War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

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Date
Location
Status
Invasion (2001):  Northern Alliance  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  Germany[1]
ISAF phase (2001–14):  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan[7]  ISAF  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  Italy  Germany  Georgia  Jordan  Turkey  Bulgaria  Poland  Romania  Spain  Czech Republic Continued list[a][show]  Macedonia  Denmark  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Finland  France  Croatia  Hungary  Norway  Lithuania  Mongolia  United Arab Emirates  Belgium  Portugal  Slovakia  Netherlands  Montenegro  Latvia  Sweden  Albania  Ukraine  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Greece  Ireland  Iceland  Estonia  Malaysia  Slovenia  Austria  Bahrain  El Salvador  Luxembourg  New Zealand  South Korea  Tonga  Pakistan[8]  Singapore (2008–13)  Switzerland (2004–08) RS phase (from 2015):  Resolute Support[9]  United States  Italy  Germany  Georgia  Turkey  Romania  United Kingdom  Australia  Czech Republic  Poland Continued list[b][show]  Armenia  Mongolia  Netherlands  Denmark  Croatia  Azerbaijan  Bulgaria  Hungary  Albania  Belgium  Bosnia-Herzegovina  Norway  Macedonia  Slovakia  Finland  Sweden  Latvia  Lithuania  Montenegro  Austria  New Zealand  Portugal  Ukraine  Spain  Slovenia  Estonia  Greece  Iceland  Luxembourg Support:[show]  India[10]
Hamid Karzai  Ashraf Ghani  Donald Trump  Theresa May  Malcolm Turnbull  Giuseppe Conte  Angela Merkel  John F. Campbell  List of former ISAF Commanders Former[show]  Gerhard Schröder  Silvio Berlusconi  Romano Prodi  Mario Monti  Enrico Letta  Matteo Renzi  Paolo Gentiloni  Tony Blair  Gordon Brown  David Cameron  George W. Bush  Barack Obama  Jean Chrétien  Paul Martin  Stephen Harper  John Howard  Kevin Rudd  Julia Gillard  Tony Abbott
Afghan National Security Forces: 352,000[22]  ISAF: 18,000+[23] Military Contractors: 20,000+[23]
Afghan security forces: 38,266 killed[32][33] Northern Alliance: 200 killed[34][35][36][37][38] Coalition Dead: 3,405 (United States: 2,271, United Kingdom: 456,[39] Canada: 158, France: 89, Germany: 57, Italy: 53, Others: 321)[citation needed] Wounded: 22,773 (United States: 19,950, United Kingdom: 2,188, Canada: 635)[40][41][42] Contractors Dead: 2,000[43][44] Wounded: 15,000+[43][44] Total killed: 43,362

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cells: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Part of the larger War in Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism
Clockwise from top-left: British Royal Marines take part in the clearance of Nad-e Ali District of Helmand Province; two F/A-18 strike fighters conduct combat missions over Afghanistan; an anti-Taliban fighter during an operation to secure a compound in Helmand Province; a French chasseur alpin patrols a valley in Kapisa Province; U.S. Marines prepare to board buses shortly after arriving in southern Afghanistan; Taliban fighters in a cave hideout; U.S. soldiers prepare to fire a mortar during a mission in Paktika Province, U.S. troops disembark from a helicopter, a MEDCAP centre in Khost Province. (For a map of the current military situation in Afghanistan, see here.)
Date 7 October 2001 – present (16 years, 8 months, 1 week and 5 days) Location Afghanistan Status Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda and Taliban militant training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Drone strikes in the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan Death of Osama bin Laden Death of Mohammed Omar in July 2013 Over two-thirds of Al-Qaeda's operatives killed or captured[19] International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) disbanded in December 2014 Commencement of Resolute Support Mission in December 2014
7 October 2001 – present (16 years, 8 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Afghanistan
Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda and Taliban militant training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Drone strikes in the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan Death of Osama bin Laden Death of Mohammed Omar in July 2013 Over two-thirds of Al-Qaeda's operatives killed or captured[19] International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) disbanded in December 2014 Commencement of Resolute Support Mission in December 2014
Belligerents
Invasion (2001):  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan  al-Qaeda  055 Brigade[2][3]  IMU[4]  TNSM[5]  ETIM[6]
ISAF/RS Phase (from 2001):  Taliban Islamic Jihad Union[11] Haqqani network[12] (from 2002)  al-Qaeda Allied groups: HIG (until 2016) IJU[13] (from 2002) IMU (until 2015) ETIM  Taliban splinter groups Fidai Mahaz (from 2013) IEHCA loyal to Muhammad Rasul (from 2015)[14][15]  ISIL-KP[citation needed] (from 2015) IMU[16] Allied groups: LeJ[17] Pakistani Taliban[18] LeI
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Omar †  Akhtar Mansoor †  Abdul Ghani Baradar (POW)[20]  Hibatullah Akhundzada[12]  Jalaluddin Haqqani  Obaidullah Akhund †[20]  Dadullah Akhund †[20]  Gulbuddin Hekmatyar  Osama bin Laden †  Ayman al-Zawahiri  Muhammad Rasul (POW)[15]  Haji Najibullah[21]
Strength
Taliban: 60,000 (tentative estimate)[24] Haqqani network: 4,000–15,000[25][26][27]  HIG: 1,500 – 2,000+[28]  al-Qaeda: 50–100[29][30] (~ 3,000 in 2001)[31]  IEHCA: 3,000–3,500[15]  Fidai Mahaz: 8,000[21]
Casualties and losses
Total killed: 51,000–67,000[24][45][46]
Civilians killed: 31,000 (2001–2016)[47]
a The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of November 2014.[48] b The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of May 2017.[49]

Questions about this table:
originalText: when did we start the war in afghanistan
answer: answerTexts: 7 October 2001