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Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. [1] [2] Some of the invaders in the history of Afghanistan include the Maurya Empire, the ancient Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great, the Rashidun Caliphate, the Mongol Empire led by Genghis Khan, the Ghaznavid Empire of Turkic Mahmud of Ghazni, the Ghurid Dynasty of Tajik Muhammad of Ghor ...
This is a list of known code names and related information for military operations associated with the war, including operations to airlift citizens of coalition countries and at-risk Afghan civilians from Afghanistan as the war drew to a close.
Kingdom of Afghanistan: Hazara rebels under Ebrāhim Beg Government victory: Rebellion suppressed Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) Panjshir Valley uprising (1975) Republic of Afghanistan: Jamiat-e-Islami: Victory: Uprising suppressed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987) Saur Revolution (1978) Republic of Afghanistan
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. [76] [77] November 6: Zari, Keshendeh and Aq-Kupruk fall to the Northern Alliance [78]
U.S. Special Forces ODA 574 with Hamid Karzai during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. U.S. Marines of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines and an allied fighter near Siah Chub Kalay during Operation Asbury Park in 2004. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began on 7 October 2001, as Operation Enduring Freedom. It was designed to capture or ...
The 13 fallen service members were Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, Cpl ...
A Donald Trump-supporting hedge fund billionaire appeared to claim that Joe Biden's administration made the world “a much, much more dangerous place” which in turn enabled Russia's invasion of ...
US President Joe Biden in a video conference with Vice President Harris and the US National Security team, discussing the situation in Afghanistan on 14 August 2021 On 14 August 2021, the Taliban captured seven provincial capital cities; Gardez , Sharana , Asadabad , Maymana , Mihtarlam , [ 237 ] Nili , [ 238 ] and Mazar-i-Sharif , the fourth ...