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[[File:Coalition military casualties in afghanistan by month.svg|thumb|400px|right|[[Coalition casualties in Afghanistan|Coalition fatalities]] per month since the start of the war, showing seasonal peaks around the summer months.<ref name="icasualties">{{cite web|url=http://icasualties.org/oef/ |title=Operation Enduring Freedom |publisher=iCasualties.org |date=28 May 2010 |access-date=13 June 2011 }}</ref>]] |
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* [[2019 in Afghanistan|2019]] - The [[Taliban]] announced that the |
* [[2019 in Afghanistan|2019]] - The [[Taliban]] announced that the fighting season would begin on April 12th, after stalling peace talks.<ref>{{cite web|author=Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) |url=https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-announce-spring-offensive-as-afghanistan-peace-talks-continue/a-48297579 |title=Taliban announce spring offensive as Afghanistan peace talks continue | News | DW | 12.04.2019 |publisher=DW |date= |accessdate=2021-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ahmed Rashid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/4/12/taliban-announces-spring-offensive-amid-afghan-peace-talks |title=Taliban announces spring offensive amid Afghan peace talks | Asia News |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=2019-12-04 |accessdate=2021-02-24}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:34, 15 August 2021
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The Afghanistan fighting season refers to the cyclical restarting of fighting every spring during the War in Afghanistan due to weather and economic factors. It generally runs from April to October.
Factors
Afghanistan suffers from a harsh winter. Combined with Afghanistan's poor transportation system, this leaves many parts of the country snowbound until spring. Very importantly, in leaves many routes into Pakistan where recruits and weapons come from impassable for months.[2]
Opium poppies are planted beginning in October and harvest begins in April.[3][4] Manpower that was otherwise tied up in the Opium trade is freed up for fighting between April and October.
Madrassas in Pakistan go on recess during the Spring. New recruits subjected to religious and military training often volunteer to fight in Afghanistan.[5][2]
Notable seasons
- 2019 - The Taliban announced that the fighting season would begin on April 12th, after stalling peace talks.[6][7]
See also
- Fighting Season - an Australian drama about the Australian War in Afghanistan
Reference
- ^ "Operation Enduring Freedom". iCasualties.org. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b "The End of Afghanistan's Spring Fighting Seasons and the Demise of the Afghan National Security Forces?". Small Wars Journal. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ "Grain field crops" (PDF). afghanag.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ "Poppy growing season begins in Afghanistan after last year's record opium sale". The National. November 14, 2013. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ "'Madrassas are emptying' for final US fighting season in Afghanistan". TheHill. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com). "Taliban announce spring offensive as Afghanistan peace talks continue | News | DW | 12.04.2019". DW. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ Ahmed Rashid (2019-12-04). "Taliban announces spring offensive amid Afghan peace talks | Asia News". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2021-02-24.