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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 ...
Throughout Afghanistan: Contingency: The codename for all British combat operations in Afghanistan from 2002 until 2014 Operation Highroad: 1 January 2015: 18 June 2021: The second phase of the Australian Defence Force's operation in Afghanistan Operation Hoover: 24 May 2007: 25 May 2007: Kandahar Province district of Zhari
While more than 5.7 million former refugees returned to Afghanistan after the 2001 invasion, [91] by the time the Taliban returned to power in 2021, 2.6 million Afghans remained refugees, [92] while another 4 million were internally displaced. [93] [94]
This subsequently led a multinational invasion of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, which started on 7 October 2001. The goal of the invasion was to dismantle al-Qaeda , which had executed the attacks under the leadership of Osama bin Laden , and to deny Islamist militants a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by toppling the Taliban government.
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 ...
Emirate of Afghanistan: Defeat: Afghanistan annexes the Emirate of Herat. Emirate of Kabul (1823-1855) Emirate of Afghanistan (1855-1926) Afghan–Sikh Wars (1819-1837) Emirate of Kabul: Sikh Empire: Inconclusive: Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834) (1834) Emirate of Kabul: Amirs of Jalalabad Kunar Mohmand tribe Victory: Expedition of ...
An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to ...
Pages in category "Invasions of Afghanistan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)