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Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. 25 November 2001. 1 December 2001. Qala-i-Jangi District. 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.
7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021. (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) First phase: 7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014. Second phase: 1 January 2015 – 30 August 2021 [34][35] Location. Afghanistan [a] Result. Taliban victory [36] Islamic State–Taliban conflict and insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues.
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes against Al-Qaeda and the ...
Operation Red Wings (often incorrectly referred to as Operation Redwing or Operation Red Wing), [12] informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar, was a joint military operation conducted by the United States in the Pech District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It was carried out from late-June to mid-July 2005 on the slopes of a mountain ...
Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS) was the official name used by the U.S. government for the mission succeeding Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in continuation of the War in Afghanistan as part of the larger Global War on Terrorism. Operation Freedom's Sentinel was part of the NATO -led Resolute Support Mission, which began on January 1, 2015.
The military completed its war plan by 21 September [89] and called it Operation Infinite Justice. This name was deemed culturally insensitive because Islamic theology only deems God's justice to be infinite, so Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld changed the name to Operation Enduring Freedom. [90]
Battle of Tarinkot (2016) Battle of Tora Bora. Categories: 21st-century battles. Battles by war. Battles involving Afghanistan. Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
K. April 2016 Kabul attack. July 2016 Kabul bombing. September 2016 Kabul attacks. March 2017 Kabul attack. 2015 Kabul Parliament attack. 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting. 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack. 2014 Kunar Offensive.