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(D-4)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_9,_2010_(D-4)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_11,_2010_(D-2)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_11,_2010_(D-2)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>February 11, 2010 (D-2)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_11,_2010_(D-2)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_12,_2010_(D-1)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_12,_2010_(D-1)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>February 12, 2010 (D-1)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_12,_2010_(D-1)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_13,_2010_(D-Day)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_13,_2010_(D-Day)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>February 13, 2010 (D-Day)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_13,_2010_(D-Day)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_14,_2010_(D+1)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_14,_2010_(D+1)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>February 14, 2010 (D+1)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_14,_2010_(D+1)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_15,_2010_(D+2)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_15,_2010_(D+2)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>February 15, 2010 (D+2)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_15,_2010_(D+2)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_16,_2010_(D+3)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_16,_2010_(D+3)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>February 16, 2010 (D+3)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_16,_2010_(D+3)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_18,_2010_(D+5)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_18,_2010_(D+5)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.11</span> <span>February 18, 2010 (D+5)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_18,_2010_(D+5)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_25,_2010_(D+12)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_25,_2010_(D+12)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.12</span> <span>February 25, 2010 (D+12)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_25,_2010_(D+12)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-March_16,_2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#March_16,_2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.13</span> <span>March 16, 2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-March_16,_2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-March_20,_2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#March_20,_2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.14</span> <span>March 20, 2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-March_20,_2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-June_2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#June_2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.15</span> <span>June 2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-June_2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_7,_2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_7,_2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.16</span> <span>December 7, 2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_7,_2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coalition_and_Taliban_casualties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coalition_and_Taliban_casualties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Coalition and Taliban casualties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coalition_and_Taliban_casualties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Poppy_dilemma" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Poppy_dilemma"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Poppy dilemma</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Poppy_dilemma-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Initial_Assault_Order_of_Battle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Initial_Assault_Order_of_Battle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Initial Assault Order of Battle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Initial_Assault_Order_of_Battle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Follow_On_Units_(April_to_December_2010)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Follow_On_Units_(April_to_December_2010)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Follow On Units (April to December 2010)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Follow_On_Units_(April_to_December_2010)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Awards and honors</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Awards_and_honors-sublist" 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id="toc-Navy_Cross_and_Army_Distinguished_Service_Cross" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Navy_Cross_and_Army_Distinguished_Service_Cross"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Navy Cross and Army Distinguished Service Cross</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Navy_Cross_and_Army_Distinguished_Service_Cross-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Silver_Star_and_British_Military_Cross" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Silver_Star_and_British_Military_Cross"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Silver Star and British Military Cross</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Silver_Star_and_British_Military_Cross-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle In popular culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Films" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Films"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Films</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Films-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Documentaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Documentaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Documentaries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Documentaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Books" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Books"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Books</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Social_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Social_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Social media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Social_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F_%C2%ABM%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%C2%BB" title="Аперацыя «Mаштарак» – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Аперацыя «Mаштарак»" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3_Moshtarak" title="Operació Moshtarak – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Operació Moshtarak" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ymgyrch_Moshtarak" title="Ymgyrch Moshtarak – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ymgyrch Moshtarak" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Muschtarak" title="Operation Muschtarak – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Operation Muschtarak" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatsioon_Moshtarak" title="Operatsioon Moshtarak – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Operatsioon Moshtarak" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Moshtarak" title="Operación Moshtarak – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Operación Moshtarak" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaco_Mu%C5%9Dtarak" title="Operaco Muŝtarak – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Operaco Muŝtarak" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9" title="عملیات مشترک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="عملیات مشترک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Marjah" title="Bataille de Marjah – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bataille de Marjah" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%A2_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A7" title="מבצע מושתראק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מבצע מושתראק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mostarak_hadm%C5%B1velet" title="Mostarak hadművelet – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mostarak hadművelet" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operasi_Moshtarak" title="Operasi Moshtarak – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Operasi Moshtarak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatie_Mushtarak" title="Operatie Mushtarak – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Operatie Mushtarak" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operasjon_Moshtarak" title="Operasjon Moshtarak – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Operasjon Moshtarak" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk 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Battle for Marjah (film)">The Battle for Marjah (film)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r963460841">@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .desktop-float-right{box-sizing:border-box;float:right;clear:right}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.vevent .status>p:first-child{margin:0}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Operation Moshtarak</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>February 13, 2010 – December 7, 2010</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Marjah" title="Marjah">Marjah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a>, Afghanistan</div><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Operation_Moshtarak&params=31_31_N_64_07_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°31′N</span> <span class="longitude">64°07′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.517°N 64.117°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.517; 64.117</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> <p>Tactically inconclusive </p> <ul><li>NATO occupation of Marjah district</li></ul> <p>Strategic Taliban victory<sup id="cite_ref-TalibanRecapture_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TalibanRecapture-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>NATO withdrawal; Taliban recapture of Marjah<sup id="cite_ref-TalibanRecapture_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TalibanRecapture-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Islamic Republic of Afghanistan</a></b></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg/15px-Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg/23px-Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg/30px-Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="394" /></span></span></span> <b>ISAF</b><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Mohammad Zazai<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/James_Cowan_(British_Army_officer)" title="James Cowan (British Army officer)">James Cowan</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Carter_(British_Army_officer)" title="Nick Carter (British Army officer)">Nick Carter</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stanley_A._McChrystal" title="Stanley A. McChrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_D._Nicholson" title="Lawrence D. Nicholson">Lawrence D. Nicholson</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> Randall Newman</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qayyum_Zakir" title="Abdul Qayyum Zakir">Abdul Qayyum Zakir</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Abdur_Razzaq_(Taliban_Interior_Minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdur Razzaq (Taliban Interior Minister)">Abdur Razzaq Akhundzada</a><br />Naeem Baraikh<br /><a href="/wiki/Qari_Fasihuddin" title="Qari Fasihuddin">Qari Fasihuddin</a><br />Abdullah Nasrat<br />Mullah Mohammad Basir</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 4,000<sup id="cite_ref-UK_role_goes_to_plan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_role_goes_to_plan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> 1,200 (up to 4,200 available)<sup id="cite_ref-UK_role_goes_to_plan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_role_goes_to_plan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> 2,500<sup id="cite_ref-Assault_on_Taliban_in_southern_Afghanistan_begins_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Assault_on_Taliban_in_southern_Afghanistan_begins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Approx. 70<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Approx. 61<br /><b>Total:</b><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg/15px-Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg/23px-Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg/30px-Seal_of_the_International_Security_Assistance_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="394" /></span></span></span> 15,000+ troops<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Taliban_insurgency" title="Taliban insurgency">insurgents</a> (Taliban claim)<sup id="cite_ref-dawn_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />400–1,000 insurgents (U.S. estimate)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 45 killed<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> 15+ killed<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> 13 killed</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> 120+ killed (first 5 days)<sup id="cite_ref-insurgent_casualties_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insurgent_casualties-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />56 captured</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-top:1px dotted #aaa;"> <p><b>Civilian casualties</b><sup id="cite_ref-civilian_casualties_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civilian_casualties-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span 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title="Operation Hammer (Afghanistan)"><i>Hammer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Nasrat" title="Operation Nasrat"><i>Nasrat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Musa_Qala" title="Battle of Musa Qala">Musa Qala II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Garmsir" title="Battle of Garmsir">Garmsir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle%27s_Summit" title="Operation Eagle's Summit"><i>Eagle's Summit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Dagger" title="Operation Red Dagger"><i>Red Dagger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shahi_Tandar" title="Operation Shahi Tandar"><i>Shahi Tandar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diesel" title="Operation Diesel"><i>Diesel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mar_Lewe" title="Operation Mar Lewe"><i>Mar Lewe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw" title="Operation Panther's Claw"><i>Panther's Claw</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strike_of_the_Sword" title="Operation Strike of the 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Shorabak attack">Camp Shorabak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">Grishk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Kandahar_province_campaign" title="Template:Campaignbox Kandahar province campaign"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Campaignbox_Kandahar_province_campaign" title="Template talk:Campaignbox Kandahar province campaign"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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href="/wiki/Operation_Medusa" title="Operation Medusa"><i>Medusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche_(Afghanistan)" title="Operation Avalanche (Afghanistan)"><i>Avalanche</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kaika" title="Operation Kaika"><i>Kaika</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Panjwaii" title="Battle of Panjwaii">Panjwaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Falcon_Summit" title="Operation Falcon Summit"><i>Falcon Summit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hoover" title="Operation Hoover"><i>Hoover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Luger" title="Operation Luger"><i>Luger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kamin" title="Operation Kamin"><i>Kamin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Wali_Kot_Offensive" title="Shah Wali Kot Offensive">Shah Wali Kot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandahar_bombing" title="2008 Kandahar bombing">2008 Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin_Boldak_bombing" title="Spin Boldak bombing">Spin Boldak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarposa_prison_attack_of_2008" title="Sarposa prison attack of 2008">Sarposa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arghandab_(2008)" title="Battle of Arghandab (2008)">Arghandab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike">Wech Baghtu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kandahar_bombing" title="2009 Kandahar bombing">2009 Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing" title="Nadahan wedding bombing">Nadahan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Hamkari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Hamkari (page does not exist)"><i>Hamkari</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragon_Strike" title="Operation Dragon Strike"><i>Dragon Strike</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Baawar" title="Operation Baawar"><i>Baawar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar_(2011)" title="Battle of Kandahar (2011)">Battle of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandahar_massacre" title="Kandahar massacre">Kandahar massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">2017 Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">2020 Kandahar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Eastern_Afghanistan_campaign" title="Template:Campaignbox Eastern Afghanistan campaign"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Warrior_Sweep" title="Operation Warrior Sweep"><i>Warrior Sweep</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jacana" title="Operation Jacana"><i>Jacana</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Haven_Denial" title="Operation Haven Denial"><i>Haven Denial</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Resolve" title="Operation Mountain Resolve"><i>Mountain Resolve</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tar_Heels" title="Operation Tar Heels"><i>Tar Heels</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korangal_Valley_campaign" title="Korangal Valley campaign">Korangal valley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings" title="Operation Red Wings"><i>Red Wings</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes">Jaji border incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_South_Korean_hostage_crisis_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan">South Korean hostages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangar_Khel_incident" title="Nangar Khel incident">Nangar Khel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aranas" title="Battle of Aranas">Aranas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wanat" title="Battle of Wanat">Wanat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ebrahimkhel" title="Battle of Ebrahimkhel">Ebrahimkhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alasay" title="Battle of Alasay">Alasay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Bari_Alai" title="Attack on Bari Alai">Bari Alai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ganjgal" title="Battle of Ganjgal">Ganjal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kamdesh" title="Battle of Kamdesh">Kamdesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_raid_on_Narang" title="Night raid on Narang">Narang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba" title="Raid on Khataba">Khataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Badakhshan_massacre" title="2010 Badakhshan massacre">2010 Badakhshan massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bad_Pakh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Bad Pakh (page does not exist)">Bad Pakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bulldog_Bite" title="Operation Bulldog Bite"><i>Bulldog Bite</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Barawala_Kalay_Valley" title="Battle of Barawala Kalay Valley">Barawala Kalay Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Do_Ab" title="Battle of Do Ab">Do Ab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Asadabad" title="Battle of Asadabad">Asadabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2014 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2015 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_offensive_(2016)" title="Nangarhar offensive (2016)">Nangarhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janikhel_offensive" title="Janikhel offensive">Janikhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2016 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohmand_Valley_raid" title="Mohmand Valley raid">Mohmand Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora_(2017)" title="Battle of Tora Bora (2017)">Tora Bora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_Jalalabad_attack" title="Save the Children Jalalabad attack">Jalalabad (January 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (July 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="September 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (September 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">Charikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Bagram_Airfield_attack" title="2019 Bagram Airfield attack">Bagram (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May 2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Kabul_province_campaign" title="Template:Campaignbox Kabul province 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title="2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack">2008 Serena Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">2008 Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbin_Valley_ambush" title="Uzbin Valley ambush">Uzbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_raids_on_Kabul" title="February 2009 raids on Kabul">2009 raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NATO_Afghanistan_headquarters_bombing" title="2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing">NATO HQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">2009 Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_UN_guest_house_attack_in_Kabul" title="2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul">Bakhtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_Kabul_attack" title="January 2010 Kabul attack">January 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Kabul_attack" title="February 2010 Kabul attack">February 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2010 Kabul bombing">May 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">2011 Inter-Continental Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_attack_on_the_United_States_embassy,_Kabul" title="2011 attack on the United States embassy, Kabul">September 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Ashura_bombings" title="2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings">December 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2012_Afghanistan_attacks" title="April 2012 Afghanistan attacks">April 2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_June_2013_Kabul_bombing" title="11 June 2013 Kabul bombing">June 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Afghan_presidential_palace_attack" title="2013 Afghan presidential palace attack">Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2014_Kabul_restaurant_attack" title="January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack">January 2014</a></li> <li><a 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Kabul attack">April 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_attack_on_Canadian_Embassy_guards" title="Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards">Canadian Embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">July 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Afghanistan_attack" title="American University of Afghanistan attack">American University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2016_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2016 Kabul attacks">September 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">January 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">March 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2017_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2017 Kabul bombing">May 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">October 2017 mosque</a></li> <li><a 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July 2019 Kabul attack">1 July 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_July_2019_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing">28 July 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="7 August 2019 Kabul bombing">7 August 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">17 August 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_and_5_September_2019_Kabul_bombings" title="2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings">2 and 5 September 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">17 September 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">6 March 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Gurdwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">June 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">July 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="August 2020 Afghanistan attacks">August 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">September 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="October 2020 Afghanistan attacks">October 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="November 2020 Afghanistan attacks">November 2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">University</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">December 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">2021 school</a></li> <li><a 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Karez"><i>Karez</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Oqab" title="Operation Oqab"><i>Oqab</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kunduz_airstrike" title="2009 Kunduz airstrike">2009 airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Sahda_Ehlm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Sahda Ehlm (page does not exist)"><i>Sahda Ehlm</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Gala-e_Gorg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Gala-e Gorg (page does not exist)"><i>Gala-e Gorg</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Halmazag" title="Operation Halmazag"><i>Halmazag</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2015)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2015)">2015 battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike" title="Kunduz hospital airstrike">Hospital airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz-Takhar_highway_hostage_crisis" title="Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis">Hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2016)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2016)">2016 battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boz_Qandahari" title="Battle of Boz Qandahari">Boz Qandahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_madrassa_airstrike" title="Kunduz madrassa airstrike">Kunduz madrassa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <p><b><u>Major operations</u></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Viper" title="Operation Mountain Viper"><i>Mountain Viper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Asbury_Park" title="Operation Asbury Park"><i>Asbury Park</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Perth" title="Operation Perth"><i>Perth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chora" title="Battle of Chora">Chora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Firebase_Anaconda" title="Battle of Firebase Anaconda">Firebase Anaconda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shewan" title="Battle of Shewan">Shewan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balamorghab_ambush" title="Balamorghab ambush">Balamorghab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sabzak" title="Battle of Sabzak">Sabzak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Derapet" title="Battle of Derapet">Derapet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Doan" title="Battle of Doan">Doan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2015)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2015)">Kunduz (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Omari" title="Operation Omari">Omari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarinkot_(2016)" title="Battle of Tarinkot (2016)">Tarinkot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2016)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2016)">Kunduz (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boz_Qandahari" title="Battle of Boz Qandahari">Boz Qandahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2017)" title="Battle of Darzab (2017)">Darzab (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Farah" title="Battle of Farah">Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2018)" title="Battle of Darzab (2018)">Darzab (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Kunar_offensive" title="2019–2020 Kunar offensive">Kunar (2019–2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_offensive" title="Ghazni offensive">Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive" title="2021 Taliban offensive">2021 Taliban offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Zaranj" title="Capture of Zaranj">Zaranj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2021)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2021)">Kunduz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Herat" title="Fall of Herat">Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar_(2021)" title="Battle of Kandahar (2021)">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lashkargah" title="Battle of Lashkargah">Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)" title="Fall of Kabul (2021)">Kabul</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><u>Airstrikes</u></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Sayyd_Alma_Kalay_airstrike" title="2001 Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike">Sayyd Alma Kalay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_wedding_bombing" title="Uruzgan wedding bombing">Uruzgan wedding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_airstrike" title="Hyderabad airstrike">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gora_Prai_airstrike" title="Gora Prai airstrike">Gora Prai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike">Haska Meyna/Deh Bala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azizabad_airstrike" title="Azizabad airstrike">Azizabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike">Wech Baghtu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granai_airstrike" title="Granai airstrike">Granai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kunduz_airstrike" title="2009 Kunduz airstrike">Kunduz (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_helicopter_attack" title="Uruzgan helicopter attack">Uruzgan helicopter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sangin_airstrike" title="2010 Sangin airstrike">Sangin (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Gai_airstrike" title="Mano Gai airstrike">Mano Gai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraki_Barak_airstrike" title="Baraki Barak airstrike">Baraki Barak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kapisa_airstrike" title="2012 Kapisa airstrike">Kapisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Kunar" title="Raid on Kunar">Kunar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike" title="Kunduz hospital airstrike">Kunduz hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sangin_airstrike" title="2010 Sangin airstrike">Sangin (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nangarhar_airstrike" title="2017 Nangarhar airstrike">Nangarhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_madrassa_airstrike" title="Kunduz madrassa airstrike">Kunduz madrassa</a></li></ul> <p><b><u>Major insurgent attacks</u></b><br /> <b>2002</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Kabul_bombing" title="2002 Kabul bombing">Kabul</a></li></ul> <p><b>2007</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_South_Korean_hostage_crisis_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan">S Korean hostage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Baghlan_sugar_factory_bombing" title="2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing">Baghlan</a></li></ul> <p><b>2008</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandahar_bombing" title="2008 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin_Boldak_bombing" title="Spin Boldak bombing">Spin Boldak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Khost_suicide_bombing" title="2008 Khost suicide bombing">Khost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack" title="2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack">Kabul hotel</a></li></ul> <p><b>2009</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_raids_on_Kabul" title="February 2009 raids on Kabul">Kabul raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NATO_Afghanistan_headquarters_bombing" title="2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing">Kabul NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kandahar_bombing" title="2009 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_UN_guest_house_attack_in_Kabul" title="2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul">Kabul UN guesthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Chapman_attack" title="Camp Chapman attack">Camp Chapman</a></li></ul> <p><b>2010</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_Kabul_attack" title="January 2010 Kabul attack">Kabul (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Kabul_attack" title="February 2010 Kabul attack">Kabul (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2010 Kabul bombing">Kabul (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing" title="Nadahan wedding bombing">Nadahan</a></li></ul> <p><b>2011</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Logar_province_bombing" title="2011 Logar province bombing">Logar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nimruz_province_bombing" title="2011 Nimruz province bombing">Nimruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Zabul_province_bombing" title="2011 Zabul province bombing">Zabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_attack_on_the_United_States_embassy,_Kabul" title="2011 attack on the United States embassy, Kabul">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Ashura_bombings" title="2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings">Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif</a></li></ul> <p><b>2012</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_2012_Afghanistan_attacks" title="April 2012 Afghanistan attacks">Raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2012_raid_on_Camp_Bastion" title="September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion">Camp Bastion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Operating_Base_Salerno#June_2012_Attack" title="Forward Operating Base Salerno">FOB Salerno Attack</a></li></ul> <p><b>2013</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Farah_attack" title="2013 Farah attack">Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_June_2013_Kabul_bombing" title="11 June 2013 Kabul bombing">Kabul court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Afghan_presidential_palace_attack" title="2013 Afghan presidential palace attack">Kabul palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_bombing_of_Indian_consulate_in_Jalalabad" title="2013 bombing of Indian consulate in Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_attack_on_U.S._consulate_in_Herat" title="2013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat">Herat</a></li></ul> <p><b>2014</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2014_Kabul_restaurant_attack" title="January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack">Kabul restaurant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_shooting" title="2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_attack_on_Indian_consulate_in_Herat" title="2014 attack on Indian consulate in Herat">Herat Indian consulate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2014 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Paktika_car_bombing" title="2014 Paktika car bombing">1st Paktika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Yahyakhel_suicide_bombing" title="2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing">2nd Paktika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_Kabul_bombings" title="December 2014 Kabul bombings">Kabul school</a></li></ul> <p><b>2015</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Park_Palace_guesthouse_attack" title="2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kabul_Parliament_attack" title="2015 Kabul Parliament attack">Kabul Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Khost_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Khost suicide bombing">Khost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2015_Kabul_attacks" title="7 August 2015 Kabul attacks">Kabul police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_prison_escape" title="Ghazni prison escape">Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kandahar_Airport_bombing" title="2015 Kandahar Airport bombing">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_Embassy_attack_in_Kabul" title="2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul">Kabul Spanish embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2015 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li></ul> <p><b>2016</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_Kabul_attack" title="April 2016 Kabul attack">Kabul NDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz-Takhar_highway_hostage_crisis" title="Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis">Kunduz-Takhar highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_attack_on_Canadian_Embassy_guards" title="Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards">Kabul Canadian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_June_2016_Afghanistan_bombings" title="30 June 2016 Afghanistan bombings">Wardak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">Kabul Hazara protest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Afghanistan_attack" title="American University of Afghanistan attack">Kabul University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2016_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2016 Kabul attacks">Kabul Defense Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_bombing_of_the_German_consulate_in_Mazar-i-Sharif" title="2016 bombing of the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif">Mazar-i-Sharif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2016 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li></ul> <p><b>2017</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">Bombings (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">Kabul hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Camp_Shaheen_attack" title="2017 Camp Shaheen attack">Camp Shaheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2017_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2017 Kabul bombing">Kabul (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Herat_mosque_bombing" title="June 2017 Herat mosque bombing">Herat (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Lashkargah_bombing" title="June 2017 Lashkargah bombing">June Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Herat_mosque_attack" title="August 2017 Herat mosque attack">Herat (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="17 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">Gardez & Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">Kabul & Ghor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_December_2017_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul Shi'ite</a></li></ul> <p><b>2018</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_Jalalabad_attack" title="Save the Children Jalalabad attack">Jalalabad (Save the Children)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_ambulance_bombing" title="Kabul ambulance bombing">Kabul ambulance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul (22 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombings" title="30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings">Kabul (30 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2018_Baghlan_Province_attack" title="August 2018 Baghlan Province attack">Baghlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2018 Kabul attacks">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="September 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (Sep)</a></li></ul> <p><b>2019</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maidan_Shar_attack" title="Maidan Shar attack">Maidan Shar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Camp_Shorabak_attack" title="2019 Camp Shorabak attack">Camp Shorabak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kabul_mosque_bombing" title="2019 Kabul mosque bombing">Kabul mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_July_2019_Kabul_attack" title="1 July 2019 Kabul attack">Kabul Defense Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Ghazni_bombing" title="2019 Ghazni bombing">Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_July_2019_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2019_Farah_bombing" title="July 2019 Farah bombing">Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="7 August 2019 Kabul bombing">Kabul police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">Kabul wedding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_and_5_September_2019_Kabul_bombings" title="2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">Charikar & Kabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Qalat_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Qalat bombing">Qalat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_mosque_bombing" title="Haska Meyna mosque bombing">Haska Meyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Bagram_Airfield_attack" title="2019 Bagram Airfield attack">Bagram</a></li></ul> <p><b>2020</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">Kabul (6 Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Kabul gurdwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">June</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="August 2020 Afghanistan attacks">August</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jalalabad_prison_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalalabad prison attack">Jalalabad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">September</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="October 2020 Afghanistan attacks">October</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="November 2020 Afghanistan attacks">November</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">Kabul University</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">December</a></li></ul> <p><b>2021</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2021_Afghanistan_attacks" title="List of 2021 Afghanistan attacks">Jan-Aug</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">Kabul school</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Spin_Boldak_shooting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Spin Boldak shooting (page does not exist)">Spin Boldak</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><u>Massacres</u></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dasht-i-Leili_massacre" title="Dasht-i-Leili massacre">Dasht-i-Leili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Shinwar_shooting" title="2007 Shinwar shooting">Shinwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangar_Khel_incident" title="Nangar Khel incident">Nangar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_raid_on_Narang" title="Night raid on Narang">Narang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywand_District_murders" title="Maywand District murders">Maywand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba" title="Raid on Khataba">Khataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Badakhshan_massacre" title="2010 Badakhshan massacre">Badakhshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandahar_massacre" title="Kandahar massacre">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Operating_Base_Delhi_massacre" title="Forward 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id="Helmand_Province_campaign" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span style="line-height:1.6em"><a href="/wiki/Helmand_province_campaign" title="Helmand province campaign"><span class="wrap">Helmand Province campaign</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Lejay_firefight" title="2003 Lejay firefight">Lejay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Fury" title="Operation Eagle Fury"><i>Eagle Fury</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendly_fire_incident_at_Sangin" title="Friendly fire incident at Sangin">Lashkar Gah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Thrust" title="Operation Mountain Thrust"><i>Mountain Thrust</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sangin" title="Siege of Sangin">1st Sangin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Fury" title="Operation Mountain Fury"><i>Mountain Fury</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nawzad" title="Battle of Nawzad">Nawzad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Achilles" title="Operation Achilles"><i>Achilles</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Musa_Qala" title="Siege of Musa Qala">Musa Qala I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Volcano" title="Operation Volcano"><i>Volcano</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kryptonite" title="Operation Kryptonite"><i>Kryptonite</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_(2007)" title="Operation Silver (2007)"><i>Silver</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pickaxe-Handle" title="Operation Pickaxe-Handle"><i>Pickaxe-Handle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hammer_(Afghanistan)" title="Operation Hammer (Afghanistan)"><i>Hammer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Nasrat" title="Operation Nasrat"><i>Nasrat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Musa_Qala" title="Battle of Musa Qala">Musa Qala II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Garmsir" title="Battle of Garmsir">Garmsir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle%27s_Summit" title="Operation Eagle's Summit"><i>Eagle's Summit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Dagger" title="Operation Red Dagger"><i>Red Dagger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shahi_Tandar" title="Operation Shahi Tandar"><i>Shahi Tandar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diesel" title="Operation Diesel"><i>Diesel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mar_Lewe" title="Operation Mar Lewe"><i>Mar Lewe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw" title="Operation Panther's Claw"><i>Panther's Claw</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strike_of_the_Sword" title="Operation Strike of the Sword"><i>Strike of the Sword</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dahaneh" title="Battle of Dahaneh">Dahaneh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra%27s_Anger" title="Operation Cobra's Anger"><i>Cobra's Anger</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Moshtarak</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tor_Shezada" title="Operation Tor Shezada"><i>Tor Shezada</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sangin_(2010)" title="Battle of Sangin (2010)">Battle of Sangin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2012_raid_on_Camp_Bastion" title="September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion">Camp Bastion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">January 2017 Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Sangin" title="Fall of Sangin">Sangin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Lashkargah_bombing" title="June 2017 Lashkargah bombing">June 2017 Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Camp_Shorabak_attack" title="2019 Camp Shorabak attack">Camp Shorabak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">Grishk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Operation Moshtarak</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dari" title="Dari">Dari</a> for <i>Together</i> or <i>Joint</i>), also known as the <b>Battle of Marjah</b>, was an <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">International Security Assistance Force</a> (ISAF) <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">pacification</a> offensive in the town of <a href="/wiki/Marjah" title="Marjah">Marjah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. It involved a combined total of 15,000 <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Army">Afghan</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">American</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British</a>, Canadian, Danish, and Estonian troops, constituting the largest joint operation of the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a> up to that point. The purpose of the operation was to remove the Taliban from Marja, thus eliminating the last Taliban stronghold in central Helmand Province.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main target of the offensive was the town of <a href="/wiki/Marja_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marja (town)">Marjah</a>, which had been controlled for years by the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Opium" title="Opium">drug traffickers</a>. </p><p>Although Moshtarak was described as the largest operation in Afghanistan since the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>, it was originally supposed to be the prelude to a much larger offensive in Kandahar that would follow Moshtarak by several months.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ISAF chose to heavily publicize the operation before it was launched, comparing its scope and size to the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="Second Battle of Fallujah">Second Battle of Fallujah</a>, in the hopes that Taliban fighters in the town would flee.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The operation was also designed to showcase improvements in both the Afghan government and Afghan security forces. ISAF claimed that the operation was "Afghan-led" and would use five Afghan brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> General <a href="/wiki/Stanley_A._McChrystal" title="Stanley A. McChrystal">Stanley A. McChrystal</a>, the commander of ISAF, also promised that following the offensive ISAF would install a "government in a box" in Marja.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While initially successful, ISAF and the Afghan government failed to set up a working government in the town, leading to a successful resurgence by the Taliban; 90 days into the offensive General McChrystal famously referred to it as a "bleeding ulcer".<sup id="cite_ref-BleedingUlcer_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BleedingUlcer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October the town was still described as "troubling",<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but by early December the fighting there was declared "essentially over".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the withdrawal of NATO soldiers from Marja, it was reported the Taliban had regained control of the town and district with US army analysts describing the goals of the operation as a failure.<sup id="cite_ref-TalibanRecapture_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TalibanRecapture-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has later been cited as a critical turning point in the war, as its failure lead the Obama administration to shift in strategy, away from increasing the number of American combatants for a decisive victory and toward deescalation of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strategic_meaning">Strategic meaning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Strategic meaning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The operation was called "a key test" of the coalition strategy against the Taliban insurgency.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brigadier <a href="/wiki/James_Cowan_(British_Army_officer)" title="James Cowan (British Army officer)">James Cowan</a>, the commander of British forces in Helmand, believed it would mark "the start of the end of this insurgency". At the very least it would become a test of whether the Afghan forces would be able to make their country peaceful and safe.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The announcement of the operation was also a part of this strategy: "shaping the information battlefield strategic communications",<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to ensure it would not repeat the <a href="/wiki/Fallujah_during_the_Iraq_War" title="Fallujah during the Iraq War">destruction of Fallujah</a> in <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">Iraq</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hours before the offensive began, Afghan and coalition forces dropped <a href="/wiki/Flyer_(pamphlet)" title="Flyer (pamphlet)">leaflets</a> with the message, "Do not allow the Taliban to enter your home".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After this operation in Helmand province, the neighbouring province and the city of <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> became a target of American operations.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2010, U.S. and NATO commanders released details of plans for the biggest offensive of the war against the Taliban insurgency.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_war_model">New war model</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New war model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When launched, the operation was called a "new war model". Afghan and NATO officials had assembled a large team of Afghan administrators and an Afghan governor that would move into Marja after the fighting, with more than 1,900 police standing by. "We've got a government in a box, ready to roll in", said American commander <a href="/wiki/Stanley_A._McChrystal" title="Stanley A. McChrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The capture of Marja was intended to serve as a prototype for a new type of military operation.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Afghan government had pledged to hold any territory seized in the Taliban heartland during the assault. Utilities engineers were on hand to ensure power and water supplies were maintained.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline_of_battle">Timeline of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Timeline of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As early as September 2009, Canadian soldiers from 3 <a href="/wiki/Princess_Patricia%27s_Canadian_Light_Infantry" title="Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry">Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry</a> began training about 400 <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Army">Afghan National Army</a> recruits for the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since January 2010, coalition forces had launched smaller "shaping operations" to prepare for the main assault on February 13. One of these operations was a series of "find, fix, strike" raids by four-man <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">SAS</a> teams and <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Forces_Group_(United_States)" title="1st Special Forces Group (United States)">U.S. Army Special Forces team ODA 1231</a>. These resulted in the deaths of 50 Taliban leaders in the area according to NATO, but didn't seem to have any real adverse effect on the Taliban's operations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In another operation, the Scots Guards and Grenadier Guards captured a bomb factory and defused 20 IEDs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Afghan public was warned of the upcoming operation, in line with new <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_engagement" title="Rules of engagement">rules of engagement</a> for British forces, called "courageous restraint." The tactic, conceived by U.S. General <a href="/wiki/Stanley_McChrystal" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley McChrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a> and British Major General <a href="/wiki/Nick_Carter_(British_Army_officer)" title="Nick Carter (British Army officer)">Nick Carter</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Wyatt_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wyatt-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> required soldiers to "use brain-power rather than fire-power" and hoped to reduce damage to the Afghan population (in terms of collateral and life cost) by using fewer munitions and support measures. <a href="/wiki/11_Light_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="11 Light Brigade">11 Light Brigade</a>, the main British formation in Helmand for use in the counter-insurgency role tested the doctrine in some of the more heavily populated areas in Helmand.<sup id="cite_ref-Wyatt_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wyatt-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The publicity and the new tactics intended to prevent the loss of civilians, and to persuade insurgents to lay down their arms. The operation was the first in Helmand since the surge of 30,000 U.S. troops and additional British reinforcements in late 2009/early 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20100205_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20100205-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main force was the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (<a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Leatherneck" title="Task Force Leatherneck">Task Force Leatherneck</a>) as well as British Soldiers from 1 <a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a> Battle Group, <a href="/wiki/1_Grenadier_Guards_Battle_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Grenadier Guards Battle Group">1 Grenadier Guards Battle Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/1_Royal_Welsh_Battle_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Royal Welsh Battle Group">1 Royal Welsh Battle Group</a> all supported by Close Support Combat Engineers from 28 Engineer Regiment; elements of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Army">Afghan National Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Police" title="Afghan National Police">Afghan National Police</a> forces.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20100205_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20100205-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>British Forces focused on the <a href="/wiki/Lashkar_Gah_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Lashkar Gah district">Lashkar Gah district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nad_Ali_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Nad Ali district">Nad Ali district</a>, and U.S. forces on the town of Marja. U.S. assault forces included the <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_3rd_Marines" title="1st Battalion, 3rd Marines">1st Battalion, 3rd Marines</a> and <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_6th_Marines" title="1st Battalion, 6th Marines">1st Battalion, 6th Marines</a>, <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_6th_Marines" title="3rd Battalion, 6th Marines">3rd Battalion, 6th Marines</a>, <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_10th_Marines" title="3rd Battalion, 10th Marines">3rd Battalion, 10th Marines</a>, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Combat_Engineer_Battalion" title="2nd Combat Engineer Battalion">2nd Combat Engineer Battalion</a>, and elements of <a href="/wiki/2nd_Assault_Amphibian_Battalion" title="2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion">2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion</a> and <a href="/wiki/2nd_Light_Armored_Reconnaissance_Battalion" title="2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion">2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The operation also intended to cut the opium trade. Its main aim was to ensure that captured ground can be held by British and American troops, enabling the Afghan government and civilian aid agencies and military contractors to work more effectively in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20100205_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20100205-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A majority of the US forces were inserted by CH-53 and MV-22 helicopters, while the rest conducted a ground assault. The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces">Canadian Forces</a> focused on the <a href="/wiki/Air_assault" title="Air assault">air assault</a> with seven helicopters, including three <a href="/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook" title="Boeing CH-47 Chinook">CH-47 Chinook</a> escorted by four <a href="/wiki/CH-146_Griffon" class="mw-redirect" title="CH-146 Griffon">CH-146 Griffon</a>. The Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ferried about 1,100 coalition troops to <a href="/wiki/Nad_Ali_District" title="Nad Ali District">Nad Ali District</a> in the largest air assault ever conducted with Canadian helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 33 other coalition helicopters, supported by fighter jets and uncrewed aerial vehicles, also participated in the operation with a total of 11 waves of troop drops.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahead of the military operation, hundreds of civilian families fled Marja and its surroundings and were displaced from their homes due to the offensive by NATO and their Afghan partners.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town was suspected to be "one of the biggest, most dangerous minefields NATO forces have ever faced," and hundreds of the beleaguered insurgents could insist to fight until death.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_December_and_Early_January">Late December and Early January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Late December and Early January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By early January the surge forces which President Obama had announced on December 1, 2009, had arrived in country. The bulk of the Marine forces included the 1st and 3rd Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment. They quickly setup command at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Dwyer" title="Camp Dwyer">Camp Dwyer</a>, south of Marjah. They were joined with Afghan Army units and began training and preparing for their mission in Marjah.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time a small task force, A SQN The Household Cavalry Regiment would begin to secure the main road from Lashkargah around local police compounds at the main t-junction, which divides the main road North to Nad-e-Ali and South to Marjah. With 3 Troop tasked to move on a dirt track in a 12-man team in Scimitar's and 2 pick up's with a Tiger Team SF team, to prove a potential cross country route towards Marjah and probe the Taliban in the Bolan Desert in the weeks leading up to the Moshtarak. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_January_and_Early_February">Late January and Early February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Late January and Early February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the assault drew near, US and coalition forces began to encircle the city in order to screen those entering and exiting, gather intelligence, and deceive the enemy as to the avenue of approach for the well publicized assault. <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_6th_Marines" title="1st Battalion, 6th Marines">1st Battalion, 6th Marines</a> moved command to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fire_Base_Fiddlers_Green&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fire Base Fiddlers Green (page does not exist)">Fire Base Fiddlers Green</a>, home of <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_10th_Marines" title="3rd Battalion, 10th Marines">3rd Battalion, 10th Marines</a> just southeast of Marjah, the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_6th_Marines" title="3rd Battalion, 6th Marines">3rd Battalion, 6th Marines</a> built temporary Camp Belleau Wood just northwest of the city, and Bravo Company, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Assault_Amphibian_Battalion" title="2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion">2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion</a> and Alpha Company, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Light_Armored_Reconnaissance_Battalion" title="2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion">2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion</a> filled the desert to the west. </p><p>At the same time a small task force, A SQN The Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) would begin to secure the main road from Lashkargah around local police compounds at the main t-junction, which divides the main road North to Nad-e-Ali and South to Marjah. With 3 Troop tasked to move in a 12-man team in 4 Scimitar's and 2 pick up's with a Tiger Team SF team, to prove a potential off-road route towards Marjah from the East and probe the Taliban in the Bolan Desert in the weeks leading up to the Moshtarak. In these weeks 3 Troop would encounter resistance each day and found dozens of IED's along the route. Sleeping next to the vehicles at night left allowed them to stay mobile but the Taliban were determined to no avail. At the same time 2 TP HCR (12 man team) would encounter a force of 35 Taliban moving South to Marjah, stopping them with help from Apache support. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_9,_2010_(D-4)"><span id="February_9.2C_2010_.28D-4.29"></span>February 9, 2010 (D-4)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: February 9, 2010 (D-4)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In preparation for the major offensive, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines seized the "Five Points" junction east of Marja on the road to Lashkar Gah. Elements of Charlie Company were inserted by air under cover of darkness, while elements of Bravo Company, along with 1/3's Combat Engineer Platoon, traveled 9 kilometers on foot from their bases in the Nawa district, sweeping the road for explosive devices. Also Route Clearance Platoons clearing routes from their respective staging locations (In the Desert or Cop) into pre-specified locations and intersections from the East West North and South(a "Breach Point" at the Southern tip of the City in a specific instance(Breaching a canal with a bulldozer and a Fasseen type bridge gaining access to the much sought after city((RCP3 Attached/Embedded into ODA 3121))<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While repelling Taliban assaults, the Marines built a combat outpost, completed on February 14, that they named COP Reilly.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1/3 Marines held COP Reilly and the northeastern outer sector of Marjah until February 25, when Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines arrived to take control of the position.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_11,_2010_(D-2)"><span id="February_11.2C_2010_.28D-2.29"></span>February 11, 2010 (D-2)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: February 11, 2010 (D-2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 11, forces staged all around the city and at the major airbases ready for the next day's assault. Hours before midnight the Afghan President <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">Hamid Karzai</a> had given his personal approval for the operation, that had been delayed for 24 hours as Afghan officials entered last minute negotiations with insurgents.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_12,_2010_(D-1)"><span id="February_12.2C_2010_.28D-1.29"></span>February 12, 2010 (D-1)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: February 12, 2010 (D-1)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>February 12 was the original D-day, but after a 24-hour delay to for negotiations, forces were on a standout and had one extra day for preparation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_13,_2010_(D-Day)"><span id="February_13.2C_2010_.28D-Day.29"></span>February 13, 2010 (D-Day)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: February 13, 2010 (D-Day)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helmand_leaflets350.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Helmand_leaflets350.jpg/220px-Helmand_leaflets350.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Helmand_leaflets350.jpg/330px-Helmand_leaflets350.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Helmand_leaflets350.jpg/440px-Helmand_leaflets350.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1993" /></a><figcaption>February 12, 2010, distribution of <a href="/wiki/Flyer_(pamphlet)" title="Flyer (pamphlet)">leaflets</a> over Helmand Province by the U.S. military</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Battalion,_6th_Marines_board_CH-53E_Super_Stallion_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_board_CH-53E_Super_Stallion_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/220px-1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_board_CH-53E_Super_Stallion_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_board_CH-53E_Super_Stallion_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/330px-1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_board_CH-53E_Super_Stallion_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_board_CH-53E_Super_Stallion_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/440px-1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_board_CH-53E_Super_Stallion_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>1st Battalion, 6th Marines board CH-53E Super Stallion on February 13.</figcaption></figure> <p>Hours before dawn, US and Afghan special operations forces inserted into two key target sites in the southwest corner of Marjah. They would be isolated until Marines, Soldiers, and Afghani troops from Task Force 3/4/205 could link up. Just prior to dawn, the landing waves of helicopters across central Helmand marked the start of the major offensive.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Third Battalion, 6th Marines were inserted into the northern part of the city and 1st Battalion, 6th Marines in the center of the city. In the southern edge, Task force 3/4/205 conducted a ground breach and companies of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines also conducted a ground breach from the southeast.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 13, two hours before dawn at 4 am local time the first of 90 Chinook and Huey helicopters disgorged a force of British, Afghan and French troops. The <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Forces_Group_(United_States)" title="1st Special Forces Group (United States)">US Special Forces ODA's 1231</a> and <a href="/wiki/3rd_Special_Forces_Group_(United_States)" title="3rd Special Forces Group (United States)">ODA 3121</a> had been on the ground for hours prior to the main push seizing control of their objectives. The Special Forces then advanced north into the city meeting heavy resistance and capturing further objectives. The advance into Marja was slowed during the morning through poppy fields lined with home-made explosives and other land mines.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first kills were reported to be made by uncrewed <a href="/wiki/MQ-1_Predator" class="mw-redirect" title="MQ-1 Predator">Predator</a> aircraft and <a href="/wiki/AH-64_Apache" class="mw-redirect" title="AH-64 Apache">AH-64 Apache</a> attack helicopters, targeting insurgents seen laying roadside bombs and setting up anti-aircraft guns. At 2 am local time the troops from the U.S. Marine Corps seized a series of canal crossings south of Nad-e-Ali. </p><p>Within minutes, the U.S., British and Afghan <a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a> seized and secured dozens of helicopter landing sites. Most notably U.S. Army Special Forces ODA 1231 along with Afghan Commandos from 3rd Commando Kandak took control of the southern tip of the city, being the first boots on the ground. At 2:25 am Chinooks approached, flown by pilots with <a href="/wiki/Night_vision" title="Night vision">night vision</a> equipment and guided by <a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a> flares, dropped from U.S. Marine KC-130's. At about 4 am, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Chinook_(UK_variants)" title="Boeing Chinook (UK variants)">RAF Chinooks</a> full of soldiers from the 1st battalion the Royal Welsh left Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, for the Pegasus landing zone in the Taliban stronghold of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Showal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Showal (page does not exist)">Showal</a> in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chah-e-Anjir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chah-e-Anjir (page does not exist)">Chah-e-Anjir</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-Rayment_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rayment-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time the British Manoeuvre Support Group consisting of the Viking Gp, Close Support Armoured Engineers (including the first deployment of Trojan Armoured vehicles) and Route opening capabilities departed for the Op Moshtarak AO. While the British force began to secure their area, a 1,000-strong combined force of members of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Afghan National Army landed in Marja. During the following 90 minutes, more Marines arrived in waves of <a href="/wiki/CH-53_Super_Stallion" class="mw-redirect" title="CH-53 Super Stallion">CH-53 Super Stallion</a> transport helicopters. By daybreak, hundreds more soldiers began to enter the area by land, using mobile bridges and <a href="/wiki/Assault_Breacher_Vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Assault Breacher Vehicles">Assault Breacher Vehicles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rayment_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rayment-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Major General <a href="/wiki/Nick_Carter_(British_Army_officer)" title="Nick Carter (British Army officer)">Nick Carter</a>, commander of NATO <a href="/wiki/Train_Advise_Assist_Command_-_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Train Advise Assist Command - South">Regional Command South</a> in southern Afghanistan, said Afghan and coalition troops made a "successful insertion" without incurring any casualties. While the U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the town of Marja, British, American and Canadian forces struck in the Nad Ali district. General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sher_Mohammad_Zazai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sher Mohammad Zazai (page does not exist)">Sher Mohammad Zazai</a>, commander of the Afghan troops in the south, said Afghan and NATO forces had established positions in 11 of 13 targeted areas in and around Marja and were slowly pushing forward.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When invading Marja, the invading troops confiscated caches of weapons and ammunition. The greatest obstacle was the extensive network of mines and booby traps. The assault troops were reported to run into "a huge number" of improvised explosive devices when crossing a canal into the town's northern entrance. Marines and Army used portable aluminium bridges to span the irrigation channels. Mobile bridges enabled the safe crossing of the main canal into Marja, since the existing bridge was expected to be rigged with explosives. Marine engineers moved forward in special mine-clearing Assault Breacher Vehicles. These 72-ton, 40-foot-long (12 m) vehicles, fitted with a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) <a href="/wiki/Plow" class="mw-redirect" title="Plow">plow</a> supported by metallic skis that glide on the dirt, and nearly 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg) of explosives, ploughed a path through fields and dug a safety lane through the numerous minefields laid by the Taliban. To clear minefields and ignite roadside bombs, the Marines also launched rockets which deploy cables of plastic explosives, called <a href="/wiki/M58_MICLIC" title="M58 MICLIC">M58 MICLIC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the first day of the operation, Qari <a href="/wiki/Yousef_Ahmadi" title="Yousef Ahmadi">Yousef Ahmadi</a>, a spokesman of the Taliban, said that insurgents were still resisting in Marja in hit-and-run tactics against ISAF forces. Mullah Mohammed had told <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a> that the Taliban were retreating to reduce civilian casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By nightfall, it was claimed by ISAF sources that Marines "appeared to be in control" of the centre of Marja.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>British forces moving into the Nadi Ali and western Babaji regions encountered small 'stay-behind' pockets of resistance, although most Taliban fighters had already retreated to other areas in Helmand. Number One Company of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards advanced several kilometers into the region on foot from Patrol Base 4 in Babaji. The guardsmen manpacked <a href="/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin" title="FGM-148 Javelin">FGM-148 Javelin</a> missiles which were used decisively to defeat the Taliban resistance left in the area. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Gulab_Mangal" title="Mohammad Gulab Mangal">Gulab Mangal</a>, the governor of Helmand, said it was "the most successful operation we have ever carried out", but warned that the complete military operation could take a month.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, General McChrystal later called the offensive in Marja a "bleeding ulcer" after 90 days into the offensive.<sup id="cite_ref-BleedingUlcer_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BleedingUlcer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_14,_2010_(D+1)"><span id="February_14.2C_2010_.28D.2B1.29"></span>February 14, 2010 (D+1)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: February 14, 2010 (D+1)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Battalion_6th_Marine_Regiment_take_cover_outside_Marjah.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/1st_Battalion_6th_Marine_Regiment_take_cover_outside_Marjah.jpg/220px-1st_Battalion_6th_Marine_Regiment_take_cover_outside_Marjah.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/1st_Battalion_6th_Marine_Regiment_take_cover_outside_Marjah.jpg/330px-1st_Battalion_6th_Marine_Regiment_take_cover_outside_Marjah.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/1st_Battalion_6th_Marine_Regiment_take_cover_outside_Marjah.jpg/440px-1st_Battalion_6th_Marine_Regiment_take_cover_outside_Marjah.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2336" /></a><figcaption>Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers take cover in Marja on February 13.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the morning of February 14, 2010, a report of the Australian newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a></i> under the headline "Opium city captured" claimed the seizure of Marjah, "source of most of the world's opium", by the Afghan and ISAF forces.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> reported that a small flag-raising ceremony at one of the Afghan and ISAF compounds on the morning of February 14 drew gunfire, suggesting that the insurgents remained defiant.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After American, Afghan and British troops seized crucial positions, having first overwhelmed most immediate resistance, they encountered "intense but sporadic" fighting as they began house-to-house searches.<sup id="cite_ref-Filkins_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filkins-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The pattern suggested that the hardest fighting was still to come. According to American commanders the troops had achieved every first-day objective, including advancing into the city itself and seizing strategic points like intersections, government buildings and one of the city's <a href="/wiki/Bazaars" class="mw-redirect" title="Bazaars">bazaars</a> in the center. The following searching door to door for weapons and insurgents is expected to last at least five days, with possibly hundreds of bombs and <a href="/wiki/Booby-traps" class="mw-redirect" title="Booby-traps">booby-traps</a> in houses and on roads and footpaths as the biggest concern.<sup id="cite_ref-Filkins_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filkins-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On this second day of the operation British troops pushed through Showal, the town that for the last two years was under the control of insurgents who used it as a staging post to build bombs and to train their fighters to plant them. In factory raids explosives for numerous improvised explosive devices were seized.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not only bomb-making equipment, but also drugs and heroin-processing chemicals were found in surrounding field belonging to <a href="/wiki/Opium" title="Opium">Opium</a> farmers. Among the drugs seized were 17 tons of <a href="/wiki/Opium" title="Opium">black tar opium</a>, 74 tons of <a href="/wiki/Opium_poppy" class="mw-redirect" title="Opium poppy">opium poppy seeds</a>, 400 pounds (180 kg) of <a href="/wiki/Hashish" title="Hashish">hashish</a> and 443 pounds (201 kg) of heroin.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twelve civilians, 10 of whom were from the same family, were killed when civilian houses in Marja were struck by two rockets fired by a NATO <a href="/wiki/High_Mobility_Artillery_Rocket_System" class="mw-redirect" title="High Mobility Artillery Rocket System">High Mobility Artillery Rocket System</a> (HIMARS). All use of the rocket system was stopped by NATO commanders, the American general McChrystal telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to apologize for what he called the "unfortunate incident" and the latter called for an investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major General Nick Carter stated however that the rockets were on target and the house was used by the Taliban for staging attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_15,_2010_(D+2)"><span id="February_15.2C_2010_.28D.2B2.29"></span>February 15, 2010 (D+2)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: February 15, 2010 (D+2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> On the morning of the third day of the operation, the American general Stanley McChrystal visited the former "insurgent capital" of Showal, where after two years the white flag of the Taliban was replaced with the red, green and black national flag. While the British 50-square-mile (130 km<sup>2</sup>) sector of northern Nad-e-Ali had fallen easily, the American troops were still pushing through Marja a few miles away where the insurgents are putting up a "final stand".<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operation_Moshtarak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/220px-Operation_Moshtarak.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/330px-Operation_Moshtarak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Operation_Moshtarak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption>Cpl Ducote and Lcpl Cooper 3rd Bn 6th Mar India Company</figcaption></figure> <p>According to American and Afghan commanders, the number of insurgents in the area had dropped by about half. About a quarter of the 400 Taliban fighters estimated to be in Marja at the beginning of the operation had been killed. Another quarter appeared to have retreated to other areas or have fled the area, including some of the commanders. In Marja itself fighting continued in two areas, at the northern end of the district and at the center.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_16,_2010_(D+3)"><span id="February_16.2C_2010_.28D.2B3.29"></span>February 16, 2010 (D+3)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: February 16, 2010 (D+3)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the town of Showal was captured following the launch of Operation Moshtarak, a threat was perceived by the ISAF forces of suicide or other bombing attacks by insurgents, attempting to reassert their presence in defiance of the media focus on the town's recapture.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_18,_2010_(D+5)"><span id="February_18.2C_2010_.28D.2B5.29"></span>February 18, 2010 (D+5)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: February 18, 2010 (D+5)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 18, 2010, Afghan soldiers raised the Afghan national flag over the badly damaged bazaar in Marja which had been the target of ISAF and Afghan army attacks, after driving back Taliban snipers on their third attempt, witnessed by the top Afghan general in Helmand and the provincial governor. The same day, there were reports about a meeting of Afghan government officials with Taliban representatives in the <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a> that had taken place at the end of January.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marines_securing_the_city_of_Marjeh_Feb_22_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="soldiers beside a mud wall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Marines_securing_the_city_of_Marjeh_Feb_22_2010.jpg/220px-Marines_securing_the_city_of_Marjeh_Feb_22_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Marines_securing_the_city_of_Marjeh_Feb_22_2010.jpg/330px-Marines_securing_the_city_of_Marjeh_Feb_22_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Marines_securing_the_city_of_Marjeh_Feb_22_2010.jpg/440px-Marines_securing_the_city_of_Marjeh_Feb_22_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="874" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment return fire on enemy forces in Marja.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the south of the city near the Balakino Bazaar, where soldiers and Marines from Task Force 3/4/205 had been clearing since D-day, a major fight broke out as they struggled to clear the last major intersection. Members of Army Special Forces ODA 3121 along with Marine engineers and partnered Afghan commandos began to fight their way west from the Balakino Bazaar (Objective Thunderdome, what would be called COP McQueary and later COP Azadi) to the last major Taliban Intersection (Objective Olympia). At the same time, Marines from 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd AABn (aka MRAP Company) pushed north towards Olympia from COP Radford at the southern entrance of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-ArmyTimes2018-12-13_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArmyTimes2018-12-13-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WrongWar_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WrongWar-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Encountering heavy rocket-propelled grenade, small arms, and indirect fire the forces moved into the intersection which consisted of a small bazaar and International Red Cross clinic, surrounded by several canals and guarded by fighting bunkers. Once the intersection was secured, the engineers began clearing the areas of IEDs. When clearing the bazaar, opening a <a href="/wiki/Booby-trap" class="mw-redirect" title="Booby-trap">booby-trapped</a> door triggered an explosion, killing Lance Corporal Larry Johnson and Sergeant Jeremy McQueary, both of 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, and wounded five other Marines.<sup id="cite_ref-ArmyTimes2018-12-13_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArmyTimes2018-12-13-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WrongWar_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WrongWar-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MRAP Company occupied the intersection and eventually developed COP Olympia. For his actions leading the assault to COP Olympia, Army Staff Sergeant Corey Calkins was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Cross (Navy Cross equivalent), which is the second-highest medal awarded in Marjah.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the explosion of the booby-trapped door the Marines and other nearby US forces inspected nearby homes, and apprehended an individual from a home they thought contained material that could be used to construct a bomb. A cooperative local elder identified the prisoner as a member of the Taliban. In 2015 <a href="/wiki/Mathew_Golsteyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathew Golsteyn">Mathew Golsteyn</a> was discharged from the Army, and had a letter of reprimand left in his personnel file, over the death of this prisoner. During a 2016 interview, on <i><a href="/wiki/FOX_News" class="mw-redirect" title="FOX News">FOX News</a></i> Golsteyn provided a description of the prisoner's death that led to murder charges, in December 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-ArmyTimes2018-12-13_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArmyTimes2018-12-13-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_25,_2010_(D+12)"><span id="February_25.2C_2010_.28D.2B12.29"></span>February 25, 2010 (D+12)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: February 25, 2010 (D+12)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Marines_in_Marjeh_Afghanistan_Feb_22_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="soldiers beside a mud wall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/U.S._Marines_in_Marjeh_Afghanistan_Feb_22_2010.jpg/220px-U.S._Marines_in_Marjeh_Afghanistan_Feb_22_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/U.S._Marines_in_Marjeh_Afghanistan_Feb_22_2010.jpg/330px-U.S._Marines_in_Marjeh_Afghanistan_Feb_22_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/U.S._Marines_in_Marjeh_Afghanistan_Feb_22_2010.jpg/440px-U.S._Marines_in_Marjeh_Afghanistan_Feb_22_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment return fire on enemy forces in Marjah using an <a href="/wiki/M72_LAW" title="M72 LAW">M72 LAW</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>After 12 days, on the morning of February 25, 2010, there was another flag rising ceremony. The Australian newspaper <i>The Sydney Morning Herald</i> reported that an AFP photographer mentioned the rising of the Afghan flag on a building at the Marja bazaar by Mohammad Gulab Mangal, governor of Helmand province, watched by Brigadier General Larry Nicholson, the commander of the US Marines in southern Afghanistan. This ceremony was attended by a crowd of several hundred inhabitants of the 125,000 inhabitants of the town and was guarded by US Marine snipers positioned on the roofs of buildings. Nicholson and Mangal, accompanied by Major General Nick Carter, the British commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, arrived in Marja early that day by helicopter from <a href="/wiki/Camp_Bastion" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Bastion">Camp Bastion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_16,_2010"><span id="March_16.2C_2010"></span>March 16, 2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: March 16, 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, 2010, an assessment by the <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Red_Crescent_Society" title="Afghan Red Crescent Society">Afghan Red Crescent Society</a> (ARCS) claimed that the conflict in Marja had left 35 civilians dead, 37 injured, and 55 houses destroyed – without specifying which side killed how many civilians. Except for some "small pockets of resistance", Taliban fighters had been driven out of the town, but many inhabitants were struggling to return to some kind of normality. Before and during the military operation they were promised rapid aid, but some three weeks after the end of the offensive local people said that they had yet to receive any meaningful assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_20,_2010"><span id="March_20.2C_2010"></span>March 20, 2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: March 20, 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operation_Moshtarak_return_fire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Operation_Moshtarak_return_fire.jpg/220px-Operation_Moshtarak_return_fire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Operation_Moshtarak_return_fire.jpg/330px-Operation_Moshtarak_return_fire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Operation_Moshtarak_return_fire.jpg/440px-Operation_Moshtarak_return_fire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Marines from Bravo Company, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Assault_Amphibian_Battalion" title="2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion">2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion</a> return fire on the Taliban during Operation Moshtarak.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to reports, sniper fire and bomb explosions in Marja three or four times daily were a sign that the insurgents had not given up despite losing control of the town. New bombs were planted every night, even though Marines said they could dismantle most of them. Lt. Col. Calvert Worth, commander of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, said that his troops found or hit more than 120 homemade bombs in their first 30 days in Marja.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ATC_Officers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/ATC_Officers.jpg/220px-ATC_Officers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/ATC_Officers.jpg/330px-ATC_Officers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/ATC_Officers.jpg/440px-ATC_Officers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Marine Officers Lieutenant Brian Irizarry and Captain Stalnaker at Camp Dwyer, Helmand at the conclusion of Operation Moshtarak</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2010">June 2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: June 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Four months after the start of the operation, a lack of security for local population cooperating with ISAF troops and the eruption of gun battles "almost daily" have been reported.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four months after the offensive the former Taliban stronghold, that was intended to become a showpiece of what Western military might and ramped-up Afghan government services could accomplish, became something of a cautionary tale. Insurgents undermined a return to normal life, intimidating bakers who supplied American troops.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_7,_2010"><span id="December_7.2C_2010"></span>December 7, 2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: December 7, 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Operation Moshtarak was declared officially over and the city secured. However, fighting between Coalition troops and the Taliban would continue in the Marjah region until 2013. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coalition_and_Taliban_casualties">Coalition and Taliban casualties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Coalition and Taliban casualties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of February 18, Coalition forces have not released, or given any more statements about estimates of Taliban casualties during this operation. In the first five days of fighting an anonymous US intelligence source estimated at least 120 Taliban fighters were killed engaging Coalition and Afghan forces in Marja during the operation. </p><p>By early December, 61 US, UK and Afghan soldiers were reported killed in the district as part of the operation. However, the Afghan national army almost never gave out their fatality figures so the number of Coalition dead could be higher. </p><p>The numbers of Coalition and Taliban <a href="/wiki/Wounded_in_action" title="Wounded in action">wounded in action</a> have not been released or publicly estimated thus far. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Poppy_dilemma">Poppy dilemma</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Poppy dilemma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marines_in_poppy_fields.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Marines_in_poppy_fields.jpg/220px-Marines_in_poppy_fields.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Marines_in_poppy_fields.jpg/330px-Marines_in_poppy_fields.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Marines_in_poppy_fields.jpg/440px-Marines_in_poppy_fields.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption> U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol the <a href="/wiki/Papaver_somniferum" title="Papaver somniferum">poppy</a> fields in Marja.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Peace_Jirga_2010" title="Afghan Peace Jirga 2010">Afghan Peace Jirga 2010</a></div> <p>After the ousting of the Taliban, the American and NATO commanders were confronted with the <a href="/wiki/Dilemma" title="Dilemma">dilemma</a> of on the one hand the need for <i>"winning the hearts and minds"</i> of the local population as well as on the other hand the necessity of the eradication of poppies and the destruction of the opium economy, that allegedly financed the Taliban insurgency.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since opium is the main source of existence of 60 to 70 percent of the farmers in Marja, American Marines were ordered to preliminarily ignore the crops to avoid trampling their livelihood.<sup id="cite_ref-opium_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opium-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Initial_Assault_Order_of_Battle">Initial Assault Order of Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Initial Assault Order of Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following order of battle was taken from an ISAF press release:<sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A combined force of 15,000 is involved in Operation Moshtarak. This combined force includes: Approximately five brigades of Afghan forces, including members of the <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Army">Afghan National Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Police" title="Afghan National Police">Afghan National Police</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Afghan_Commandos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afghan Commandos (page does not exist)">Afghan Commandos</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Civil_Order_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Civil Order Police">Afghan National Civil Order Police</a>. </p> <ul><li>ISAF <a href="/wiki/Train_Advise_Assist_Command_-_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Train Advise Assist Command - South">Regional Command South</a> elements, with forces drawn from the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia and Canada. These elements include:</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operation_Moshtarak_DVIDS255125.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Operation_Moshtarak_DVIDS255125.jpg/300px-Operation_Moshtarak_DVIDS255125.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Operation_Moshtarak_DVIDS255125.jpg/450px-Operation_Moshtarak_DVIDS255125.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Operation_Moshtarak_DVIDS255125.jpg/600px-Operation_Moshtarak_DVIDS255125.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3153" data-file-height="2102" /></a><figcaption>A US Army soldier of <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_17th_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment">1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment</a> during Operation Moshtarak</figcaption></figure> <p><b><u>REGIONAL COMMAND SOUTH</u></b> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)" title="2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)">2ND MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Leatherneck" title="Task Force Leatherneck">Task Force Leatherneck</a>) (USMC) </p> <ul><li><b>Brigade Headquarters Group (5th Battalion, 10th Marines)</b> <ul><li>3rd Radio Battalion followed by 1st Radio Battalion (USMC)</li> <li>1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) (USMC)</li> <li>Det, 4th Civil Affairs Group (USMC)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/7th_Marine_Regiment" title="7th Marine Regiment">7th Marine Regiment</a> (USMC)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion_6th_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Battalion 6th Marines">1st Battalion, 6th Marines</a> (USMC)</li> <li>Company F, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_5th_Marines" title="2nd Battalion, 5th Marines">2nd Battalion, 5th Marines</a> attached to 1/6 (USMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion_3rd_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Battalion 3rd Marines">1st Battalion, 3rd Marines</a> (USMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion_6th_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Battalion 6th Marines">3rd Battalion, 6th Marines</a> (USMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)">4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stryker" title="Stryker">Stryker</a>) (US Army)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_10th_Marines" title="3rd Battalion, 10th Marines">3rd Battalion, 10th Marines</a> (USMC) (155mm artillery)</li> <li>5th Battalion, 11th Marines (USMC) (HIMARS rockets)</li> <li>3d Kandak (Battalion), 4th Brigade, 205th Corps (Afghan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Combat_Engineer_Battalion" title="2nd Combat Engineer Battalion">2nd Combat Engineer Battalion</a> (USMC)</li> <li>Company A, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment (US Army)</li> <li>Company A, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Light_Armored_Reconnaissance_Battalion" title="2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion">2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion</a> (Det-) (USMC)</li> <li>3rd & HQ Platoon, Company B, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Assault_Amphibian_Battalion" title="2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion">2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion</a> (provisional rifle platoon) (<a href="/wiki/MRAP_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="MRAP Company">MRAP Company</a>) (USMC)</li> <li>1st Platoon, Company B, <a href="/wiki/1st_Combat_Engineer_Battalion" title="1st Combat Engineer Battalion">1st Combat Engineer Battalion</a> (USMC)</li> <li>Operational Detachment Alpha-3121, 3rd Special Forces Group (US Army)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (USMC)</b> <ul><li>HQ, Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (USMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Engineer_Support_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Engineer Support Battalion">7th Engineer Support Battalion</a> (USMC)</li> <li>8th Engineer Support Battalion (USMC)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Combat_Logistics_Battalion_1" title="Combat Logistics Battalion 1">Combat Logistics Battalion 1</a>(USMC)</b></li></ul></li> <li><b>Marine Aircraft Group 40 (USMC)</b> <ul><li>Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (AH-1 Cobra/UH-1 Huey)</li> <li>Marine Attack Squadron 231 (AV-8B Harrier)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Heavy_Helicopter_Squadron_466" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466">Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466</a> (CH-53E)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Heavy_Helicopter_Squadron_466" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466">Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466</a> (CH-53E)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Heavy_Helicopter_Squadron_463" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463">Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463</a> (CH-53D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Heavy_Helicopter_Squadron_463" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463">Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464</a> (CH-53E)</li> <li>Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (MV-22 Osprey)</li> <li>Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (RQ-7 Shadow/ScanEagle)</li> <li>Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (KC-130)</li> <li>Marine Air Control Squadron 4 Detachment Bravo (MCAS Iwakuni, JP)</li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/82nd_Combat_Aviation_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="82nd Combat Aviation Battalion">82ND COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE</a></b> <b>(Task Force Pegasus) (US Army)</b> </p> <ul><li>1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment (AH-64)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment (UH-60L)</li> <li>3rd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment (UH-60L, CH-47D/F)</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Helmand" title="Task Force Helmand">Task Force Helmand</a>) (UK) </p> <ul><li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a> (UK)</li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a> (UK)</li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Welsh" title="Royal Welsh">Royal Welsh</a> Regiment (UK)</li> <li>Elements of 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Regiment">Yorkshire Regiment</a> (Operational Mentor and Liaison Team) (UK)</li> <li>Elements of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (OMLT) (Canada)</li> <li>A Sqn, <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Regiment">Household Cavalry Regiment</a></li> <li>Tiger Team Afghan SF (reconnaissance force) (UK) (AF)</li></ul> <p><b>3RD BRIGADE, <a href="/wiki/205th_Corps" title="205th Corps">205TH CORPS</a> (Afghan National Army)</b> </p> <ul><li>Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 205th Corps (Afghan)</li> <li>1st Kandak (Battalion), 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps (Afghan)</li> <li>2nd Kandak (Battalion), 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps (Afghan)</li> <li>3rd Kandak (Battalion), 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps (Afghan)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marines_1st_Battalion,_6th_Marines_in_Marjeh,_Afghanistan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="soldiers walk along field with carrying large weapons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Marines_1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_in_Marjeh%2C_Afghanistan.jpg/220px-Marines_1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_in_Marjeh%2C_Afghanistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Marines_1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_in_Marjeh%2C_Afghanistan.jpg/330px-Marines_1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_in_Marjeh%2C_Afghanistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Marines_1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_in_Marjeh%2C_Afghanistan.jpg/440px-Marines_1st_Battalion%2C_6th_Marines_in_Marjeh%2C_Afghanistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol the fields in Aftermath.</figcaption></figure> <p><b><u>OTHER SUPPORTING UNITS</u></b> </p> <ul><li>Combat Logistics Battalion 6 CLR2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Air Expeditionary Wing">451st Air Expeditionary Wing</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._904_Expeditionary_Air_Wing_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 904 Expeditionary Air Wing (United Kingdom)">904 Expeditionary Air Wing</a> (UK)<sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Canadian Helicopter Force - Afghanistan <ul><li>408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (Canada)<sup id="cite_ref-opium_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opium-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (UK)</li> <li>Estonian Company-9 (Estonia)</li> <li>Elements of Danish Contingency-ISAF (Denmark)</li> <li>402nd Brigade Support Battalion (US Army)</li> <li>7th Engineer (US Army)</li> <li>502nd Multi Role Bridge Company (US Army)</li> <li>348th Transportation Company (US Army)</li> <li>Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (France) with the Afghan Kandak 31</li> <li>Task Force Kandahar (Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Commando_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Commando Regiment">Force Element Charlie</a> (Australia)</li> <li>Task Force RAIDER (USMC/UK/AFG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Special_Forces" title="United Kingdom Special Forces">UKSF</a>: <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">SAS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">SBS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_Support_Group" title="Special Forces Support Group">Special Forces Support Group</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Joint Task Force Afghanistan (Canada)<sup id="cite_ref-opium_100-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opium-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Special Operations Task Force South (SOTF-South)</li> <li>Operational Detachment Alpha-1231, 1st Special Forces Group (US Army)</li> <li>1st Kandak (Battalion), 3rd Brigade, <a href="/wiki/201st_Corps_(Afghanistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="201st Corps (Afghanistan)">201st Corps</a> (Afghan)</li> <li>3rd Commando Kandak (Afghan)</li> <li>4th Battalion-<a href="/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)">23rd Infantry Regiment</a>, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United States)">2nd Infantry Division</a> (US Army)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Follow_On_Units_(April_to_December_2010)"><span id="Follow_On_Units_.28April_to_December_2010.29"></span>Follow On Units (April to December 2010)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Follow On Units (April to December 2010)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2010, when the major clearing operations were over, the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade turned over the Helmand Province to the much larger <a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a> (FWD). By the summer, most of the initial assault units of 2nd MEB were replaced by the units of I MEF (FWD). The official end to Operation MOSHTARAK was December 2010, though units stayed in the city for the years after. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_and_Afghan_National_Army_soldiers_patrol_in_Badula_Qulp_during_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Canadian_and_Afghan_National_Army_soldiers_patrol_in_Badula_Qulp_during_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/220px-Canadian_and_Afghan_National_Army_soldiers_patrol_in_Badula_Qulp_during_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Canadian_and_Afghan_National_Army_soldiers_patrol_in_Badula_Qulp_during_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/330px-Canadian_and_Afghan_National_Army_soldiers_patrol_in_Badula_Qulp_during_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Canadian_and_Afghan_National_Army_soldiers_patrol_in_Badula_Qulp_during_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg/440px-Canadian_and_Afghan_National_Army_soldiers_patrol_in_Badula_Qulp_during_Operation_Moshtarak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3262" data-file-height="2175" /></a><figcaption>Canadian and Afghan National Army soldiers patrol in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Badula_Qulp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Badula Qulp (page does not exist)">Badula Qulp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmand_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Helmand province">Helmand province</a>, February 17, 2010</figcaption></figure><p><b><a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE</a> (FWD)</b> </p><ul><li><b>1st Marine Division (FWD)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regimental_Combat_Team_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Regimental Combat Team 1">Regimental Combat Team 1</a> (USMC) (Replaced Regimental Combat Team 7 at Camp Dwyer) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion_6th_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battalion 6th Marines">2nd Battalion, 6th Marines</a> (USMC) (Replaced 1/6 in south Marjah, based out of FOB Marjah)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion_9th_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battalion 9th Marines">2nd Battalion, 9th Marines</a> (USMC) (Replaced 3/6 in North Marjah, based out of FOB Hansen)</li> <li>Company B, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion (USMC)</li> <li>Company E, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion_4th_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battalion 4th Marines">2nd Battalion, 4th Marines</a> (USMC)</li> <li>Company A, 1st Tank Battalion attached to Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (USMC)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG) (FWD)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th_Engineer_Support_Battalion" title="9th Engineer Support Battalion">9th Engineer Support Battalion</a> (USMC)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Company F 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines (Attached to 3rd Battalion 9th Marines) P.B Chosin </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/227px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="227" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/341px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, 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awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citation</a>, a unit award equivalent to the personal Navy Cross. This is the first Marine-led unit to receive the citation since the I Marine Expeditionary Force was awarded it for its actions in the 2003 assault into Iraq. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidential_Unit_Citation_-_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade-Afghanistan_(MEB-A)_2009-2010.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Presidential_Unit_Citation_-_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade-Afghanistan_%28MEB-A%29_2009-2010.pdf/page1-220px-Presidential_Unit_Citation_-_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade-Afghanistan_%28MEB-A%29_2009-2010.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Presidential_Unit_Citation_-_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade-Afghanistan_%28MEB-A%29_2009-2010.pdf/page1-330px-Presidential_Unit_Citation_-_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade-Afghanistan_%28MEB-A%29_2009-2010.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Presidential_Unit_Citation_-_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade-Afghanistan_%28MEB-A%29_2009-2010.pdf/page1-440px-Presidential_Unit_Citation_-_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade-Afghanistan_%28MEB-A%29_2009-2010.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1650" data-file-height="1275" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Medal_of_Honor_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Medal_of_Honor_Flag.svg/227px-Medal_of_Honor_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="227" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Medal_of_Honor_Flag.svg/341px-Medal_of_Honor_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Medal_of_Honor_Flag.svg/454px-Medal_of_Honor_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="647" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption>Marine Corporal <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Carpenter" title="Kyle Carpenter">Kyle Carpenter</a> was awarded the Medal of Honor on June 19, 2014, for his actions in Marjah.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medal_of_Honor"><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Medal of Honor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lance Corporal <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Carpenter" title="Kyle Carpenter">Kyle Carpenter</a>, of <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_9th_Marine_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment">2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment</a>, deployed to Marjah in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. On November 21, 2010, while joining his team to fight off a Taliban attack in a small village the Marines had nicknamed Shadier between two villages nicknamed Shady and Shadiest,<sup>[8]</sup> He suffered severe injuries to his face and right arm from the blast of an enemy hand grenade; after-action reports state that he threw himself in front of the grenade to protect a fellow Marine. On June 19, 2014, Corporal Carpenter received the Medal of Honor at a ceremony in the White House in Washington, D.C. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navy_Cross_and_Army_Distinguished_Service_Cross"><a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a> and Army <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Cross</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Navy Cross and Army Distinguished Service Cross"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>US Army Staff Sergeant Cory Calkins (Army DSC, for action in February 2010)</li> <li>US Marine Lance Corporal Joshua Moore (Navy Cross, for actions in March 2011)*</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Silver_Star_and_British_Military_Cross"><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a> and British <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Silver Star and British Military Cross"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>British Able Seaman <a href="/wiki/Kate_Nesbitt" title="Kate Nesbitt">Kate Nesbitt</a> (Military Cross, for actions in March 2009)*</li> <li>US Marine Lance Corporal Edward Huth (Silver Star, for actions in July 2010, upgraded from Bronze Star in 2017)</li> <li>US Marine Sergeant Miguelange G. Madrigal (Silver Star, for actions in February 2010)</li> <li>US Marine Captain Timothy Sparks (Silver Star, for actions in February 2010)</li> <li>US Marine Lance Corporal Jeffrey Cole (Silver Star, for actions in August 2010)</li> <li>US Marine Corporal Jason M. Hassinger (Silver Star, for actions in March 2011)*</li></ul> <p>Medal of Military Valour (Canada) Corporal Bradley Casey, Medical Technician Awarded for actions under fire while providing critical medical care to a wounded Afghan soldier on February 18, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mentioned in despatches Sgt Patrick Ferrell and Cpl Neil Dancer of 3 PPCLI *Actions in Marjah, but outside of Operation MOSHTARAK date range </p><p>In 2011, then US Army Captain <a href="/wiki/Mathew_L._Golsteyn" title="Mathew L. Golsteyn">Mathew L. Golsteyn</a> was awarded a Silver Star, for actions in February 2010; however, the award was revoked in 2015, after an investigation into an undisclosed rules-of-engagement violation by Golsteyn in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The 2017 film <i><a href="/wiki/War_Machine_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="War Machine (film)">War Machine</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>, portrays a fictionalized version of the events surrounding the Battle of Marjah.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Documentaries">Documentaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Documentaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Battle_for_Marjah_(film)" title="The Battle for Marjah (film)">The Battle for Marjah</a></i> was a documentary aired on HBO following 1st Battalion, 6th Marines in the initial assault, by Ben Anderson</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan</i> by <a href="/wiki/Bing_West" title="Bing West">Bing West</a> dedicates several chapters to the assault on Marjah, based on West's experiences while embedded with TF 3/4/205 with a focus on ODA 3121</li> <li><i>Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan</i> by <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Chandrasekaran" title="Rajiv Chandrasekaran">Rajiv Chandrasekaran</a>. Rajiv was embedded with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade during the troop surge and Operation Moshtarak</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_media">Social media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Social media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Battle of Marjah Veterans Facebook page is a community of almost 3,000 Marjah veterans and family.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> photograph, by Goran Tomasevic, featuring Marines from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Lance Corporal Chris Sanderson and Sergeant Travis Dawson protecting an Afghan man and his child after Taliban fighters opened fire went viral across social media, often being featured as a meme discussing the difference between the Taliban and coalition troops.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Moshtarak&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Peace_Jirga_2010" title="Afghan Peace Jirga 2010">Afghan Peace Jirga 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Achilles" title="Operation Achilles">Operation Achilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw" title="Operation Panther's Claw">Operation Panther's Claw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">Psychological warfare</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Battle_for_Marjah_(film)" title="The Battle for Marjah (film)">The Battle for Marjah</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_Denmark" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_Estonia" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_France" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_Germany" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_Italy" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_Latvia" title="Category:Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_the_Netherlands" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_New_Zealand" title="Category:Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_Norway" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_Portugal" title="Category:Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)_involving_the_United_States" title="Category:Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving the United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Afghanistan" title="2001 in Afghanistan">2001</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Afghanistan">Operation Enduring Freedom</a></li> <li>Operation Relentless Strike</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rhino" title="Operation Rhino">Operation Rhino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Slipper" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Slipper">Operation Slipper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Accius" title="Operation Accius">Operation Accius</a></li> <li>Operation Apollo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Veritas" title="Operation Veritas">Operation Veritas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Crescent_Wind" title="Operation Crescent Wind">Operation Crescent Wind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jacana" title="Operation Jacana">Operation Jacana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jacana#Operation_Snipe" title="Operation Jacana">Operation Snipe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Afghanistan" title="2002 in Afghanistan">2002</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Anaconda" title="Operation Anaconda">Operation Anaconda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Herrick" title="Operation Herrick">Operation Herrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Anaconda" title="Operation Anaconda">Operation Anaconda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Harpoon_(2002)" title="Operation Harpoon (2002)">Operation Harpoon</a></li> <li>Operation Glock</li> <li>Operation Polar Harpoon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jacana" title="Operation Jacana">Operation Jacana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jacana" title="Operation Jacana">Operation Ptarmigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jacana#Operation_Snipe" title="Operation Jacana">Operation Snipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Condor_(Afghanistan)" title="Operation Condor (Afghanistan)">Operation Condor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jacana#Operation_Buzzard" title="Operation Jacana">Operation Buzzard</a></li></ul></li> <li>Operation Mountain Lion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fingal" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Fingal">Operation Fingal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Sweep" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Mountain Sweep">Operation Mountain Sweep</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Afghanistan" title="2003 in Afghanistan">2003</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche_(Afghanistan)" title="Operation Avalanche (Afghanistan)">Operation Avalanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Viper" title="Operation Mountain Viper">Operation Mountain Viper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Resolve" title="Operation Mountain Resolve">Operation Mountain Resolve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tsunami" title="Operation Tsunami">Operation Tsunami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Fury" title="Operation Eagle Fury">Operation Eagle Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Warrior_Sweep" title="Operation Warrior Sweep">Operation Warrior Sweep</a></li> <li>Operation Apollo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Athena" title="Operation Athena">Operation Athena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Haven_Denial" title="Operation Haven Denial">Operation Haven Denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Headstrong" title="Operation Headstrong">Operation Headstrong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Afghanistan" title="2004 in Afghanistan">2004</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Asbury_Park" title="Operation Asbury Park">Operation Asbury Park</a></li> <li>Operation Asbury Park II</li> <li>Operation Dragon Tree</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Flashman" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Flashman">Operation Flashman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Headstrong" title="Operation Headstrong">Operation Headstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Lightning_Resolve" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Lightning Resolve">Operation Lightning Resolve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Mountain Blizzard">Operation Mountain Blizzard</a></li> <li>Operation Mountain Storm</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Afghanistan" title="2005 in Afghanistan">2005</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Archer" title="Operation Archer">Operation Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Argus_(Afghanistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Argus (Afghanistan)">Operation Argus</a></li> <li>Operation Spurs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mavericks" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Mavericks">Operation Mavericks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Celtics" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Celtics">Operation Celtics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings" title="Operation Red Wings">Operation Red Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings#Red_Wings_II:_search,_rescue,_recovery,_and_presence_operations" title="Operation Red Wings">Operation Red Wings II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Whalers" title="Operation Whalers">Operation Whalers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tar_Heels" title="Operation Tar Heels">Operation Tar Heels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diablo_Reach_Back" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Diablo Reach Back">Operation Diablo Reach Back</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Neptune_(Afghanistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Neptune (Afghanistan)">Operation Neptune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pil" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pil">Operation Pil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pizmah" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pizmah">Operation Pizmah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sleigh_Ride" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Sleigh Ride">Operation Sleigh Ride</a></li> <li>Operation Vigilance</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Afghanistan" title="2006 in Afghanistan">2006</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Thrust" title="Operation Mountain Thrust">Operation Mountain Thrust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Medusa" title="Operation Medusa">Operation Medusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kaika" title="Operation Kaika">Operation Kaika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Perth" title="Operation Perth">Operation Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Fury" title="Operation Mountain Fury">Operation Mountain Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Falcon_Summit" title="Operation Falcon Summit">Operation Falcon Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Counterstrike" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Counterstrike">Operation Counterstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Lions_Pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Lions Pride">Operation Lions Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Mountain Lion">Operation Mountain Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Wyconda_Pincer" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Wyconda Pincer">Operation Wyconda Pincer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 in Afghanistan">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Achilles" title="Operation Achilles">Operation Achilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hammer_(Afghanistan)" title="Operation Hammer (Afghanistan)">Operation Hammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Harekate_Yolo" title="Operation Harekate Yolo">Operation Harekate Yolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Luger" title="Operation Luger">Operation Luger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rock_Avalanche" title="Operation Rock Avalanche">Operation Rock Avalanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_(2007)" title="Operation Silver (2007)">Operation Silver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pickaxe-Handle" title="Operation Pickaxe-Handle">Operation Pickaxe-Handle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kryptonite" title="Operation Kryptonite">Operation Kryptonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hoover" title="Operation Hoover">Operation Hoover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Fury" title="Operation Mountain Fury">Operation Mountain Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Volcano" title="Operation Volcano">Operation Volcano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Nasrat" title="Operation Nasrat">Operation Nasrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Falcon_Summit" title="Operation Falcon Summit">Operation Falcon Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kamin" title="Operation Kamin">Operation Kamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diablo_Dragnet" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Diablo Dragnet">Operation Diablo Dragnet</a></li> <li>Operation Palk Mesher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silicon" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Silicon">Operation Silicon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_(2007)" title="Operation Silver (2007)">Operation Silver</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Afghanistan" title="2008 in Afghanistan">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle%27s_Summit" title="Operation Eagle's Summit">Operation Eagle's Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Dagger" title="Operation Red Dagger">Operation Red Dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Karez" title="Operation Karez">Operation Karez</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Afghanistan" title="2009 in Afghanistan">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shahi_Tandar" title="Operation Shahi Tandar">Operation Shahi Tandar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diesel" title="Operation Diesel">Operation Diesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw" title="Operation Panther's Claw">Operation Panther's Claw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Oqab" title="Operation Oqab">Operation Oqab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strike_of_the_Sword" title="Operation Strike of the Sword">Operation Strike of the Sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra%27s_Anger" title="Operation Cobra's Anger">Operation Cobra's Anger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Septentrion" title="Operation Septentrion">Operation Septentrion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mar_Lewe" title="Operation Mar Lewe">Operation Mar Lewe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Afghanistan" title="2010 in Afghanistan">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragon_Strike" title="Operation Dragon Strike">Operation Dragon Strike</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Operation Moshtarak</a></li> <li>Operation New Dawn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tor_Shezada" title="Operation Tor Shezada">Operation Tor Shezada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Baawar" title="Operation Baawar">Operation Baawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bulldog_Bite" title="Operation Bulldog Bite">Operation Bulldog Bite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_New_Dawn_(Afghanistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation New Dawn (Afghanistan)">Operation New Dawn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">2011–2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Afghanistan" title="2011 in Afghanistan">2011</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hammer_Down" title="Operation Hammer Down">Operation Hammer Down</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Afghanistan" title="2014 in Afghanistan">2014</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Baawar" title="Operation Baawar">Operation Baawar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Afghanistan" title="2015 in 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Overview</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prelude_to_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="Prelude to the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Prelude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NATO_logistics_during_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="NATO logistics during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="Impact of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">International Security Assistance Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliban_insurgency" title="Taliban insurgency">Taliban insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan" title="Drone strikes in Pakistan">Drone strikes in Pakistan</a></li> <li>Withdrawal of U.S. troops <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_(2011%E2%80%932016)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016)">2011–2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_U.S._troop_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan" title="2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan">2020–2021</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resolute_Support_Mission" title="Resolute Support Mission">Resolute Support Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airlift" title="2021 Kabul airlift">Evacuation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Casualties<br />and losses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Afghan_security_forces_fatality_reports_in_Afghanistan" title="List of Afghan security forces fatality reports in Afghanistan">Afghan forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="Civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Civilian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932006)" title="List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2006)">2001–2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2007)" title="List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2007)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2008)" title="List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2008)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2009)" title="List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2009)">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2011)" title="List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2011)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2012)" title="List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2012)">2012</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="Coalition casualties in Afghanistan">Coalition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_in_the_War_in_Afghanistan" title="United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan_since_2001" title="British Forces casualties in Afghanistan since 2001">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="Canadian Forces casualties in Afghanistan">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Armed_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="German Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Defence_Force_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="List of Australian Defence Force casualties in Afghanistan">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Norwegian_Armed_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="List of Norwegian Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan">Norwegian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan" title="List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan">Aviation incidents</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Afghanistan" title="2001 in Afghanistan">2001</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kandahar_(2001)" title="Bombing of Kandahar (2001)">Bombing of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Mazar-i-Sharif" title="Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif">Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kunduz" title="Siege of Kunduz">Siege of Kunduz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_uprising_in_Herat" title="2001 uprising in Herat">Herat uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2001)" title="Fall of Kabul (2001)">Fall of Kabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarinkot" title="Battle of Tarinkot">Battle of Tarinkot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kandahar" title="Fall of Kandahar">Fall of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Qala-i-Jangi" title="Battle of Qala-i-Jangi">Battle of Qala-i-Jangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasht-i-Leili_massacre" title="Dasht-i-Leili massacre">Dasht-i-Leili massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shawali_Kowt" title="Battle of Shawali Kowt">Battle of Shawali Kowt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sayyd_Alma_Kalay" title="Battle of Sayyd Alma Kalay">Battle of Sayyd Alma Kalay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora" title="Battle of Tora Bora">Battle of Tora Bora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">2002<br />–2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Afghanistan" title="2002 in Afghanistan">2002</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_wedding_bombing" title="Uruzgan wedding bombing">Uruzgan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Kabul_bombing" title="2002 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Afghanistan" title="2003 in Afghanistan">2003</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_attack_on_the_Embassy_of_Pakistan_in_Kabul" title="2003 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul">Pakistan Embassy in Kabul attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Afghanistan" title="2004 in Afghanistan">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Afghanistan" title="2005 in Afghanistan">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Afghanistan" title="2006 in Afghanistan">2006</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Taliban_offensive" title="2006 Taliban offensive">Taliban offensive</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 in Afghanistan">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Shinwar_shooting" title="2007 Shinwar shooting">Shinwar shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_airstrike" title="Hyderabad airstrike">Hyderabad airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangar_Khel_incident" title="Nangar Khel incident">Nangar Khel incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Helmand_Province_airstrikes" title="2007 Helmand Province airstrikes">Helmand airstrikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Baghlan_sugar_factory_bombing" title="2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing">Baghlan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_South_Korean_hostage_crisis_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan">South Korean hostage crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Afghanistan" title="2008 in Afghanistan">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike">Haska Meyna airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azizabad_airstrike" title="Azizabad airstrike">Azizabad airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike">Wech Bagtu airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack" title="2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack">Kabul S Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidnapping_of_David_Rohde" title="Kidnapping of David Rohde">Kidnapping of David Rohde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarposa_prison_attack_of_2008" title="Sarposa prison attack of 2008">Sarposa attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandahar_bombing" title="2008 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin_Boldak_bombing" title="Spin Boldak bombing">Spin Boldak bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Afghanistan" title="2009 in Afghanistan">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Granai_airstrike" title="Granai airstrike">Granai airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kunduz_airstrike" title="2009 Kunduz airstrike">Kunduz airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_raid_on_Narang" title="Night raid on Narang">Narang raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_raids_on_Kabul" title="February 2009 raids on Kabul">February Kabul raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kandahar_bombing" title="2009 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NATO_Afghanistan_headquarters_bombing" title="2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing">NATO HQ bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Chapman_attack" title="Camp Chapman attack">Camp Chapman attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sabzak" title="Battle of Sabzak">Battle of Sabzak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Afghanistan" title="2010 in Afghanistan">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_Kabul_attack" title="January 2010 Kabul attack">January Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba" title="Raid on Khataba">Raid on Khataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Kabul_attack" title="February 2010 Kabul attack">February Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_helicopter_attack" title="Uruzgan helicopter attack">Uruzgan attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sangin_airstrike" title="2010 Sangin airstrike">Sangin airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywand_District_murders" title="Maywand District murders">Maywand murders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarok_Kolache" title="Tarok Kolache">Tarok Kolache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing" title="Nadahan wedding bombing">Nadahan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2010 Kabul bombing">May Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Badakhshan_massacre" title="2010 Badakhshan massacre">Badakhshan massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Halmazag" title="Operation Halmazag">Operation Halmazag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Afghanistan" title="2011 in Afghanistan">2011</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Gai_airstrike" title="Mano Gai airstrike">Mano Gai airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarposa_prison_tunneling_escape_of_2011" title="Sarposa prison tunneling escape of 2011">Sarposa prison escape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Bin Laden raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Logar_province_bombing" title="2011 Logar province bombing">Logar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">I-C Hotel Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nimruz_province_bombing" title="2011 Nimruz province bombing">Nimruz bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Zabul_province_bombing" title="2011 Zabul province bombing">Zabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Boeing_Chinook_shootdown" title="2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown">Chinook shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Helmand_Province_killing" title="2011 Helmand Province killing">Helmand killing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NATO_attack_in_Pakistan" title="2011 NATO attack in Pakistan">Pakistani border attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Ashura_bombings" title="2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings">Ashura bombings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Afghanistan" title="2012 in Afghanistan">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_order_of_battle,_2012" title="War in Afghanistan order of battle, 2012">Order of battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_of_U.S._Marines_urinating_on_Taliban_fighters" title="Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters">Urination video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kapisa_airstrike" title="2012 Kapisa airstrike">Kapisa airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Afghanistan_Quran_burning_protests" title="2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests">Quran burning protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2012_Afghanistan_attacks" title="April 2012 Afghanistan attacks">April attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Operating_Base_Delhi_massacre" title="Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre">Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandahar_massacre" title="Kandahar massacre">Kandahar massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2012_raid_on_Camp_Bastion" title="September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion">September Camp Bastion raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesh_Aba_raid" title="Shesh Aba raid">Shesh Aba raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._soldiers_posing_with_body_parts_of_dead_Afghans" title="U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of dead Afghans">Body pictures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Afghanistan" title="2013 in Afghanistan">2013</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Farah_attack" title="2013 Farah attack">Farah attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_June_2013_Kabul_bombing" title="11 June 2013 Kabul bombing">June Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Afghan_presidential_palace_attack" title="2013 Afghan presidential palace attack">Presidential palace attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_attack_on_U.S._consulate_in_Herat" title="2013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat">Herat U.S. consulate attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_bombing_of_Indian_consulate_in_Jalalabad" title="2013 bombing of Indian consulate in Jalalabad">Jalalabad Indian consulate bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Afghanistan" title="2014 in Afghanistan">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack">Kabul S Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_attack_on_Indian_consulate_in_Herat" title="2014 attack on Indian consulate in Herat">Herat Indian consulate attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2014 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Paktika_car_bombing" title="2014 Paktika car bombing">Paktika bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Yahyakhel_suicide_bombing" title="2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing">Yahyakhel bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_Kabul_bombings" title="December 2014 Kabul bombings">December Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atiqullah_Raufi" title="Atiqullah Raufi">Atiqullah Raufi assassination</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Afghanistan" title="2015 in Afghanistan">2015</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Park_Palace_guesthouse_attack" title="2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack">Park Palace attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kabul_Parliament_attack" title="2015 Kabul Parliament attack">Kabul Parliament attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Khost_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Khost suicide bombing">Khost bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">April Jalalabad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2015_Kabul_attacks" title="7 August 2015 Kabul attacks">7 August Kabul attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">10 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">22 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_prison_escape" title="Ghazni prison escape">Ghazni prison escape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2015)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2015)">Battle of Kunduz</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike" title="Kunduz hospital airstrike">Hospital airstrike</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kandahar_Airport_bombing" title="2015 Kandahar Airport bombing">Kandahar Airport bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_Embassy_attack_in_Kabul" title="2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul">Kabul Spanish Embassy attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2015 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Afghanistan" title="2016 in Afghanistan">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_offensive_(2016)" title="Nangarhar offensive (2016)">Nangarhar offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Omari" title="Operation Omari">Operation Omari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_Kabul_attack" title="April 2016 Kabul attack">April Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz-Takhar_highway_hostage_crisis" title="Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis">Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_attack_on_Canadian_Embassy_guards" title="Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards">Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_June_2016_Afghanistan_bombings" title="30 June 2016 Afghanistan bombings">30 June bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">July Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janikhel_offensive" title="Janikhel offensive">Janikhel offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Afghanistan_attack" title="American University of Afghanistan attack">AUoA attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2016_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2016 Kabul attacks">September Kabul attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarinkot_(2016)" title="Battle of Tarinkot (2016)">Battle of Tarinkot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2016)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2016)">Battle of Kunduz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boz_Qandahari" title="Battle of Boz Qandahari">Battle of Boz Qandahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_bombing_of_the_German_consulate_in_Mazar-i-Sharif" title="2016 bombing of the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif">Mazar-i-Sharif German consulate bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2016 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Afghanistan" title="2017 in Afghanistan">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">January bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Sangin_airstrike" title="2017 Sangin airstrike">Sangin airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">March Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nangarhar_airstrike" title="2017 Nangarhar airstrike">Nangarhar airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Camp_Shaheen_attack" title="2017 Camp Shaheen attack">Camp Shaheen attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2017_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2017 Kabul bombing">May Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Herat_mosque_bombing" title="June 2017 Herat mosque bombing">June Herat bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora_(2017)" title="Battle of Tora Bora (2017)">Battle of Bora Bora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Lashkargah_bombing" title="June 2017 Lashkargah bombing">June Lashkargar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Herat_mosque_attack" title="August 2017 Herat mosque attack">August Herat attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="17 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">17 October attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">20 October attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_December_2017_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing">28 December Kabul bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Afghanistan" title="2018 in 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suicide bombings">30 April Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Farah" title="Battle of Farah">Battle of Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">July Jalalabad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2018)" title="Battle of Darzab (2018)">Battle of Darzab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_offensive" title="Ghazni offensive">Ghazni offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="September 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">September Jalalabad bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Afghanistan" title="2019 in Afghanistan">2019</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maidan_Shar_attack" title="Maidan Shar attack">Maidan Shar attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Camp_Shorabak_attack" title="2019 Camp Shorabak attack">Camp Shorabak attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kabul_mosque_bombing" title="2019 Kabul mosque bombing">2019 Kabul mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_July_2019_Kabul_attack" title="1 July 2019 Kabul attack">1 July Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Ghazni_bombing" title="2019 Ghazni bombing">Ghazni bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_July_2019_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing">28 July Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2019_Farah_bombing" title="July 2019 Farah bombing">July Farah bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="7 August 2019 Kabul bombing">7 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">17 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_and_5_September_2019_Kabul_bombings" title="2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings">2 & 5 September Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">17 September bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Qalat_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Qalat bombing">Qalat bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad suicide bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_mosque_bombing" title="Haska Meyna mosque bombing">Haska Meyna mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Bagram_Airfield_attack" title="2019 Bagram Airfield attack">Bagram attack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Afghanistan" title="2020 in Afghanistan">2020</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">6 March Kabul shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Kabul gurdwara attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">June attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">July attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="August 2020 Afghanistan attacks">August attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jalalabad_prison_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalalabad prison attack">Jalalabad prison</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">September attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="October 2020 Afghanistan attacks">October attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="November 2020 Afghanistan attacks">November attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">Kabul University attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">December attacks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Afghanistan" title="2021 in Afghanistan">2021</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2021_Afghanistan_attacks" title="List of 2021 Afghanistan attacks">Attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive" title="2021 Taliban offensive">Taliban offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">Kabul school bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar_(2021)" title="Battle of Kandahar (2021)">Battle of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Herat" title="Fall of Herat">Fall of Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lashkargah" title="Battle of Lashkargah">Battle of Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Zaranj" title="Capture of Zaranj">Capture of Zaranj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)" title="Fall of Kabul (2021)">Fall of Kabul</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kunduz_mosque_bombing" title="2021 Kunduz mosque bombing">Kunduz mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kandahar_bombing" title="2021 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airlift" title="2021 Kabul airlift">2021 Kabul airlift</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Allies_Refuge" title="Operation Allies Refuge">Operation Allies Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pitting" title="Operation Pitting">Operation Pitting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Devi_Shakti" title="Operation Devi Shakti">Operation Devi Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airport_attack" title="2021 Kabul airport attack">Kabul airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2021_Kabul_drone_strike" title="August 2021 Kabul drone strike">August 29 drone strike</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Afghanistan_War_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="Aftermath of the Afghanistan War (2001–2021)">Aftermath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Recognition_of_the_Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan" title="Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan">Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_insurgency_in_Afghanistan" title="Republican insurgency in Afghanistan">Republican insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State%E2%80%93Taliban_conflict" title="Islamic State–Taliban conflict">Islamic State–Taliban conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_frozen_assets" title="Afghan frozen assets">Afghan frozen assets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_Afghanistan" title="War crimes in Afghanistan">War crimes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_investigation_in_Afghanistan" title="International Criminal Court investigation in Afghanistan">ICC investigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Independent_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Afghan Independent Human Rights 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