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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 War in Afghanistan was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by al-Qaeda , toppling the Taliban -ruled Islamic Emirate and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later.
Escalated into civil war: Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926) Afghanistan Soviet Union: Peace treaty: Afghanistan is obligated to restrain Basmachi border raids; Soviet Union captures, then cedes back Urtatagai; Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973) First Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Amānullāh Khān (Until 14 January 1929)
The Taliban fought the newly-formed Northern Alliance in the subsequent 1996-2001 civil war. Kabul's population fell from two million to 500,000 during the 1992–1996 war; 500,000 fled during the first four months. Overall, the Afghan Civil War of 1992–1996 was a period of intense conflict and suffering for the people of Afghanistan.
The 1996–2001 Afghan Civil War, also known as the Third Afghan Civil War, took place between the Taliban's conquest of Kabul and their establishing of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on 27 September 1996, [7] and the US and UK invasion of Afghanistan on 7 October 2001: [8] a period that was part of the Afghan Civil War that had started in 1989, and also part of the war (in wider sense) in ...
The Taliban march into Kabul as internationally backed President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. Aug. 26, 2021 — Islamic State group suicide bombers and gunmen kill over 170 Afghans and 13 U.S ...
Contingency: The Canadian Forces contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Operation Argus: September 2005: October 2008: Throughout Afghanistan: Contingency and Security: Canadian Forces team of strategic military planners to support the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Operation Asbury Park: 2 June 2004: 17 ...
United States of Al‘s dramatic Season 2 opener strikes a bittersweet note. While Al’s sister Hassina manages to get on a plane headed for Turkey, his mother and his cousin are still in Kabul ...