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  2. United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan

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    Between 7 October 2001 and 30 August 2021, the United States lost a total of 2,459 military personnel in Afghanistan. Of this figure, 1,922 had been killed in action. An additional 20,769 were wounded in action. [1] 18 operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency were also killed during the conflict. [2]

  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. 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 ...

  5. Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia

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    On September 6, 2021, the United States evacuated four American citizens (specifically, an Amarillo, Texas woman and her three children) from Afghanistan via an overland route, marking the first overland evacuation facilitated by the US Department of State since the military withdrawal. The Taliban was aware of the evacuation and did not make ...

  6. Explainer-What are US troops doing in the Middle East and ...

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    At its peak, there were more than 100,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2011 and over 160,000 personnel in Iraq in 2007. The U.S. has operated bases around the Middle East for decades.

  7. 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]

  8. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    The following is a tabulation of United States military casualties of war ... War in Afghanistan: 2001–2021 1,910 [85] 415 [86 ... Years Deaths 1: World War II ...

  9. List of NATO installations in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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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.