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This is a list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) installations in Afghanistan used during the War in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. This list encompasses installations used by the International Security Assistance Force from 2001 to 2014 and then by the Resolute Support Mission after 2014.
The country also has harsh winters, which favors spring or summertime military offensives after winter lulls in fighting. [129] [130] Afghanistan is 99.7% Muslim, [131] which affected the ideology of both the Taliban and the Afghan government. Islam has historically allowed Afghan leaders to overcome tribal differences and conflict, and ...
Air transport was an important part of NATO logistics in Afghanistan. Logistics operations by NATO forces during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) took place under the auspices of the International Security Assistance Force from 2001 to 2014, then under the Resolute Support Mission from 2015 until 2021.
Participants in the initial American operation, Operation Enduring Freedom, included a NATO coalition whose initial goals were to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions after the fall of the Taliban regime in December 2001.
The invasion triggered the 20-year-long War in Afghanistan, in which NATO and NATO-allied countries fought alongside the nascent Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to combat the Taliban insurgency. During the Battle of Tora Bora , the American-led military coalition failed to capture bin Laden, who subsequently relocated to Pakistan and remained ...
Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has urged member countries to adopt a new "wartime mindset", and ramp up military spending. His comments echo previous demands made by incoming US President ...
On 21 May 2012 the leaders of NATO-member countries endorsed an exit strategy during the NATO Summit. [92] ISAF Forces would transfer command of all combat missions to Afghan forces by the middle of 2013, [ 266 ] while shifting from combat to advising, training and assisting Afghan security forces.
In 2023, 11 Nato countries spent the equivalent of at least 2% of GDP on defence.