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Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed the helicopter "crash landed", and acknowledged the death of three crew members. [ 14 ] March 18 : A Mi-17 helicopter of the Afghan Army was shot down by a local anti-taliban militia led by ethnic warlord Abdul Ghani Alipur [ 15 ] in the Behsud district of Maidan Wardak .
An additional 19 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan as a result of accidents or non-combat circumstances; 6 in vehicle accidents, 3 unspecified non-combat-related deaths, 3 suicide deaths, 2 in a helicopter crash, 2 from accidental falls, 2 from accidental gunshots and 1 death from an illness.
November 9, 2007 – Five US Army soldiers and one Marine were killed when their footpatrol was attacked by direct fire from enemy forces in Aranas, Afghanistan. The soldiers were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
A contingent of around 80 ADF personnel remained in Afghanistan as late as 2021 to train and advise Afghan forces. [31] The Australian embassy in Kabul was closed on 28 May that year. [32] The last ADF personnel and diplomats in Afghanistan departed on 18 June 2021. This formed part of the withdrawal of international forces from the country ...
The Afghan Commando Forces (Persian: نیروهای کماندوی افغانستان, Pashto: افغان کمانډو لړۍ) were the former combined commando, paratrooper and special formations of the Afghan Army, composed of numerous brigades, regiments and battalions initially established by King Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1964 and disbanded in 1992 by President Mohammad Najibullah, following ...
July 2, 2012 – NATO killed three shopkeepers in an airstrike near Charkh District, east of Afghanistan. Logar province spokesman Din Mohammad Darwesh said NATO forces were on a foot patrol in morning of July 2 in Charkh district when they came under fire from insurgents.
A major offensive, the primary objective of which was to quell the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan Operation Mountain Viper: 30 August 2003: September 2003: The mountains of the Dey Chopan District, Zabul province: Sought to uncover Taliban rebels. Deaths included 124 militants, five Afghan Army personnel and one US soldier Operation ...
After the Stage IV transition of authority to ISAF, the status of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade/Task Force Falcon, which handles all the helicopter combat aviation duties in Afghanistan, was uncertain, along with the exact status of Combined Task Force Sword, the engineer task force, and the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force.