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A 49-year-old sergeant major was found dead in his room at Camp Marmal. According to initial findings, the Bundeswehr assumed a natural cause of death. [38] [8] 1 dead: 2015-10-04 Germany Non-hostile Suicide A soldier who was involved in operations in Afghanistan committed suicide in Germany. [8] 1 dead
Bomb Patrol Afghanistan (U.S. G4 TV series, 17 episodes, 2011–2012) Endgame Afghanistan (British ITV Tonight TV episode, 17-02-2011) Hooligans At War (documentary, 2011) Norway At War: Mission Afghanistan (TV series, 6 episodes 2011) War for Peace (Swedish TV series, 6 episodes, 2011) Our War: 10 Years in Afghanistan (BBC TV series, 6 ...
The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began on 7 October 2001, as Operation Enduring Freedom. It was designed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants, as well as replace the Taliban with a U.S.-friendly government. The Bush Doctrine stated that, as policy, it would not distinguish between al-Qaeda and nations that harbor them.
During the War in Afghanistan, according to the Costs of War Project the war killed 176,000 people in Afghanistan: 46,319 civilians, 69,095 military and police and at least 52,893 opposition fighters. However, the death toll is possibly higher due to unaccounted deaths by "disease, loss of access to food, water, infrastructure, and/or other ...
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. [98] [full citation needed] From the perspective of the West, the war is divided between ...
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 ]
As of 2013, the UK's contribution to the war in Afghanistan came to £37 billion ($56.46 billion). [13] For years, US officials had considered the cost of the war while discussing when to draw down troops. [14] In 2011, for example, the average cost of deploying a US soldier in Afghanistan exceeded US$1 million a year. [15]