International Security Assistance Force | Wikipedia audio article
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International Security Assistance Force


00:01:46 1 Jurisdiction
00:04:10 2 History
00:07:45 2.1 Stage 1: to the north – completed October 2004
00:11:23 2.2 Stage 2: to the west – completed September 2005
00:14:42 2.3 Stage 3: to the south – completed July 2006
00:17:36 2.4 Stage 4: ISAF takes responsibility for entire country – completed October 2006
00:18:48 2.5 ISAF after Stage 4: October 2006 to present
00:25:25 2.6 Security and reconstruction
00:26:48 2.7 ISAF and the illegal opium economy
00:28:59 2.8 Military and civilian casualties
00:30:23 3 ISAF command structure as of 2011
00:40:09 3.1 List of Commanders
00:40:32 4 Contributing nations
00:40:49 4.1 NATO nations
01:03:50 4.2 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) nations
01:09:18 4.3 Non-NATO and non-EAPC nations
01:15:06 5 Financing
01:15:38 6 See also
01:16:22 7 Notes
01:16:30 8 Further reading
01:17:25 9 External links



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SUMMARY
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The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, established by the United Nations Security Council in December 2001 by Resolution 1386, as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement. Its main purpose was to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions, but was also engaged in the 2001–present war with the Taliban insurgency.
ISAF was initially charged with securing Kabul and the surrounding areas from the Taliban, al Qaeda and factional warlords, to allow for the establishment of the Afghan Transitional Administration headed by Hamid Karzai. In October 2003, the UN Security Council authorized the expansion of the ISAF mission throughout Afghanistan, and ISAF subsequently expanded the mission in four main stages over the whole of the country. From 2006 to 2011, ISAF had become increasingly involved in more intensive combat operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Troop contributors included the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other  NATO member states as well as a number of other countries. The intensity of the combat faced by contributing nations varied greatly, with the United States sustaining  the most casualties overall. In early 2010, there were at least 700 military bases inside Afghanistan. About 400 of these were used by American‑led NATO forces and 300 by ANSF.ISAF ceased combat operations and was disbanded in December 2014, with some troops remaining behind in an advisory role as part of ISAF's successor organization, the Resolute Support Mission.