When faced with the security challenge, the Dutch reverted to an "inkspot policy" whereby they focused their attention only on Uruzgan's three population centers, leaving other areas to Taliban control.

The Dutch troops reassembled near the Chora District building and contacted their commander, Colonel Hans van Griensven in Camp Holland at Multi National Base Tarin Kot near Tarinkot, for instructions.

An Apache helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at the farm, killing the Taliban fighters[citation needed] and civilians inside.

Rozi Khan, a local tribal militia leader with shifting loyalties (who was himself killed during October 2008 fighting in the area), offered 150–200 of his fighters to support the defense of Chora.

[1] A group of Dutch and Australian troops at Camp Holland near Tarinkot moved to Chora, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Rob Querido.

Also on Saturday, June 16, U.S. Staff Sergeant Roy P. Lewsader was killed when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Tarinkot.

][1] At 10:00, Dutch and Afghan troops, together with Rozi Khan's militia, made a push called "Operation Troy", in which they recaptured the three lost checkpoints.