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July 25: WikiLeaks releases 90,000 leaked documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan. September 18: Afghan Parliamentary Elections are held, widely criticized as fraudulent, although with notable instances of electoral institution impartiality. October 17: A US soldier murders a Taliban prisoner.
The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by al-Qaeda , toppling the Taliban -ruled Islamic Emirate and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later.
Battle: It began with the uprising of Taliban prisoners held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress and escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the war in Afghanistan Battle of Takur Ghar: 4 March 2002: 5 March 2002: The peak of Takur Ghar: Battle: A helicopter caring a SEAL team went down and began receiving fire from hostile forces Battle of ...
The former Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979, claiming it was invited by the new Afghan communist leader, Babrak Karmal, and setting the country on a path of 40 years of ...
An Afghan grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, on Sunday approved the release of 400 "hard-core" Taliban prisoners, a decision endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani, paving the way for peace ...
U.S. troops fought in Afghanistan longer than in any other war. Here's a look at major events over the last two decades.
On 7 October, the US began military operations in Afghanistan with air strikes on 31 targets across the country. [114] Most of the Taliban's outdated SA-2 and SA-3 surface-to-air missiles, small fleet of MIG-21s and Su-22s , and radar and command units were destroyed on the first night. [ 115 ]
In mid-January 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant established a branch in Afghanistan called Wilayah Khorasan and began recruiting fighters [306] and clashing with the Taliban. [ 307 ] [ 308 ] However, an Afghan military officer stated that he believed the Afghan military could handle any threat that the group presented in the country.