Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

See also: History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Part of the war on terror and the Afghan conflict

Clockwise from top-left:
American troops in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in Kunar Province; An American F-15E Strike Eagle dropping 2000 pound JDAMs on a cave in eastern Afghanistan; an Afghan soldier surveying atop a Humvee; Afghan and American soldiers move through snow in Logar Province; victorious Taliban fighters after securing Kabul; an Afghan soldier surveying a valley in Parwan Province; British troops preparing to board a Chinook during Operation Black Prince
| Date| 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021
(19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)

|

Location|

Afghanistan[a]

Result|  Taliban victory[32]
Territorial
changes|  Taliban control over Afghanistan increases compared to pre-intervention territory
Belligerents
Invasion (2001):

* United States
* Northern Alliance
* United Kingdom
* France
* Canada
* Italy
* Germany
* Australia
* New Zealand

|  Invasion (2001):

* Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
* Taliban
* Haqqani network

Non-state allies:

* Al-Qaeda
* 055 Brigade
* Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[1]
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi[2][3]
Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad[4][5]

ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021):

* Islamic State of Afghanistan (2001–2002)
* Afghan Transitional Authority (2002–2004)
* Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021)
* ISAF (2001–2014; 51 countries)[6]

* United States
* United Kingdom
* Canada
* Germany
* Australia
* Italy
* New Zealand
* France
* Turkey
* Georgia (country)
* Jordan
* Bulgaria
* Poland
* Romania
* Spain
* Czech Republic
* Macedonia
* Denmark
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Finland
* Croatia
* Hungary
* Norway
* Lithuania
* Mongolia
* United Arab Emirates
* Belgium
* Portugal
* Slovakia
* Netherlands
* Montenegro
* Latvia
* Sweden
* Albania
* Ukraine
* Bosnia–Herzegovina
* Greece
* Ireland
* Iceland
* Estonia
* Austria
* Malaysia
* Slovenia
* Colombia
* Switzerland
* Bahrain
* El Salvador
* Luxembourg
* South Korea
* Tonga
* Singapore

* Resolute Support (2015–2021; 36 countries)[7]
* High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (allegedly; from 2015)[8][9]
* Khost Protection Force and other pro-government paramilitaries[10]

|  ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021):

* Taliban

* * Haqqani network[11] (from 2002)

* al-Qaeda

* * Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent[12]

* Taliban splinter groups

* * Mullah Dadullah Front (from 2012)[13]
* * Fidai Mahaz (from 2013)

* Supported by:

* Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
(on and off until 2016)
* Islamic Jihad Union[14][15]
(from 2002)
* Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015)
* Turkistan Islamic Party
* Lashkar-e-Jhangvi[16]
* Pakistani Taliban[17]
* Lashkar-e-Islam
* Iran (alleged, but denied by Iran)[18]
* Pakistan (alleged, but denied by Pakistan)[19][20]
* Russia (alleged, but denied by Russia)[21][22][23]
* Saudi Arabia (alleged, but denied by Saudi Arabia)[24][25]
* Qatar (alleged by Saudi Arabia, but denied by Qatar)[26][27]
* China (alleged by the US, but denied by China)[28][29]

* * *

RS phase (2015–2021):

ISIL–KP (from 2015)[30]

* Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (since 2015)[31]

Commanders and leaders

List

* Hamid Karzai
* Ashraf Ghani
* George W. Bush
* Barack Obama
* Donald Trump
* Joe Biden
* Donald Rumsfeld
* Robert Gates
* Leon Panetta
* Chuck Hagel
* Ash Carter
* Jim Mattis
* Mark Esper
* Lloyd Austin
* Tony Blair
* Gordon Brown
* David Cameron
* Theresa May
* Boris Johnson
* Geoff Hoon
* John Reid
* Desmond Browne
* John Hutton
* Robert Ainsworth
* Liam Fox
* Philip Hammond
* Michael Fallon
* Gavin Williamson
* Penelope Mordaunt
* Ben Wallace
* Jean Chrétien
* Paul Martin
* Stephen Harper
* Justin Trudeau
* Gerhard Schröder
* Angela Merkel
* John Howard
* Kevin Rudd
* Julia Gillard
* Tony Abbott
* Malcolm Turnbull
* Scott Morrison
* Silvio Berlusconi
* Romano Prodi
* Mario Monti
* Enrico Letta
* Matteo Renzi
* Paolo Gentiloni
* Giuseppe Conte
* Mario Draghi
* Helen Clark
* John Key
* Bill English
* Jacinda Ardern

* * *

* Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
* John F. Campbell
* List of former ISAF Commanders
* List of former RS Commanders
* Nangialai †[9]
* Abdul Manan Niazi †[33]

List

* Mullah Omar #
* Akhtar Mansour †
* Hibatullah Akhundzada
* Obaidullah Akhund †[34][failed verification]
* Jalaluddin Haqqani #
* Sirajuddin Haqqani
* Mullah Yaqoob
* Abdul Ghani Baradar
* Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
* Osama bin Laden †
* Ayman al-Zawahiri
* Asim Umar †

* * *

* Muhammad Rasul
* Haji Najibullah[35]

* * *

* Shahab al-Muhajir[36]
* Hafiz Saeed Khan †
* Mawlavi Habib Ur Rahman[37]
* Abdul Haseeb Logari †
* Abdul Rahman Ghaleb †
* Abu Saad Erhabi †
* Abdullah Orokzai (POW)
* Qari Hekmat †
* Mufti Nemat
* Dawood Ahmad Sofi †
* Mohamed Zahran †
* Ishfaq Ahmed Sofi †

Strength

* ISAF: 130,000+ (peak strength)[38]
* Afghan National Defense and Security Forces: 307,947 (peak strength, January 2021)[39]
* Resolute Support Mission: 17,178 (peak strength, October 2019)[40]
* Defence contractors: 117,227 (peak strength, Q2 2012)[41]

* High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: 3,000–3,500[42]
* Khost Protection Force: 3,000–10,000 (2018)[43]

* Taliban: 58,000–100,000
(as of February 2021)[44]

* * Haqqani network: 4,000–15,000 (2009)[45][46][47]

* HIG: 1,500–2,000+ (2014)[48]
* al-Qaeda: c. 300 in 2016[49][50][51] (c. 3,000 in 2001)[49]

* * *

* Fidai Mahaz: 8,000 (2013)[35]

* * *

ISIL–KP: 3,500–4,000 (2018, in Afghanistan)[52]
Casualties and losses

* Afghan security forces:
66,000–69,095 killed[53][54]
* Northern Alliance:
200 killed[55][56][57][58][59]
* Coalition:

* Dead: 3,579

* United States: 2,420
* United Kingdom: 457[60]
* Canada: 159
* France: 90
* Germany: 62
* Italy: 53
* Others: 338

* Wounded: 23,536

* United States: 20,093[61]
* United Kingdom: 2,188[62]
* Canada: 2,071[b][64]

* Contractors

* Dead: 3,917[54][65][66]
* Wounded: 15,000+[65][66]

* Total killed: 76,591

Taliban insurgents:
80,000+ killed[67] (2,000+ al-Qaeda fighters)[49]

* * *

ISIL–KP:
2,400+ killed[30]

* Civilians killed: 46,319[54]

* * *

* Total killed: 176,206 (per Costs of War Project)[68]
* 212,191+ (per UCDP)[69]
* Total killed in related insurgency in Pakistan: 66,650[54]

* a The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of November 2014.[70]
* b The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of May 2017.[71]

* v
* t
* e

Afghan conflict

* 1975 uprising
* Saur Revolution (1978)
* 1979 uprisings
* Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)
* Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
* Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
* Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
* War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
* Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
* Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)
* Republican insurgency in Afghanistan

* v
* t
* e

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(North-West Pakistan)

* Wana
* Sunrise
* Mirali
* Rah-e-Haq
* Earthquake
* Righteous Path
* Sherdil
* Angur Ada
* Black Thunderstorm
* Rah-e-Raast
* Janbaz
* Khyber Pass
* Rah-e-Nijat
* Khwakh Ba De Sham
* Mohmand
* Neptune Spear
* Koh-e-Sufaid
* Zarb-e-Azb
* Khyber
* Ghazi
* Radd-ul-Fasaad
* Bannu
* North Waziristan
* Sarbakaf

American airstrikes
Damadola
Chenagai
Dande Darpakhel
Miramshah
Baghar China
Laghman
Shrawangai Nazarkhel
Datta Khel
Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan:

* Spera and Shultan
* Paktika

* * *

* Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes (since 2003)
* Pakistan–United States skirmishes (2008–2012)
* 2009 refugee crisis in Pakistan
* Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes (2024–present)

* v
* t
* e

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

History

Timeline

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

Battles and operations

* v
* t
* e

Invasion

* Crescent Wind
* Rhino
* Mazar-i-Sharif
* Kunduz
* Herat
* Kabul
* Tarinkot
* Trent
* Kandahar
* Qala-i-Jangi
* Shawali Kowt
* Sayyd Alma Kalay
* Tora Bora

* v
* t
* e

Helmand Province campaign

* Lejay
* Eagle Fury
* Lashkar Gah
* 2006 Taliban offensive
* Mountain Thrust
* 1st Sangin
* Mountain Fury
* Nawzad
* Achilles
* Musa Qala I
* Volcano
* Kryptonite
* Silver
* Pickaxe-Handle
* Hammer
* Nasrat
* Musa Qala II
* Garmsir
* Eagle's Summit
* Red Dagger
* Shahi Tandar
* Diesel
* Mar Lewe
* Panther's Claw
* Strike of the Sword
* Dahaneh
* Cobra's Anger
* Moshtarak
* Tor Shezada
* Battle of Sangin
* Camp Bastion
* January 2017 Lashkargah
* Sangin
* June 2017 Lashkargah
* Camp Shorabak
* Grishk

* v
* t
* e

Kandahar Province

* 2001 Kandahar bombing
* Fall of Kandahar
* Tarnak Farm
* Mongoose
* Medusa
* Avalanche
* 2006 Taliban offensive
* Kaika
* Panjwaii
* Falcon Summit
* Hoover
* Luger
* Kamin
* Shah Wali Kot
* 2008 Kandahar
* Spin Boldak
* Sarposa
* Arghandab
* Wech Baghtu
* 2009 Kandahar
* Nadahan
* Hamkari
* Dragon Strike
* Baawar
* Battle of Kandahar
* Kandahar massacre
* 2017 Kandahar
* 2020 Kandahar

* v
* t
* e

Eastern Afghanistan

* Hazar Qadam
* Anaconda (Takur Ghar)
* Warrior Sweep
* Jacana
* Haven Denial
* Mountain Resolve
* Korangal valley (Red Wings)
* Jaji border incident
* Bagram (2007)
* South Korean hostages
* Nangar Khel
* Aranas
* Wanat
* Ebrahimkhel
* Alasay
* Bari Alai
* Ganjal
* Kamdesh
* Narang
* Khataba
* 2010 Badakhshan massacre
* Bad Pakh
* Bulldog Bite
* Barawala Kalay Valley
* Do Ab
* Asadabad
* Bagram (2014)
* Jalalabad (2015)
* Bagram (2015)
* Nangarhar
* Jalalabad (2016)
* Janikhel
* Bagram (2016)
* Mohmand Valley
* Tora Bora
* Jalalabad (January 2018)
* Jalalabad (July 2018)
* Jalalabad (September 2018)
* Charikar
* Jalalabad (2019)
* Bagram (2019)
* May 2020

* v
* t
* e

Kabul Province

* 2002
* 2008 Serena Hotel
* 2008 Indian embassy
* Uzbin
* 2009 raids
* NATO HQ
* 2009 Indian embassy
* Bakhtar
* January 2010
* February 2010
* May 2010
* 2011 Inter-Continental Hotel
* September 2011
* December 2011
* April 2012
* June 2013
* Palace
* January 2014
* 2014 Serena Hotel
* December 2014
* Park Palace
* Parliament
* 7 August 2015
* 10 August 2015
* 22 August 2015
* Spanish Embassy
* April 2016
* Canadian Embassy
* July 2016
* American University
* September 2016
* January 2017
* March 2017
* May 2017
* October 2017 mosque
* 28 December 2017
* 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel
* Ambulance
* March 2018
* 22 April 2018
* 30 April 2018
* September 2018
* 2019 mosque
* 1 July 2019
* 28 July 2019
* 7 August 2019
* 17 August 2019
* 2 and 5 September 2019
* 17 September 2019
* 6 March 2020
* Gurdwara
* May 2020
* June 2020
* July 2020
* August 2020
* September 2020
* October 2020
* November 2020
* University
* December 2020
* 2021 school
* Fall of Kabul (2021)
* 2021 hospital

* v
* t
* e

Kunduz Province

* Airlift
* Siege
* Harekate Yolo
* Karez
* Oqab
* 2009 airstrike
* Sahda Ehlm
* Gala-e Gorg
* Halmazag
* 2015 battle
* Hospital airstrike
* Hostage crisis
* 2016 battle
* Boz Qandahari
* Kunduz madrassa
* 2020

Major operations

* Mountain Viper
* Asbury Park
* 2006 Taliban offensive
* Perth
* Chora
* Firebase Anaconda
* Shewan
* Balamorghab
* Sabzak
* Derapet
* Doan
* Kunduz (2015)
* Omari
* Tarinkot
* Kunduz (2016)
* Boz Qandahari
* Darzab (2017)
* Farah
* Darzab (2018)
* Kunar (2019–2020)
* Ghazni
* 2021 Taliban offensive
* Zaranj
* Kunduz
* Herat
* Kandahar
* Lashkargah
* Kabul

Airstrikes

* Sayyd Alma Kalay
* Uruzgan wedding
* Hyderabad
* Gora Prai
* Haska Meyna/Deh Bala
* Azizabad
* Wech Baghtu
* Granai
* Kunduz (2009)
* Uruzgan helicopter
* Sangin (2010)
* Mano Gai
* Baraki Barak
* Kapisa
* Kunar
* Kunduz hospital
* Sangin (2017)
* Nangarhar
* Kunduz madrassa

Major insurgent attacks
2002

* Kabul

2007

* Attempted assassination of Dick Cheney
* S Korean hostage
* Baghlan sugar factory

2008

* Kandahar
* Spin Boldak
* Khost
* Kabul Indian embassy
* Kabul hotel

2009

* Kabul raids
* Kabul NATO
* Kandahar
* Kabul Indian embassy
* Kabul UN guesthouse
* Camp Chapman

2010

* Kabul (Jan)
* Kabul (Feb)
* Kabul (May)
* Nadahan

2011

* Logar
* Kabul hotel
* Nimruz
* Zabul
* Kabul (Sep)
* Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif

2012

* Raids
* Camp Bastion
* FOB Salerno Attack

2013

* Farah
* Kabul court
* Kabul palace
* Jalalabad
* Herat

2014

* Kabul restaurant
* Kabul hotel
* Herat Indian consulate
* Bagram
* 1st Paktika
* 2nd Paktika
* Kabul school

2015

* Jalalabad
* Kabul hotel
* Kabul Parliament
* Khost
* Kabul police
* Kabul Airport
* Kabul NATO
* Ghazni
* Kandahar
* Kabul Spanish embassy
* Bagram

2016

* Jalalabad
* Kabul NDS
* Kunduz-Takhar highway
* Kabul Canadian embassy
* Wardak
* Kabul Hazara protest
* Kabul University
* Kabul Defense Ministry
* Mazar-i-Sharif
* Bagram

2017

* Bombings (Jan)
* Kabul hospital
* Camp Shaheen
* Kabul (May)
* Herat (Jun)
* June Lashkargah
* Herat (Aug)
* Gardez & Ghazni
* Kabul & Ghor
* Kabul Shi'ite

2018

* Kabul hotel
* Jalalabad (Save the Children)
* Kabul ambulance
* Kabul (Mar)
* Kabul (22 Apr)
* Kabul (30 Apr)
* Jalalabad (Jul)
* Baghlan
* Kabul (Sep)
* Jalalabad (Sep)

2019

* Maidan Shar
* Camp Shorabak
* Kabul mosque
* Kabul Defense Ministry
* Ghazni
* Kabul office
* Farah
* Kabul police
* Kabul wedding
* Kabul (Sep)
* Charikar & Kabul
* Qalat
* Jalalabad
* Haska Meyna
* Bagram

2020

* Kabul (6 Mar)
* Kabul gurdwara
* May
* June
* July
* August
* Jalalabad
* September
* October
* November
* Kabul University
* December

2021

* Jan-Aug
* Kabul school
* Spin Boldak

Massacres

* Dasht-i-Leili
* Shinwar
* Nangar
* Narang
* Maywand
* Khataba
* Badakhshan
* Kandahar
* FOB Delhi

Other

* U.S. urination incident
* Quran burning protests
* Insurgents' bodies
* U.S.–Afghan agreement
* United States–Taliban deal
* U.S. withdrawal
* 2011–2016
* 2020–2021
* Peace process
* 2021 Kabul airlift

The following items form a partial timeline of the War in Afghanistan. For events prior to October 7, 2001, see 2001 in Afghanistan.

## 2001

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Main article: 2001 in Afghanistan

* October 7: (9 p.m. local time): the United States, supported by Britain, begins its attack on Afghanistan, launching bombs and cruise missiles against Taliban military and communications facilities and suspected terrorist training camps. Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat were hit.
* October 9: A cruise missile kills four U.N. demining employees and injures four others in a building several miles east of Kabul.
* October 19: Airborne invasion into Afghanistan by Rangers of the Third Ranger Battalion, Seventy Fifth Ranger Regiment and others seizing a Qandahar airfield named Objective Rhino.
* October 26: Afghan mujahedeen commander Abdul Haq killed by the Taliban.[72][73]
* November 6: Zari, Keshendeh and Aq-Kupruk fall to the Northern Alliance[74]
* November 8: Pakistan, being the only nation that still had diplomatic ties to the Taliban, asked Afghanistan's rulers to close their consulate in the city of Karachi.
* November 9: Battle of Mazari Sharif.
* November 10: The Taliban and Northern Alliance fighters both claimed that the strategic northern Afghan city of Mazari Sharif was taken by Northern Alliance fighters.
* November 11: Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton, and Volker Handloik are ambushed and killed.
* November 12: Taliban forces abandon Kabul ahead of advancing Northern Alliance troops.
* 2001 uprising in Herat.
* November 14: Northern Alliance fighters took over Kabul, the Afghan capital, and then controlled virtually all the north of Afghanistan.
* November 16: Mohammed Atef, the military chief of al-Qaeda, killed in a US airstrike.
* November 19: Four foreign journalists - Harry Burton, Maria Grazia Cutuli, Azizullah Haidari, and Julio Fuentes – were ambushed and killed.
* November 25: Northern Alliance gained control of Kunduz, the last Taliban stronghold in Northern Afghanistan, but only after Pakistani aircraft rescue several thousand Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters and their military advisers.[75][76] The Taliban then controlled less than 25% of the country, mainly around Kandahar in the south.
* U.S. Marines landed in force by helicopter at Camp Rhino south of Kandahar and began preparing it for fixed wing aircraft. They also occupied the main road between Kandahar and Pakistan.
* Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. Forces loyal to bin Laden smuggled weapons into their prison near Mazar i Sharif after surrendering at Kunduz. They attacked the Northern Alliance guards and storm an armory. U.S. Special Forces call in air attacks. Hundreds of prisoners are killed as well as 40 Alliance fighters and one U.S. CIA operative, Johnny Michael Spann. Spann becomes the first U.S. and Coalition combat casualty. A young American named John Walker Lindh is found in the midst of the rebellion and extradited to the US on terrorism charges.
* December 6: Kandahar falls.
* December: The Battle of Tora Bora against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters; Osama bin Laden reportedly escapes during this battle.
* December: The Dasht-i-Leili massacre, where hundreds of Taliban were allegedly suffocated to death while being transported in metal containers.
* December: The Bonn Agreement establishes the postwar system of government for Afghanistan, and establishes the International Security Assistance Force.
* December 22: The interim Afghan government is sworn in.

## 2002

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* January 4: First US soldier dies due to hostile fire, Sergeant First Class (SFC) Nathan Chapman.
* January 24, the Hazar Qadam raid sees Americans accidentally attack an allied compound collecting weapons for their Karzai government
* February 14: Abdul Rahman, Afghan Aviation and Tourism Minister, killed by angry Hajj pilgrims.
* March 1: Operation Anaconda against al-Qaeda fighters launched.
* April 17: The 87-year-old exiled king of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah, returns.
* April 18: Tarnak Farm incident leaves four Canadians dead from friendly fire.
* June 11: King Zahir Shah opens the first post-Taliban loya jirga.[77]
* July 1: In Uruzgan province, a US AC-130 gunship struck a  wedding party, killing 48 civilians and injuring 117. The United States claimed their plane had come under attack from anti-aircraft fire before the strike.
* July 6: Vice President Abdul Qadir assassinated in Kabul.
* September 5: 2002 Kabul bombing kills 30 people.

## 2003

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* August 11 – NATO officially takes command of peacekeeping in Afghanistan.
* December 14 – 2003 loya jirga convened to consider the proposed Afghan Constitution.

## 2004

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* January 4 – Constitution approved by Loya Jirga.
* January 26 – Constitution signed by President Hamid Karzai.
* October 9 – 2004 Afghan presidential election. In the country's first direct election, Hamid Karzai wins the presidency with 55.4% of the vote.

## 2005

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* June 28: Operation Red Wings results in the death of 19 Americans and many Taliban fighters.
* July: Prisoner abuses took place at Forward Operating Base Ripley. Two soldiers would eventually be sentenced for their actions in the July 2005 Afghan captive incident.
* September 18: 2005 Afghan parliamentary election.

## 2006

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Main articles: 2006 in Afghanistan and Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006

* January 13: Damadola airstrike by US in Pakistan kills at least 18 civilians.
* February 1: The Afghanistan Compact is developed, establishing a framework of international cooperation with Afghanistan.
* March 29: Battle of Lashkagar. Taliban fighters attack a NATO base.
* April 14: Beginning of the 2006 Taliban offensive.
* May 15: Operation Mountain Thrust is launched, the largest offensive since the fall of the Taliban.
* July: Battle of Panjwaii between Canadian NATO forces and the Taliban.
* September 2: Canadians launch Operation Medusa.
* September 16: Operation Mountain Fury, end of the 2006 Taliban offensive.
* October 7: Death of Karen Fischer and Christian Struwe

## 2007

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Main articles: 2007 in Afghanistan and Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2007

* February 27: 2007 Bagram Air Base bombing during US Vice President Dick Cheney’s visit.
* March 4: 2007 Shinwar shooting occurs in which an unknown amount of civilians are killed by US troops.
* March 6: Operation Achilles against the Taliban in Helmand Province.
* May 12: Mullah Dadullah killed.
* May 13: Afghanistan–Pakistan Skirmishes.
* June 15: Battle of Chora begins.
* June 22: 2007 Helmand Province airstrikes conducted by NATO kill 45 Afghan civilians.
* June 28: The Hyderabad airstrike kills a large number of civilians including women and children.
* July 19: 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan begins.
* August 16: Nangar Khel massacre \- Eight civilians including a pregnant women and a baby died when Polish soldiers shelled the village of Nangar Khel. Seven soldiers have been charged with war crimes.
* November 6: 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing kills 75, including six Afghan MPs.
* December 7: Battle of Musa Qala, a major clash in Helmand Province.

## 2008

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* January 14: The 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack leaves six people dead.
* February 17: 2008 Kandahar bombing kills 100 people, the deadliest suicide bombing of the war.
* June 10: Gora Prai airstrike in Pakistan kills 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops.
* June 13: Sarposa Prison attack. Taliban attack the Sarposa Prison, freeing up to 1,000 prisoners.
* July 6: Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike kills 47 civilians, mostly women and children, in Nangarhar province.
* July 7: The 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul kills 58, including four Indians. India blames Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence for the attack.
* July 13: Battle of Wanat. Taliban fighters attack a NATO base, killing nine American soldiers.
* August 19: The Taliban kill 10 French soldiers in the Uzbin valley ambush.
* August 22: Azizabad airstrike kills up to 92 Afghan civilians.
* August 27: Operation Eagle's Summit begins in Helmand Province.
* September: United States-Pakistan skirmishes.
* September 3: Angoor Ada raid by US special forces into Pakistan.
* November 3: Wech Baghtu wedding party attack kills 37 civilians, mostly women and children.
* December 19: US vows to send 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

## 2009

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* January 1: Shaghzay ambush
* February 11: February 2009 Kabul raids
* May 4: The Granai airstrike resulted in one of the highest civilian death tolls from Western military action since foreign forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001.
* July 2: Operation Khanjar begins
* September 4: NATO planes attacks two fuel tankers, which had been hijacked by Taliban insurgents. Up to 142 people died in the attack, including over 100 Afghan civilian victims.[78]
* December 1: U.S. President Barack Obama announces Afghanistan War troop surge of 2009.
* December 16: Operation Septentrion, assault by 1100 soldiers (mostly French) in the Uzbin Valley.[79][80][81][82]
* December 29: 10 Afghan civilians mostly school children killed by special operation forces in the botched Narang night raid.

## 2010

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* January 15: The first of the Maywand District murders occurs on this date.
* February 12: Five innocent civilians including two pregnant women and a teenage girl killed in the botched Khataba raid.
* February 21: Uruzgan helicopter attack kills 27-33 civilians including four women and a child in Uruzgan province.
* Spring: Operation Moshtarak Phase I is led by US Marines to retake Marjah, in Helmand Province, from the Taliban.
* Spring-Summer: U.S. Surge to Afghanistan sees its peak, as 20,000 soldiers are deployed to the south
* June 23: General Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of the ISAF, resigns after controversial comments critical of the Obama administration were published in a magazine.
* July 23: The Sangin airstrike kills a large number of Afghan civilians mostly women and children in Nangarhar province.
* July 25: WikiLeaks releases 90,000 leaked documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan.
* September 18: Afghan Parliamentary Elections are held, widely criticized as fraudulent, although with notable instances of electoral institution impartiality.
* October 17: A US soldier murders a Taliban prisoner.
* Fall: Operation Moshtarak Phases II and III are held in Kandahar, driving the Taliban out of traditional safe-havens
* Fall: Command of Regional Command South rotates from British to American command.

## 2011

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* January 26: The Afghan National Assembly is inaugurated.[83]
* March 1: Mano Gai airstrike occurs in which NATO troops kill 9 minors.
* May 1: The number one Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan, just miles from Islamabad.
* May 23: 4 U.S. soldiers (2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment) die and 1 wounded following an improvised explosive device attack in Kunar province.
* June 4–6: The Battle Of Gewi Ridge takes place where a platoon of U.S. soldiers air-assaulted the mountain ridge of Gewi (Kunar province) for over-watch of a major re-supply convoy. Following the insertion, an intensive firefight lasting 52 hours takes place, resulting in the deaths of 50+ Taliban insurgents.
* August 6: A CH-47 Chinook helicopter transporting 30 U.S. soldiers (including 17 Navy SEALs), 1 civilian interpreter and 7 Afghan troops is shot down in Wardak Province by RPG-wielding Taliban insurgents. There were no survivors of the crash. This incident marks the deadliest day for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001.
* August 11: Vengeance is exacted on the 11 Taliban militants involved in downing the CH-47 Chinook, who are killed in an F-16 airstrike. Meanwhile, five ISAF service members die following an improvised explosive device attack in the southern provinces.
* September 20: Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former President and head of the High Peace Council, was assassinated by Taliban suicide bombers in Kabul.
* November 26: 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan occurs in which 28 Pakistani soldiers are killed at the Durand Line, although it's disputed which side instigated the event.
* December 9: Mohammed Ishmael, Ghaziabad district (Kunar province) police chief is killed in a suicide bombing of a mosque carried out by a 12-year-old Pakistani boy.

## 2012

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* January 12: Footage surfaces in what is known as the Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters.
* February 8: 2012 Kapisa airstrike occurs in which NATO forces kill 7 children and 1 adult.
* March 11: American soldier Robert Bales commits the Kandahar massacre in which he murdered 16 Afghan civilians, and injured a further 6.
* August 7: Shesh Aba raid committed by British forces kills 4 civilians.

## 2013

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The army of the United States continues to conduct missions throughout Afghanistan, began closing forward operating bases (FOB).

## 2014

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* June 9: 2014 Gaza Valley airstrike kills 5 American soldiers in a friendly-fire incident.

## 2015

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* October 3: Kunduz hospital airstrike occurs in which 42 civilians are killed at the Kunduz Trauma Centre due to an airstrike.

## 2016

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* December 31: United States troops withdraw from Afghanistan after 15 years.[84]

## 2017

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* February 10: 2017 Sangin airstrike kills at least 18 civilians.
* April 9: The first Battle of Darzab begins.
* April 13: 2017 Nangarhar airstrike kills 96 militants.

## 2018

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* July 12: The second Battle of Darzab begins.

## 2020

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* February 29: Doha Agreement is signed between the Taliban and the United States.

## 2021

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Taliban militants patrolling Kabul in September 2021

* May 1: The Taliban begins its summer offensive.
* August 6: The Taliban capture Zaranj.
* August 13: Battle of Lashkargah concludes with a Taliban victory. Herat falls. Battle of Kandahar ends with Taliban victory.
* August 15: The Taliban capture Kabul. The Islamic Republic collapses as the Taliban begins reinstating the Islamic Emirate. An international airlift of refugees begins.
* August 26: A suicide bombing at Kabul International Airport left 182 people dead, among them 13 US servicemen who were part of the airlift operation.[85]
* September 6: The capital of Panjshir Province, Bazarak and other districts fall, but the Resistance continues fighting guerrilla war.

## See also

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* 2006: Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006
* 2007: Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2007
* 2008: Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2008

## Notes

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1. ^ Bordering areas of Pakistan were also affected (War in North-West Pakistan), and was considered for some time to be a single theater of operations by the United States (AfPak).
2. ^ Per figures released by Canadian Department of National Defence in June 2013, 635 were listed as WIA (wounded in action) while 1,436 were listed as NBI (non-battle injuries).[63]

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Overview|

* Prelude
* History
* Timeline
* Operations
* Logistics
* Impact
* International Security Assistance Force
* Taliban insurgency
* Drone strikes in Pakistan
* Withdrawal of U.S. troops
* 2011–2016
* 2020–2021
* Resolute Support Mission
* Evacuation

Casualties
and losses|

* Afghan forces
* Civilian
* 2001–2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2011
* 2012
* Coalition
* United States
* United Kingdom
* Canadian
* German
* Australian
* Norwegian
* Aviation incidents

Timeline|

| 2001|

* Bombing of Kandahar
* Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif
* Siege of Kunduz
* Herat uprising
* Fall of Kabul
* Battle of Tarinkot
* Fall of Kandahar
* Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
* Dasht-i-Leili massacre
* Battle of Shawali Kowt
* Battle of Sayyd Alma Kalay
* Battle of Tora Bora

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2002
–2006|

* 2002
* Guantanamo Bay
* Uruzgan bombing
* Kabul bombing
* 2003
* Pakistan Embassy in Kabul attack
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* Taliban offensive

2007|

* Shinwar shooting
* Hyderabad airstrike
* Nangar Khel incident
* Helmand airstrikes
* Baghlan bombing
* Bagram bombing
* South Korean hostage crisis

2008|

* Haska Meyna airstrike
* Azizabad airstrike
* Wech Bagtu airstrike
* Kabul Indian embassy bombing
* Kabul S Hotel attack
* Kidnapping of David Rohde
* Sarposa attack
* Kandahar bombing
* Spin Boldak bombing

2009|

* Granai airstrike
* Kunduz airstrike
* Narang raid
* February Kabul raids
* Kabul Indian embassy bombing
* Kandahar bombing
* NATO HQ bombing
* Camp Chapman attack
* Battle of Sabzak

2010|

* January Kabul attack
* Raid on Khataba
* February Kabul attack
* Uruzgan attack
* Sangin airstrike
* Maywand murders
* Tarok Kolache
* Nadahan bombing
* May Kabul bombing
* Badakhshan massacre
* Operation Halmazag

2011|

* Mano Gai airstrike
* Sarposa prison escape
* Bin Laden raid
* Logar bombing
* I-C Hotel Kabul attack
* Nimruz bombing
* Zabul bombing
* Chinook shootdown
* Helmand killing
* Pakistani border attack
* Ashura bombings

2012|

* Order of battle
* Urination video
* Kapisa airstrike
* Quran burning protests
* April attacks
* Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre
* Kandahar massacre
* September Camp Bastion raid
* Shesh Aba raid
* Body pictures

2013|

* Farah attack
* June Kabul bombings
* Presidential palace attack
* Herat U.S. consulate attack
* Jalalabad Indian consulate bombing

2014|

* Kabul S Hotel attack
* Herat Indian consulate attack
* Bagram bombing
* Paktika bombing
* Yahyakhel bombing
* December Kabul bombings
* Atiqullah Raufi assassination

2015|

* Park Palace attack
* Kabul Parliament attack
* Khost bombing
* April Jalalabad bombing
* 7 August Kabul attacks
* 10 August Kabul bombing
* 22 August Kabul bombing
* Ghazni prison escape
* Battle of Kunduz
* Hospital airstrike
* Kandahar Airport bombing
* Kabul Spanish Embassy attack
* Bagram bombing

2016|

* Nangarhar offensive
* Operation Omari
* April Kabul attack
* Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis
* Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy bombing
* 30 June bombings
* July Kabul bombing
* Janikhel offensive
* AUoA attack
* September Kabul attacks
* Battle of Tarinkot
* Battle of Kunduz
* Battle of Boz Qandahari
* Mazar-i-Sharif German consulate bombing
* Bagram bombing

2017|

* January bombings
* Sangin airstrike
* March Kabul attack
* Nangarhar airstrike
* Camp Shaheen attack
* May Kabul bombing
* June Herat bombing
* Battle of Bora Bora
* June Lashkargar bombing
* August Herat attack
* 17 October attacks
* 20 October attacks
* 28 December Kabul bombing

2018|

* I-C Hotel Kabul attack
* STC Jalalabad attack
* Kabul ambulance bombing
* March Kabul bombing
* Kunduz madrassa attack
* 22 April Kabul bombing
* 30 April Kabul bombings
* Battle of Farah
* July Jalalabad bombing
* Battle of Darzab
* Ghazni offensive
* September Jalalabad bombing

2019|

* Maidan Shar attack
* Camp Shorabak attack
* 2019 Kabul mosque bombing
* 1 July Kabul attack
* Ghazni bombing
* 28 July Kabul bombing
* July Farah bombing
* 7 August Kabul bombing
* 17 August Kabul bombing
* 2 & 5 September Kabul bombings
* 17 September bombings
* Qalat bombing
* Jalalabad suicide bombing
* Haska Meyna mosque bombing
* Bagram attack

2020|

* 6 March Kabul shooting
* Kabul gurdwara attack
* May attacks
* June attacks
* July attacks
* August attacks
* Jalalabad prison
* September attacks
* October attacks
* November attacks
* Kabul University attack
* December attacks

2021|

* Attacks
* Taliban offensive
* Kabul school bombing
* Battle of Kandahar
* Fall of Herat
* Battle of Lashkargah
* Capture of Zaranj
* Fall of Kabul
* Kunduz mosque bombing
* Kandahar bombing
* 2021 Kabul airlift
* Operation Allies Refuge
* Operation Pitting
* Operation Devi Shakti
* Kabul airport attack
* August 29 drone strike

Aftermath|

* Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
* Republican insurgency
* Islamic State–Taliban conflict
* Afghan frozen assets

War crimes|

* ICC investigation
* Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
* UK Afghan Unlawful Killings inquiry
* Australian Brereton Inquiry
* War crimes by the Taliban
* Kunduz hospital airstrike
* Kandahar massacre
* Torture
* Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
* Salt Pit

Peace
process|

* Afghan peace process
* Afghan peace groups
* Tabassum movement
* Enlightenment Movement
* Uprising for Change
* People's Peace Movement
* 2021–2022 Afghan protests

Reactions|

* Afghan War documents leak
* International public opinion
* Opposition
* Protests
* To the fall of Kabul

Memorials|

* London

* Category
* Multimedia
* Wikinews
* Portal

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Afghanistan–United States relations

Diplomatic posts|

* Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington, D.C.
* Ambassadors of Afghanistan to the United States
* Embassy of the United States, Kabul
* Ambassadors of the United States to Afghanistan
* Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
* Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations
* Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

Diplomacy|

* Operation Cyclone
* Operation MIAS
* U.S.–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement
* U.S.–Taliban deal
* Six plus Three
* Six plus Two Group on Afghanistan
* Major non-NATO ally

War in Afghanistan|

* History
* Timeline
* Opposition
* 2011–2016 withdrawal
* 2020–2021 withdrawal
* Fall of Kabul (2021)
* CIA activities
* Task Force Phoenix
* Peace process
* Reconstruction
* Afghan frozen assets

Incidents|

* Adolph Dubs
* Operation Infinite Reach
* Camp Chapman attack
* 2011 U.S. embassy attack
* Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters
* Quran burning protests
* Kandahar massacre
* Insurgents' bodies
* 2013 U.S. Herat consulate attack
* Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
* Deportation of Afghan immigrants
* Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainees
* Taliban Five

Legislation|

* Access for Afghan Women Act
* ALLIES Act
* Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act

Related|

* Anti-American sentiment in Afghanistan
* Afghanistanism
* Bost Airport
* Kabul International Airport
* Herat International Airport
* Kandahar International Airport
* Kunduz Airport
* Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport
* Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
* Overthrow

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