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Please open the description for more information. *DISCLAIMER* This footage is part of an war archive of the war in Afghanistan and should be viewed as educational. This footage is not meant to glorify war or violence. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. This is a war documentary. 36 min footage of U.S. Marines during Furious Firefights and Heavy Clashes Fighting against Taliban forces in Afghanistan. In this video, you'll see close combat footage filmed in 2010-13. The war in Afghanistan or the American war in Afghanistan was the period in which the United States invaded Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks. Supported initially by close allies, they were later joined by NATO beginning in 2003. It followed the Afghan Civil War's 1996–2001 phase. Its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. Key allies, including the United Kingdom, supported the U.S. from the start to the end of the phase. This phase of the war is the longest war in United States history. ★00:00★ - U.S. Marines establishing a Patrol Base in an abandoned compound in the kinetic village of Potay, Sangin District, Afghanistan. The Marines get engaged by Taliban fighters while in the compound and repel the with heavy squad organic weapons fire and mortars. ★04:29★ - "Operation Eastern Endeavor" U.S. Marines conduct fire upon enemy forces near Sangin, Afhganistan, October 21, 2010. Marines is conducting counter insurgency operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force. ★06:33★ - "Operation Eastern Endeavor" U.S. Marines engage enemy forces from a patrol base near Sangin, Afghanistan, November 19, 2010. 1st Reconnaissance Battalion is conducting counter insurgency operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force. ★08:23★ - "Operation in Sangin" An operation in Sangin, Afghanistan to establish a patrol base and take control of a bridge. Fire fight video, firing rockets, searching taliban fighters. ★10:50★ - U.S. Marines taking highly accurate IDF at Patrol Base Georgetown in Kajaki Sofla, Afghanistan on November 22, 2011. The Marines suppress the enemy with squad organic weapons, TOW missiles and .50 caliber machine guns. After 5 hours the Marines take casualties and get the wounded medevac'd. ★12:30★ - U.S. Marine AH-1W Cobras and M1A1 Abrams engaging enemy insurgents surrounding VSP Shurakay while supporting Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (CLR-2) during Operation Dynamic Partner, Helmand Province, Afghanistan 2013. ★12:30★ - "Operation Trap House" Marines and sailors with Alpha Company with Afghan National Army soldiers search for, disrupt and engage insurgents in Deh Mushek, Afghanistan. Operation Trap House falls under the overarching Operation Jaws. ★20:43★ - Marines with Bravo Company launched an interdiction operation near the Bari Gul Bazaar in Nad Ali Disctrict, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013. Approximately 96 Marines, Sailors and Afghan personnel engaged Taliban forces during the 14-hour operation, which included nearly four hours of sustained combat with insurgents in and around the bazaar. The operation, Apache Snow II, was designed to deny Taliban forces free movement in the area and strike against their ability to gather armaments. ★24:02★ - Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion attacking the insurgent narcotics and trafficking hub at Bahram Chah on the Pakistan-Helmand province border. Scenes includes multiple instances of gunfire and explosions. ★30:42★ - U.S. Marines conducting a patrol to improve force protection of Patrol Base Atull in Sangin, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. Marines eliminate obstructions that limit guard posts observation and know firing points to improve force protection. ★32:44★ - "Operation Enduring Freedom" U.S. Marines conduct a clearing operation in the Eastern Desert in Sangin, Afghanistan, Aug 26, 2011. The objective involves cleaning multiple compounds while providing security around the region as well as to check the area for any harmful activity. ★33:20★ - "Operation Helmand Viper" Scout sniper Marines during Operation Helmand Viper. ★35:39★ - Marine Security Patrol. U.S. Marines clear a tree line in Sangin, Afghanistan on Oct. 11, 2011. Marines clear tree lines to expand visions from the patrol base and minimize threats of IEDs. ►Subscribe Now to War Clashes -- http://bit.ly/1iAy5UG ►Subscribe to our facebook page -- http://on.fb.me/1KDHp0B