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  2. List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001 ...

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    Counterinsurgency: The largest military offensive ever launched by NATO troops in Afghanistan to clear the city of Taliban militants and drug traffickers eliminating the last Taliban stronghold in Helmand. It involved US Marine units and Afghan troops along with the US Special Forces and other ISAF members [16] Operation Mountain Blizzard ...

  3. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. United States invasion of Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    The United States' interest in Afghanistan also diminished. [24] In 1994, a Pashtun mujahid named Muhammad Umar founded the Taliban movement in Kandahar. [25] His followers were religious students and sought to end warlord rule through strict adherence to Islamic law. [25] By the end of 1994, the Taliban had captured all of Kandahar Province. [26]

  5. Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of ...

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    The blast at 5:36 p.m. on August 26, 2021, outside Hamid Karzai International Airport marked the worst casualty incident for Afghan civilians and US troops in Afghanistan in over a decade.

  6. Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom - Wikipedia

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    This list covers United States and other states' forces and other forms of support for OEF from October 2001. Some nations' operations in Afghanistan continued as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). For example, United States troops were deployed both in the OEF and ISAF.

  7. Top generals say they advised keeping troops in Afghanistan ...

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    In sworn testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, top generals said Tuesday that they recommended keeping around 2,500 U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan.

  8. 2021 Taliban offensive - Wikipedia

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    On 8 July, US President Joe Biden speaking to reporters in a press conference, said that a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is not inevitable, stating, "the Afghan troops have 300,000 well-equipped—as well-equipped as any army in the world—and an air force against something like 75,000 Taliban". Biden said that the US intelligence community ...

  9. 13 American service members killed during disastrous Afghan ...

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    In addition to the American service members, 168 Afghans were killed in the bombing as they tried to get on board evacuation flights out of the war-torn country.