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The German military late on Tuesday concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan after almost two decades, finishing Germany's deadliest military mission since World War 2. "Our last troops left ...
Ten French troops were killed and a further 21 wounded in the attack – the heaviest loss of troops France has suffered since deploying to Afghanistan in 2001. A total of 44 French soldiers were killed in Tagab district, by far the deadliest area patrolled by the force and a stronghold of the Taliban and other insurgent groups.
Two German soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack that also claimed the lives of Afghan police chief, General Mohammed Daoud Daoud and the Takhar Provincial Chief of Police. Five German soldiers were wounded - among them German General Markus Kneip, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Northern Afghanistan.
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, [7] which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided ...
As "gut-wrenching" as the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country has been, some experts say there was nothing the U.S. could have done to prevent it.
The last week saw the unceremonious end to the longest military adventure in American history. The botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is the first major foreign policy crisis of the Biden ...
The Norwegian Camp Nidaros within Camp Marmal in 2006. Germany began building the site on 3 November 2005 and became operational on 2 August 2006. [1]In June 2021, the base was handed over to the Afghan Armed Forces and the last German troops left Afghanistan.
The residual force of 9,800 troops was withdrawn on 31 December 2016, leaving 8,400 troops stationed at four garrisons (Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram, and Jalalabad). The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) was appointed by the US Congress to oversee the $117.26 billion that Congress had provided to implement ...