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German forces were attacked with an IED around 6 km N of PRT Kunduz. Three German soldiers were wounded, and one Fennek Light armored reconnaissance vehicle was damaged. but successfully recovered 3 WIA: 2010-12-06 Baghlan–i Jadid Hostile Direct fire German forces were attacked with small arms fire and RPGs, 8 km NW of Pol-i Khomri.
Operation Halmazag (Dari for "lightning") was an offensive operation by ISAF German-led troops in close cooperation with the Afghan security forces in the province of Kunduz, from 31 October to 4 November 2010, with the aim of building a permanent outpost near the village of Quatliam in the Char Dara district, south-west of Kunduz.
German and Afghan troops advance into hostile territory. The following addresses the events in Northern Afghanistan between April 2009 and 2014. While this part of the country had long been relatively peaceful compared to the all-out war zones of the south and east, tensions would flare up again in 2008 when the German soldiers deployed to the area came under attack more often, leading to the ...
In 2002, Germany had 2,560 personnel in the region. The German Navy has had three Frigates, one Fast Patrol Boat Group (five units) and four supply ships operating out of Djibouti, in the Gulf of Aden. A German Airbus A310 aircraft was on alert in Germany for use as a medevac platform. German forces have since supported the ISAF mission.
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.
Kunduz province, the site of the airstrike, was largely peaceful until Taliban militants started infiltrating the area in 2009. [6] Critics blamed the Germans for allowing the infiltration of the north by the Taliban, although in fact there had been a Taliban presence in the area since the late 1990s and several major battles were fought against them in the area during the US/Northern Alliance ...
The German Armed Forces were part of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan from December 2001. Germany hosted the Bonn Conference , which chose Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's interim leader in 2001. Currently Germany is engaged in a security mission with its military and reconstruction efforts in the northern areas of Afghanistan, and has been one of ...
Forces Notes FOB Altimur Altamur Village 2008: 2013: US Army Afghanistan National Police [40] [41] Charkh Charkh District: 2008: US Army Shank: Logar Province: 2008: 2014: US Army Czech Armed Forces Afghanistan National Army [42] COP Pul-e-Alam Pul-i-Alam District: 2009: US Army Afghanistan National Police Kherwar Logar Province: 2009: 2012: US ...