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Second phase: Doha Agreement between U.S. and Taliban begins withdrawal of U.S.-led forces, full withdrawal completes on 30 August 2021. 2021 Taliban offensive culminates in overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Formal end of fighting on 15 August 2021 with the fall of Kabul.
7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021. (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) First phase: 7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014. Second phase: 1 January 2015 – 30 August 2021 [ 34][ 35] Location. Afghanistan [ a] Result. Taliban victory [ 36] Islamic State–Taliban conflict and insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues.
Taliban fighters in Kabul, 17 August 2021. The Taliban insurgency intensified considerably in 2021, as US armed forces completed their withdrawal from the country by September. On 30 April, a bombing in Puli Alam killed about 30 people. On 8 May, the bombing of a secondary school in west Kabul killed about 45 people.
After nearly 20 years, the last American troops have left Afghanistan, concluding the United States’ longest war and the largest noncombatant evacuation mission in U.S. military history.
The Taliban's entry into Kabul on Sunday was the latest chapter in a long history of strife in Afghanistan.
Operation Enduring Freedom ( OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al-Qaeda and the ...
August 16, 2021 at 8:29 AM. The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. The insurgents stormed ...
Development of the Afghan Civil War from the Peshawar Accord in April 1992 to the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001. Date. 27 April 1978 – present. (46 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) Location. Afghanistan (spillover into Pakistan) Status. Ongoing low-level conflict: [ 1][ 2] ISIS–Taliban conflict since 2015.