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October 2010 – 4 Marines with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines were killed in the Sangin district when an IED destroyed the MATV they were riding in. The 3/5 Sangin deployment was the deadliest deployment for the whole of the Marine Corps. April 27, 2011 – Eight United States Air Force Airmen and one American contractor were killed at the Kabul ...
Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan through mid-2019, nearly 2,400 American servicemembers have died. [163] Additionally, 20,719 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department. [3] Of the United States deaths, 1,922 have died in hostile action.
A suicide bombing took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 26 August 2021, at 17:50 local time (13:20 UTC ), [ 11] during the evacuation from Afghanistan. [ 1][ 6][ 12][ 13] At least 183 people were killed, including 170 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, [ 14][ 4] the first American ...
Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit were among the first forces to begin the United States invasion of Afghanistan in September 2001. 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division deployed elements assisting special forces on 25 or 26 Nov at Mazaar Sharif and securing Bagram airfield ...
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. 25 November 2001. 1 December 2001. Qala-i-Jangi District. Battle: It began with the uprising of Taliban prisoners held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress and escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the war in Afghanistan. Battle of Takur Ghar. 4 March 2002. 5 March 2002. The peak of Takur Ghar.
Commonly cited casualty figures provided by the Department of Defense are 4,435 killed and 6,188 wounded, although the original government report that generated these numbers warned that the totals were incomplete and far too low. [ 88] In 1974, historian Howard Peckham and a team of researchers came up with a total of 6,824 killed in action ...
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.
July 27: A Dutch Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter rolled and crashed during a night mission in Afghanistan. [189] June 28: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down in Kunar province by Taliban commander Qari Ismail, killing all sixteen US Special Operations servicemen on board. The US military said it was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade.