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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]
The largest number of soldiers killed was when French troops were ambushed in the area of Sirobi, some 50 km (31 mi) east of Kabul, in August 2008. Ten French troops were killed and a further 21 wounded in the attack – the heaviest loss of troops France has suffered since deploying to Afghanistan in 2001.
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 ...
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 ...
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, [7] which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided ...
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 ...
Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021) 2021 Taliban offensive culminating in Fall of Kabul; Overthrow of coalition-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present) Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2014–present) Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Taliban; Al ...
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 ...