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Siege of Nakfa
Part of the Eritrean War of Independence
Date17 September 1976 - 22 March 1977
Location
Nakfa, Eritrea Province, Ethiopia
Result EPLF victory
Belligerents
Siege of Nakfa EPLF Siege of Nakfa Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Siege of Nakfa Isaias Afwerki Siege of Nakfa Mammo Temtime
Strength
3,000 300
Casualties and losses
Unknown 225 killed

The siege of Nakfa took place in 1977 in and around the town of Nakfa in western Eritrea. It was laid to siege by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) against a small isolated Ethiopian battalion.

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