Khanashin

Khanashin خان شین
Khanashin Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 30°32′58″N 63°47′23″E / 30.54944°N 63.78972°E / 30.54944; 63.78972Coordinates: 30°32′58″N 63°47′23″E / 30.54944°N 63.78972°E / 30.54944; 63.78972
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Helmand Province
District	Reg District (Helmand)
Occupation	Taliban
Elevation	2,106 ft (642 m)
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Khanashin, or Khan Neshin, (other names: Khān Neshīn, Khannesin, Khan Nashin, Khān Nashīn, Khan Nashim, Khānnešīn) is a village located in the Reg District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan at

30°32′58″N 63°47′23″E / 30.5494°N 63.7897°E / 30.5494; 63.7897 at 642 altitude. It is close to the Helmand River and 168 km southwest of Lashkargah. It has been identified by the USGS as the site of a deposit, called the Khanneshin carbonatite, of at least 1 million tons of rare earth element ore.

Operation Enduring Freedom[]

Taliban presence[]

Khan Neshin became a Taliban insurgent stronghold in the years following the 2001 invasion.

Operation Khanjar[]

In July 2009, U.S. Marines from 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and a Platoon attachment from established the first sustained presence of coalition forces in the southern Helmand River valley by entering the village of Khan Neshin after gaining the village elders' permission.^[1][2][3]

See also[]

• Operation Khanjar
• Helmand Province campaign
• Helmand Province

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Khanashin.