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Battle: A coalition victory enabled the construction of two bases for the Afghan National Army in the valley near the village, which had been guerrilla control since 2006 Battle of Chora: 15 June 2007: 19 June 2007: Chora: Battle: This battle, which involved a significant number of Dutch forces, resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people
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 ...
May 13: Afghanistan–Pakistan Skirmishes. June 15: Battle of Chora begins. June 22: 2007 Helmand Province airstrikes conducted by NATO kill 45 Afghan civilians. June 28: The Hyderabad airstrike kills a large number of civilians including women and children. July 19: 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan begins.
The United States was supported by several nations during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan in 2001–2003 and in subsequent coalition operations directly or indirectly in support of OEF. See the article Afghanistan War order of battle for the disposition of coalition forces in Afghanistan as of 2012.
A U.S. sailor with the ISAF in June 2012. A U.S. sailor with the ISAF in June 2012. U.S. soldiers with the ISAF in July 2012. A U.S. soldier with the ISAF in August 2012 engaged in battle. U.S. soldiers with the ISAF in August 2012. An Afghan soldier in November 2012. An Afghan policeman in December 2012.
Operation Asbury Park was a deployment, on June 2, 2004, and June 17, 2004, of Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Marines Battalion Landing Team (1/6 BLT) of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit engaged Taliban and other anti-coalition forces in both Oruzgan Province and Zabul Province culminating in the Dai Chopan region of Afghanistan.
Throughout 2006 and 2007, several formations within the brigade deployed and operated in Afghanistan. The brigade command and headquarters established the first U.S. National Command Element in Kandahar to facilitate the transfer of authority of combat operations to NATO-led coalition allies.
The Korangal Valley campaign was a series of military operations conducted by ISAF forces against Taliban and other local insurgents in the Korangal Valley in Kunar province, Afghanistan, from October 2004 to April 2010. The campaign ended with a US withdrawal from the valley, after suffering heavy casualties, and a Taliban takeover of the area.