afghanistan NERFINISHED
majorEthnicGroup Pashtun NERFINISHED
militarySignificance site of one of the largest joint Afghan-NATO operations of the war
near Lashkar Gah NERFINISHED
opponent Taliban NERFINISHED
partOf Greater Helmand agricultural region NERFINISHED
Nad Ali District NERFINISHED
primaryObjective clear Taliban from Marjah
regionType agricultural area
startDate 2010-02
strategicImportance Taliban logistics hub
insurgent staging area
subjectOf international media coverage in 2010
terrain canal network
irrigated farmland
timeInTheNews 2010
timezone Afghanistan Time NERFINISHED
utcOffset +04:30

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helmand Province, Afghanistan containsCity Marjah
subject surface form: Helmand Province