See soorce fer War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict= War in Afghanistan
|partof=the [[conflict in Afghanistan (1978–present)|conflict in Afghanistan]] an the [[Global War on Terrorism]]
|campaign=
|image = [[File:2001 War in Afghanistan collage 3.jpg|300px]]
|caption = '''Clockwise frae tap-left:''' [[Ryal Marines|Breetish Ryal Marines]] tak pairt in the clearance o [[Nad Ali Destrict|Nad-e Ali District]] o [[Helmand Province]]; twa [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 strike fechters]] conduct combat missions ower Afghanistan; an anti-Taliban fechter during an operation tae secure a compoond in Helmand Province; A French sauldier patrols a valley in [[Kapisa Province]]; [[Unitit States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] prepare tae board buses shortly efter arrivin in soothren Afghanistan; [[Taliban]] fechters in a cave hideoot; U.S. soldiers prepare tae fire a mortar during a mission in [[Paktika Province]].
|date = 7 October 2001 – 15 August 2021<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=07|year1=2001}})
|place= [[Afghanistan]]
|territory=
|status= 
*Faw o the [[Taliban]] govrenment in Afghanistan
*Destruction o [[al-Qaeda]] camps
*Establishment o new [[Presidency o Hamid Karzai|Afghan govrenment]]
*[[Taliban insurgency]]
*[[War in North-Wast Pakistan]]
*[[Daith o Osama bin Laden|Killin o Osama bin Laden]]
*Return o mair nor 5.7 million Afghan refugees frae [[Afghans in Pakistan|Pakistan]] an [[Afghans in Iran|Iran]]<ref name="unhcr1">[http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e486eb6 2012 UNHCR country operations profile - Afghanistan] unhcr.org</ref>
|combatant1= '''Coalition:'''
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{{flagicon|Afghanistan|1992}} [[Northren Alliance]]
{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Iran]]
|combatant2= '''Insurgent groups:'''
* [[File:Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|24px]] [[Al-Qaeda]]
* {{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Taliban]]
* [[Haqqani netwirk]]
* [[Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin]]
* [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]]<ref name="pakistan-militants-preparing-for-afghanistan-civil-war">[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/08/pakistan-militants-preparing-for-afghanistan-civil-war/ Pakistan militants preparing for Afghanistan civil war]. Fox News. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.</ref>
* [[Mujahideen|Ither groups]]<ref name=paksmostwanted>{{cite web| last = Roggi| first = Bill| title = Pakistan's most-wanted: look at who isn't listed| work = The Long War Journal| publisher = Public Multimedia Inc.| date = 31 August 2009| url = http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/2009/08/pakistans_most_wanted_look_at.php| doi =| accessdate =2 September 2009}}</ref>

| combatant2a  = '''2001'''
[[File:Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|24px]] [[Al-Qaeda]]<br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Taliban]]

| commander1= {{flagicon|Afghanistan}} [[Hamid Karzai]]<br />{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} [[Ashraf Ghani]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Donald Trump]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Boris Johnson]]<br />{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Scott Morrison]]<br />{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giuseppe Conte]]<br />{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Angela Merkel]]<br />{{flagdeco|NATO|size=23px}} [[Austin S. Miller|Austin S. Miller]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg}} [[Internaitional Siccarity Assistance Force#List o Commanders|Leet o umwhile ISAF Commanders]]{{collapsible list|title='''Umwhile'''|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Gerhard Schröder]]<br />{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Silvio Berlusconi]]<br />{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Romano Prodi]]<br />{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Mario Monti]]<br />{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Enrico Letta]]<br />{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Matteo Renzi]]<br />{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Paolo Gentiloni]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Tony Blair]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Gordon Brown]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[David Cameron]]<br />
{{flagicon|UK}} [[Theresa May]]<br />{{flagicon|United States|1960}} [[George W. Bush]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Barack Obama]]<br />{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Jean Chrétien]]<br />{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Paul Martin]]<br />{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Stephen Harper]]<br />{{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Howard]]<br />{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Kevin Rudd]]<br />{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Julia Gillard]]<br />{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tony Abbott]]<br />{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Malcolm Turnbull]]}}
| commander2=
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Mohammed Omar]][[Daith bi naitural causes|#]]<br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Akhtar Mansoor]]{{KIA}}<br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Abdul Ghani Baradar]]{{POW}}<ref name="tribune.com.pk">{{cite web| title ='Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar is dead'| url =http://tribune.com.pk/story/928571/afghan-taliban-leader-mullah-omar-is-dead/| website =The Express Tribune | date = 29 July 2015| accessdate = 29 July 2015}}</ref><br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Hibatullah Akhundzada]]<ref name="longwarjournal.org">[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/07/the-talibans-new-leadership-is-allied-with-al-qaeda.php The Taliban's new leadership is allied with al Qaeda], The Long War Journal, 31 July 2015</ref><br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Jalaluddin Haqqani]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/haqqani-network-s-founder-dies-after-long-illness-afghan-taliban-n906116|title='The Kennedys of the Taliban movement' lose their patriarch|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref><br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Obaidullah Akhund]]{{KIA}}<ref name="tribune.com.pk"/><br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Dadullah Akhund]]{{KIA}}<ref name="tribune.com.pk"/><br />
{{Flagicon image|Flag of Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin.svg}} [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]]<br />
[[File:Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|border|23px]] [[Osama bin Laden]]{{KIA}}<br />
[[File:Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|border|23px]] [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]<br />
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{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Muhammad Rasul]] {{POW}}<ref name="red on red">{{Cite web |url=https://ctc.usma.edu/red-red-analyzing-afghanistans-intra-insurgency-violence/ |title=Red on Red: Analyzing Afghanistan’s Intra-Insurgency Violence |author=Matthew DuPée |work=[[Combating Terrorism Center]] |date=January 2018 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |archive-date=2018-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116004929/https://ctc.usma.edu/red-red-analyzing-afghanistans-intra-insurgency-violence/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Najibullah (militant leader)|Haji Najibullah]]<ref name="newsweek.com">{{cite web| title =Mullah Najibullah: Too Radical for the Taliban| url =http://www.newsweek.com/2013/08/30/mullah-najibullah-too-radical-taliban-237894.html| website =Newsweek| date = 30 August 2013| accessdate = 22 August 2015}}</ref>
|strength1=
{{flagicon image|Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg}} [[Internaitional Security Assistance Force|ISAF]]: '''87,207'''<ref name=placemat>{{cite web |url=http://www.isaf.nato.int/images/stories/File/Placemats/2013-08-01%20ISAF%20Placemat-final.pdf |title=International Security Assistance Force (ISAF): Key Facts and Figures |format=PDF |date=3 December 2012 |publisher=ISAF |accessdate=1 August 2013 |archive-date=2013-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006041838/http://www.isaf.nato.int/images/stories/File/Placemats/2013-08-01%20ISAF%20Placemat-final.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} [[Afghan Naitional Security Forces]]: '''380,586'''<ref name="NATO">{{cite web |url=http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_topics/20120418_120418-Backgrounder-ANSF-en.pdf |title=Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) |publisher=NATO |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=2013-12-30 |archive-date=2014-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812055741/http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_topics/20120418_120418-Backgrounder-ANSF-en.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|strength2=
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Taliban]]: 25,000 (tentative estimate)
[[File:Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|24px]] [[Al-Qaeda]]: 50-100 <ref>[http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/04/how_many_al_qaeda_operatives_a.php How many al Qaeda operatives are now left in Afghanistan? - Threat Matrix<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/al-qaeda-afghanistan-comeback_n_1997994.html Al Qaeda In Afghanistan Is Attempting A Comeback<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
[[Haqqani netwirk]]: 4,000-15,000<ref name='rassler'>{{cite journal|title=The Haqqani Nexus and the Evolution of al-Qaida|journal=Harmony Program|date=14 July 2011|first=Don|last=Rassler|author2=Vahid Brown|publisher=[[Combating Terrorism Center]]|url=http://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CTC-Haqqani-Report_Rassler-Brown-Final_Web.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2 August 2011|archive-date=2011-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024028/http://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CTC-Haqqani-Report_Rassler-Brown-Final_Web.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://tribune.com.pk/story/259314/sirajuddin-haqqani-dares-us-to-attack-n-waziristan/ Sirajuddin Haqqani dares US to attack N Waziristan, by Reuters, Published: September 24, 2011]</ref><ref name="nytimes 15haqqani">{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/world/asia/15haqqani.html |title= Rebuffing U.S., Pakistan Balks at Crackdown| publisher=The New York Times|date=14 December 2009}}</ref>

|casualties1='''[[Coalition casualties in Afghanistan|Coalition]]''':<br />
'''Killed:''' <!--

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-->3,374 <small>(USA:&nbsp;2,271, UK:&nbsp;446, CAN:&nbsp;158, FRA:&nbsp;86, GER:&nbsp;54, Ithers:&nbsp;359)<ref name="icas">{{cite web|url=http://icasualties.org/OEF/ByYear.aspx|title=OEF: Afghanistan: Fatalities By Year|work=icasualties.org|date=9 September 2005|accessdate=14 September 2013|archive-date=2018-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027172424/http://icasualties.org/OEF/ByYear.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref></small><br />
'''Woondit:''' 23,500+<br />
'''Missing/captured''' (U.S.): [[Missin in action#Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan War)|1]]<br />
'''[[Leet o private contractor daiths in Afghanistan|Contractors]]''':<br />
'''Killed:''' 1,143<ref name="dol.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/dbaallnation.htm |title=U.S. Department of Labor – Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) – Defense Base Act Case Summary by Nation |publisher=Dol.gov |accessdate=2 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="projects.propublica.org">{{cite web|author=T. Christian Miller|url=http://projects.propublica.org/tables/contractor_casualties |title=U.S. Government Private Contract Worker Deaths and Injuries |publisher=Projects.propublica.org |date=23 September 2009 |accessdate=2 August 2011}}</ref><br />
'''Woondit:''' 15,000+*<ref name="dol.gov"/><ref name="projects.propublica.org"/><br />
'''[[Leet o Afghan security forces fatality reports in Afghanistan|Afghan Security Forces:]]'''<br />
10,086+ killed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/77193.html|title=While U.S. debates Afghanistan policy, Taliban beefs up|publisher=Mcclatchydc.com|date=14 October 2009|accessdate=9 February 2010|archive-date=2009-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018080553/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/77193.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/violence-kills-100-afghan-police-every-month-govt|title=Violence kills 100 afghan police every month|access-date=2013-12-30|archive-date=2010-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928113552/http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/violence-kills-100-afghan-police-every-month-govt|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/01/201111072951940489.html|title=Police killed in Afghan bombing}}</ref><br />
'''[[Afghan Northren Alliance]]:'''<br />
200 killed<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011206war1206p4.asp |title=Friendly fire kills 3 GIs |publisher=Post-gazette.com |accessdate=2 October 2008 |first1=Carol |last1=Morello |first2=Vernon |last2=Loeb |authorlink2=Vernon Loeb |date=6 December 2001 |archive-date=2007-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208112724/http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011206war1206p4.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,184982,00.html |title=A Volatile State of Siege After a Taliban Ambush&nbsp;– Printout&nbsp;– TIME |work=Time |author=Terry McCarthy/Kunduz |accessdate=2 October 2008 |date=18 November 2001 |archive-date=2012-05-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530063411/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,184982,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2001/12/mil-011209-29caacd9.htm |title=VOA News Report |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=9 December 2001 |accessdate=9 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rawa.org/us-bomb.htm |title=US Bombs Wipe Out Farming Village |publisher=Rawa.org |accessdate=9 February 2010}}</ref><br />
'''Tot killed: 14,449+'''
|casualties2=No reliable estimate<ref name="Reporting Afghanistan casualties">{{cite web|last=Wyatt|first=Caroline|title=Reporting Afghanistan casualties|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2010/01/reporting_afghanistan_casualti.html|work=The Editors|publisher=BBC|accessdate=24 May 2012}}</ref> but reports suggest heich nummer compare tae coalition forces
|casualties3='''Civilians killed:''' 16,725–19,013 (2001–2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://costsofwar.org/article/afghan-civilians |title=Afghan Civilians |author=''[[Brown University]]'' ''[[Watson Institute for International Studies]]'' |publisher=Costs of War |date=27 February 2001 |accessdate=30 June 2013 |archive-date=2013-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616010655/http://costsofwar.org/article/afghan-civilians |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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The '''War in Afghanistan''' ('''2001–present''') refers tae the intervention bi [[NATO]] an [[Internaitional Security Assistance Force|allied forces]] in the [[Ceevil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)|Afghan poleetical struggle]], follaein the [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attacks o September 11, 2001]], tae dismantle the [[al-Qaeda]] [[Leet o designatit terrorist organizations|terrorist organisation]] an tae remove frae pouer the [[Islamic Emirate o Afghanistan|Taliban govrenment]], which at the time controlled 90% o [[Afghanistan]] an hostit al-Qaeda leadership. U.S. Preses [[George W. Bush]] demandit that the Taliban haund ower [[Osama bin Laden]] an expel the al-Qaeda network which wis supportin the Taliban in its war wi the [[Northren Alliance|Afghan Northren Alliance]]. The Taliban recommendit that bin Laden leave the kintra but declined tae extradite him wioot evidence o his involvement in the 9/11 attacks. The Unitit States refused tae negotiate an launched [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] on 7 October 2001 wi the [[Unitit Kinrick]] an later jyned bi [[Germany]] an ither wastren allies, tae attack the Taliban an al-Qaeda forces in conjunction wi the Northren Alliance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/07/politics.september11 |title=After the September Eleventh Terrorist attacks on America, "It's time for war, Bush and Blair tell Taliban – We're ready to go in – PM&#124;Planes shot at over Kabul" |publisher=Guardian News and Media'' |date= 7 October 2001|accessdate=2 August 2011 |location=London |first1=Ed |last1=Vulliamy |first2=Patrick |last2=Wintour |first3=Ian |last3=Traynor |first4=Kamal |last4=Ahmed}}</ref><ref name="Canada in Afghanistan 2001">{{cite news|title=Canada in Afghanistan: 2001|url=http://afghanistan.nationalpost.com/canada-in-afghanistan-2001/|accessdate=7 June 2013|newspaper=National Post|archive-date=2013-06-15|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615215843/http://afghanistan.nationalpost.com/canada-in-afghanistan-2001/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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