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Between 7 October 2001 and 30 August 2021, the United States lost a total of 2,459 military personnel in Afghanistan. Of this figure, 1,922 had been killed in action. An additional 20,769 were wounded in action. [1] 18 operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency were also killed during the conflict. [2]
On September 6, 2021, the United States evacuated four American citizens (specifically, an Amarillo, Texas woman and her three children) from Afghanistan via an overland route, marking the first overland evacuation facilitated by the US Department of State since the military withdrawal. The Taliban was aware of the evacuation and did not make ...
United States invasion of Grenada: 1983 18 1 19 119 138 [71] 1986 United States bombing of Libya: 1986 2 0 2 0 1 [72] United States invasion of Panama: 1989 23 23 324 347 [71] Gulf War: 1990–1991 149 145 294 849 1,143 2 [73] [74] Operation Provide Comfort: 1991–1996 1 18 19 4 23 [75] [76] Operation Restore Hope: 1992–1993 29 14 43 153 196 ...
From May 1996, Osama bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose alliance with the Taliban. [1] Following the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa, the US military launched cruise missiles at these camps with limited effect on their overall operations. A follow-on ...
Vietnam War: Aug 1965 - Aug 1972 [note 6] 5,444 26,592 32,036 [31] North Vietnam. Viet Cong. 14th Quartermaster Detachment [note 7] Gulf War: 1990-1991 69 13 43 0 0 56 81.0 Iraq 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines: War in Afghanistan: 2001-2011 950 25 150 175 [32] 18.4 Taliban
Launched as a direct response to the September 11 attacks, the war began when an international military coalition led by the United States invaded Afghanistan, declaring Operation Enduring Freedom as part of the earlier-declared war on terror, toppling the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate, and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later.
January 27: A United States Air Force E-11A was reported crashed in Afghanistan by US officials. The Taliban claimed it was shot down with all its occupants killed, which US officials denied. With the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, this was the last acknowledged US fatal aviation loss of the war. [22
The definition of "battle" as a concept in military science has varied with the changes in the organization, employment, and technology of military forces. Before the 20th century, "battle" usually meant a military clash over a small area, lasting a few days at most and often just one day—such as the Battle of Waterloo, which began and ended on 18 June 1815 on a field a few kilometers across.