War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)
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The war in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with an invasion by a United States–led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by the Taliban-allied and Afghanistan-based al-Qaeda. The Taliban were expelled from major population centers by American-led forces supporting the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, thus toppling the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate. Three years later, the American-sponsored Islamic Republic was established, but by then the Taliban, led by founder Mullah Omar, had reorganized and begun an insurgency against the Afghan government and coalition forces. The conflict ended almost twenty years later as the 2021 Taliban offensive reestablished the Islamic Emirate. It was the longest war in United States military history, surpassing the Vietnam War by six months.
2015 — 2021
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2010 Lester Holt during airdrop mission by US Air Force| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 1709 | Afghanistan | sovereign state, landlocked country, country | Wikidata |
| area | region | 1709 | Hotak dynasty | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1893 | Battle of Uruzgan | battle, Hazaras, Emirate of Afghanistan | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2001 | United States invasion of Afghanistan | United States, Afghanistan, invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2006 | 2006 Taliban offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2007 | Battle of Chora | United States, Netherlands, battle, Afghan National Army | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2014 | War against the Islamic State | Australia, military intervention, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 | Islamic State–Taliban conflict | Taliban, armed conflict, sectarian violence, Islamic State – Khorasan Province | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2021 | 2021 Taliban offensive | armed conflict, Afghan National Security Forces, United States Armed Forces, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, offensive | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1557 | Mughal–Persian Wars | series of wars | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1649 | Mughal–Safavid War | war, Mughal Empire, Safavid Iran, Jaipur State, Khanate of Bukhara | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1839 | First Anglo-Afghan War | war, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emirate of Afghanistan | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1928 | Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) | war, Basmachi movement, Kingdom of Afghanistan, Saqqawists | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1978 | Afghan Conflict | civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1992 | Afghan Civil War | civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1996 | Afghan Civil War | civil war, Taliban | Wikidata |
| event | war | 2001 | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, war, Australia, Al-Qaeda, Northern Alliance, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Turkistan Islamic Party, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, 055 Brigade | Wikidata |
| event | war | 2015 | War in Afghanistan (2015–2021) | United States, Poland, Germany, Turkey, war, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Georgia, Italy, Australia, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Resolute Support Mission, Islamic State – Khorasan Province | Wikidata |
| commons | image | 2010 Lester Holt during airdrop mission by US Air Force | Commons | ||
