Battle of Alasay

Operation Dinner Out
	Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Date	14–23 March 2009
Location	Alasay, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan
Result	Coalition victory; Taliban retreat.
Belligerents
International Security Assistance Force: France; United States; Islamic Republic of Afghanistan;	Taliban
Commanders and leaders
Col Nicolas Le Nen; Col. Hussein; Lt Colonel Sean D Wester (USMC)	N/A
Strength
400 Chasseurs Alpins; 400 men from the 1st Kandak	around 400
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 1 wounded; 6 wounded	35 killed; 70 presumed killed; 40 wounded; 80 presumed wounded

The Battle of Alasay, codenamed Operation Dinner Out, was a military operation carried out by French troops of the Chasseurs Alpins's 27e Battalion and the Afghan National Army (ANA) 1st Kandak (battalion) between 14 and 23 March 2009.^[1] Marine Embedded Training Team 6-4, US Army Embedded Training Team 4-3-201, as well as other US units provided air support, both with attack helicopters and A-10 and F-15E strike aircraft. The operation enabled the construction of two bases for the Afghan Army in the Alasay valley, which had been guerrilla control since 2006.^[2]

^ "Fin de l'opération Dinner Out dans la vallée d'Alasaï - Zone Militaire". Opex360.com. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ Guisnel, Jean (23 March 2009). "En Afghanistan, un cessez-le-feu met fin à la bataille d'Alasay". Le Point. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2009.

[1] "Fin de l'opération Dinner Out dans la vallée d'Alasaï - Zone Militaire". Opex360.com. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[2] Guisnel, Jean (23 March 2009). "En Afghanistan, un cessez-le-feu met fin à la bataille d'Alasay". Le Point. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2009.

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