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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Part of the Global War on Terrorism and
the continuous Afghanistan conflict

Top: The military situation of the Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) prior to the US invasion, between the Taliban (red) and the Northern Alliance (blue)
Bottom, and clockwise from top-left: A US Air Force fighter aircraft dropping JDAMs on a cave in eastern Afghanistan; US soldiers in a firefight with Taliban forces in Kunar Province; An Afghan National Army soldier surveying atop a Humvee; Afghan and US soldiers move through snow in Logar Province; victorious Taliban forces secure Kabul; An Afghan soldier surveying a valley in Parwan Province; British troops preparing to board a Chinook during Operation Tor Shezada.
(For a map of the current military situation in Afghanistan, see here.)
Date7 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[33][34]
Location
Afghanistan
Result

Taliban victory[35]
Panjshir conflict begins

First phase
Second phase
Territorial
changes		 Taliban re-capture of Kabul and Northern Alliance territory except Panjshir
Belligerents
Invasion (2001):
Afghanistan Northern Alliance
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Australia
 Italy
 New Zealand[1]
 Germany[2]		 Invasion (2001):
Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[3]
al-Qaeda
055 Brigade[4][5]
IMU[6]
TNSM[7]
ETIM[8]

ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021):
 Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (2002–2004)

 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021)
ISAF
(2001–2015)
Resolute Support
(2015–2021) (36 countries)[9]
High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (allegedly since 2015)[10][11][12][13][14][15]

ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021):
Afghanistan Taliban

al-Qaeda
(al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)[18]
Afghanistan Taliban splinter groups
Supported by:

RS phase (2015–2021):
ISIL–KP[31]

Commanders and leaders
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh
United States George W. Bush
United States Barack Obama
United States Donald Trump
United States Joe Biden
United Kingdom Tony Blair
United Kingdom Gordon Brown
United Kingdom David Cameron
United Kingdom Theresa May
United Kingdom Boris Johnson
Canada Jean Chrétien
Canada Paul Martin
Canada Stephen Harper
Canada Justin Trudeau
Australia John Howard
Australia Kevin Rudd
Australia Julia Gillard
Australia Tony Abbott
Australia Malcolm Turnbull
Australia Scott Morrison
Italy Silvio Berlusconi
Italy Romano Prodi
Italy Mario Monti
Italy Enrico Letta
Italy Matteo Renzi
Italy Paolo Gentiloni
Italy Giuseppe Conte
Italy Mario Draghi
Germany Gerhard Schröder
Germany Angela Merkel
Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
John F. Campbell
List of former ISAF Commanders
List of former RS Commanders
Nangialai †[15]
Abdul Manan Niazi †[36]		 Afghanistan Mohammed Omar #
Afghanistan Akhtar Mansoor †
Afghanistan Hibatullah Akhundzada
Afghanistan Abdul Ghani Baradar
Afghanistan Jalaluddin Haqqani #[37]
Afghanistan Obaidullah Akhund †[38]
Afghanistan Dadullah Akhund †[38]
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Osama bin Laden †
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Asim Umar †
Muhammad Rasul
Haji Najibullah[39]		 Shahab al-Muhajir[40]
Hafiz Saeed Khan †
Mawlavi Habib Ur Rahman[41]
Abdul Haseeb Logari †
Abdul Rahman Ghaleb †
Abu Saad Erhabi †
Abdullah Orokzai (POW)
Qari Hekmat †
Mufti Nemat Surrendered
Dawood Ahmad Sofi †
Mohamed Zahran †
Ishfaq Ahmed Sofi †
Strength

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan National Security Forces: 352,000[42]
Resolute Support Mission: ~17,000[43]

Military contractors: 20,000+[44]
High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: 3,000–3,500[12]

Afghanistan Taliban: 60,000
(tentative estimate)[45]

HIG: 1,500–2,000+[49]
al-Qaeda: ~300[50][51][52] (~ 3,000 in 2001)[50]

Fidai Mahaz: 8,000[39]		 Islamic State ISIL–KP: 3,500–4,000 (2018, in Afghanistan)[53]
Casualties and losses

Afghan security forces:
67,558–70,558+ killed[54][55]
Northern Alliance:
200 killed[56][57][58][59][60]

Coalition:
Dead: 3,576

Wounded: 22,773

  • United States: 19,950[62]
  • United Kingdom: 2,188[63]
  • Canada: 635[64]

Contractors
Dead: 3,937[65][66]
Wounded: 15,000+[65][66]

Total killed: 73,295+		 52,893+ killed[67][54] (2,000+ al-Qaeda fighters)[50] ISIL–KP: 2,400+ killed[31]

Civilians killed: 46,319[67]

Total killed: 212,191+ (per UCDP)[68]

a The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of November 2014.[69]

b The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of May 2017.[70]

Footnotes

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  34. ^ Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war
  35. ^ Multiple sources:
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  55. ^ The New York Times reported at least 1,558 security forces members and 715 civilians were killed in the period between 1 May and 5 August 2021.[1][2][3][4]
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  65. ^ a b "U.S. Department of Labor – Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) – Defense Base Act Case Summary by Nation". Dol.gov. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  66. ^ a b T. Christian Miller (23 September 2009). "U.S. Government Private Contract Worker Deaths and Injuries". Projects.propublica.org. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  67. ^ a b "Human and Budgetary Costs to Date of the U.S. War in Afghanistan, 2001-2022 | Figures | Costs of War". The Costs of War. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  68. ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". www.ucdp.uu.se.
  69. ^ "International Security Assistance Force (ISAF): Key Facts and Figures" (PDF).
  70. ^ "Resolute Support Mission (RSM): Key Facts and Figures" (PDF).
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