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Fall of Kabul; Part of the 2021 Taliban offensive of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the war on terror: Clockwise from top left: Afghans fleeing Kabul Airport aboard a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, US Marines assisting at an evacuation checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport, coalition soldiers assist a child during the evacuation, armed Taliban fighters in Kabul, Taliban ...
This twenty-year armed conflict (2001–2021) is referred to as the War in Afghanistan [95] in order to distinguish it from the country's various other wars, [96] notably the ongoing Afghan conflict of which it was a part, [97] and the Soviet–Afghan War.
Taliban fighters capture Afghanistan's second largest dam and key army bases as their insurgency intensifies across the country. [ 8 ] 8 May – A car bomb and two other improvised explosive devices explode outside a secondary school in the Dashte Barchi neighborhood in western Kabul, killing at least 68 people , most of whom were students.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) Fourth Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) (1996–2001) Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Taliban; Al-Qaeda. Islamic State of Afghanistan. United Front; Stalemate: Stalemate with varying fronts between the Taliban and Massoud's forces (United Front) Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021) War in ...
The 2021 Taliban offensive was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Kabul-based Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year War in Afghanistan that had begun following the United States invasion of the country.
Taliban control of Afghanistan during the 2021 Taliban offensive and capture of Kabul. In April 2021, the newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden announced that all U.S. troops would withdraw from the country by 11 September 2021, the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. [168] He later brought this date forward to 31 August. [169]
Doha Agreement between U.S. and Taliban begins withdrawal of U.S.-led forces, full withdrawal completes on 30 August 2021; 2021 Taliban offensive culminates in overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Formal end of fighting on 15 August 2021 with the fall of Kabul; National interim Taliban government announced on 7 September 2021
2021 Kabul airport attack - Hamid Karzai International Airport was attacked by suicide bombers and gunmen; the attack was claimed by Islamic State – Khorasan Province. It was the deadliest day for the US military (13 killed) in Afghanistan since 2011. 18 September 2021 Kabul and Jalalabad: At least 7 At least 30