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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
Up to 142 people died in the attack, including over 100 Afghan civilian victims. [81] December 1: U.S. President Barack Obama announces Afghanistan War troop surge of 2009. December 16: Operation Septentrion, assault by 1100 soldiers (mostly French) in the Uzbin Valley. [82] [83] [84] [85]
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.
Republic of Afghanistan: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan: Defeat: PDPA victory Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan: Mujahideen: Defeat: Geneva Accords; Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan; Afghan Civil War continues; Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992) Second Afghan Civil War ...
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 ...
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 ]
The communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) seized power in 1978, and its policies sparked a popular uprising. [2] The Soviet Union, sensing PDPA weakness, intervened in 1979 to support the regime. [3] The entry of the Soviet Union into Afghanistan prompted its Cold War rivals, especially the United States and Saudi Arabia, to ...
The first phase of the Australian Defence Force's operation in Afghanistan Operation Snipe: 2 May 2002: 13 May 2002: The remote Afghan mountains: A British Royal Marine search and clear operation over a significant area believed to be used as a base by al-Qaeda and Taliban forces Operation Sond Chara (Red Dagger) 11 December 2008: 26 December 2008