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The number of fatalities has caused a stir in Germany since it is the highest of all deployments abroad that the German army has participated in since World War II and because German participation in the conflict is controversial. ISAF participation marks the first time since World War II that German ground troops have been confronted with an ...
Operation Halmazag (Dari for "lightning") was an offensive operation by ISAF German-led troops in close cooperation with the Afghan security forces in the province of Kunduz, from 31 October to 4 November 2010, with the aim of building a permanent outpost near the village of Quatliam in the Char Dara district, south-west of Kunduz.
Georgia, the largest non-NATO contributor to the war effort, has lost 32 soldiers in Afghanistan [70] with 435 wounded since 2010. [71] The first Georgian fatality occurred on 5 September 2010, when 28 years old Lieutenant Mukhran Shukvani was killed in a sniper attack and Corporal Alexandre Gitolendia was seriously wounded. [72]
Pages in category "German military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan arrested four local employees of Germany's main government-owned aid agency, according to the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. “I can ...
Kunduz province, the site of the airstrike, was largely peaceful until Taliban militants started infiltrating the area in 2009. [6] Critics blamed the Germans for allowing the infiltration of the north by the Taliban, although in fact there had been a Taliban presence in the area since the late 1990s and several major battles were fought against them in the area during the US/Northern Alliance ...
On April 2, 2010, soldiers from Paratrooper Battalion 373 from Seedorf were tasked with clearing up and removing booby traps. At around 1 P.M. local time, the 34 paratroopers, led by their company commander, came under ambush from 30 to 40 insurgents.
Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021 when the Taliban returned to power. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit described the 28 ...