Attack on Bari Alai
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The attack on Bari Alai, also called the Battle of Nishagam, was an attack by Taliban insurgents on the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Observation Post (OP) Bari Alai in the perimeter of Nishagam in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, that took place on 1 May 2009. The attack was successful in being the first time during the War in Afghanistan that the Taliban had completely overrun a coalition outpost. Survivors were few, with the exception of two Latvian soldiers and a number of Afghan troops. The US detachment at the OP were all killed in action.
