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Overall, the war killed an estimated 176,000–212,000+ people, including 46,319 civilians. [88] While more than 5.7 million former refugees returned to Afghanistan after the 2001 invasion, [89] by the time the Taliban returned to power in 2021, 2.6 million Afghans remained refugees, [90] while another 4 million were internally displaced. [91] [92]
List of documentary films and TV specials about the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021). Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death (documentary film, 2002) The Chicken Commander (Icelandic documentary film, 2004) Enemies of Happiness (documentary film, 2006) Commando: On the Front Line (British ITV TV series, 9 episodes, 2007)
Korengal is a 2014 documentary about the War in Afghanistan directed by Sebastian Junger.It picks up where the film Restrepo (2010) left off, taking the viewer deeper into the experiences of the soldiers of Second Platoon, Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army while they were stationed in Korengal Valley of Kunar Province ...
The Battle of Tora Bora was a military engagement that took place in the cave complex of Tora Bora, eastern Afghanistan, from November 30 – December 17, 2001, during the final stages of the United States invasion of Afghanistan. It was launched by the United States and its allies with the objective to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, the ...
In 2001, Afghanistan had been at war for over 20 years. [ 1 ] The communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) seized power in 1978, and its policies sparked a popular uprising. [ 2 ] The Soviet Union, sensing PDPA weakness, intervened in 1979 to support the regime. [ 3 ]
English. This Is What Winning Looks Like is a 2013 documentary by Ben Anderson. It covers the troubled efforts by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during the 2001–2021 War in Afghanistan to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist in rebuilding key government institutions.
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.
Restrepo is a 2010 American documentary film about the War in Afghanistan directed by British photojournalist Tim Hetherington and American journalist Sebastian Junger.It explores the year that Junger and Hetherington spent, on assignment for Vanity Fair, [4] in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, embedded with the Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne ...