Garmsir

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title: "Garmsir" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-helmand-province", "wars-involving-the-taliban"] description: "Location in Helmand Province, Afghanistan" topic_path: "history/military" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmsir" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Location in Helmand Province, Afghanistan ::

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leader_name	Haji Abdullah Jan
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Garmsir (; from Persian گرمسیر, meaning "hot place") is the center of Garmsir District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Helmand River on at 714 m altitude and 63 km southwest of Lashkargah. The major road at Garmsir is Route 605. The hospital is called Hazar Juft Comprehensive Health Clinic.

Prince Harry spent time in the village during his 2008 period in the country.

Climate

Garmsir has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Garmsir is 21.3 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 83 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 33.8 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 8.6 °C.

| location = Garmsir | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 15.9 | Feb high C = 19.0 | Mar high C = 25.5 | Apr high C = 30.5 | May high C = 36.7 | Jun high C = 41.8 | Jul high C = 42.6 | Aug high C = 40.9 | Sep high C = 36.7 | Oct high C = 30.9 | Nov high C = 23.4 | Dec high C = 17.8 | Jan mean C = 8.6 | Feb mean C = 11.5 | Mar mean C = 17.5 | Apr mean C = 22.1 | May mean C = 27.7 | Jun mean C = 32.2 | Jul mean C = 33.8 | Aug mean C = 31.5 | Sep mean C = 26.4 | Oct mean C = 20.6 | Nov mean C = 13.9 | Dec mean C = 9.4 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 1.3 | Feb low C = 4.1 | Mar low C = 9.5 | Apr low C = 13.7 | May low C = 18.8 | Jun low C = 22.6 | Jul low C = 25.1 | Aug low C = 22.2 | Sep low C = 16.2 | Oct low C = 10.3 | Nov low C = 4.5 | Dec low C = 1.1 | rain colour = green |source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web |url = http://en.climate-data.org/location/222063/ |title = Climate: Garmsir- Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 9 September 2016}}

Conflict

Main article: Battle of Garmsir

Garmsir was the scene of heavy fighting during April–September 2008 when U.S. Marines from the 24th MEU arrived to reinforce British and Afghan forces.

In July 2009, Marines taking part in Operation Khanjar met little or no resistance initially. By July 5, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines were engaged in heavy fighting with Taliban militants.

Notable people

• Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, founder of the Khalji dynasty of Bengal (1204–1227)

References

References

2. Malkasian, Carter. (2013). "War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier". Oxford University Press.
3. Farmer, Ben. (2009-07-05). "US Marines face a 'hell of a fight' in Helmand". UK Telegraph.

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