Coalition: United States Australia Afghanistan United Kingdom Canada[1] Germany France Norway Netherlands[2] Denmark New Zealand
Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[3]
Commanders and leaders
Franklin L. Hagenbeck Frank Wiercinski Rowan Tink Zia Lodin
Saif-ur-Rehman Mansoor Tohir Yo'ldosh[3]
Strength
30,000 troops
1,000 insurgents
Casualties and losses
7 killed[4]
8 killed (7 in the Battle of Takur Ghar)[5] 82 wounded 2 MH-47 Chinook lost in the Battle of Takur Ghar
500+ killed
United States claimed: 800 killed[6][7]
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
History
Timeline
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Invasion
Crescent Wind
Rhino
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz
Herat
Kabul
Tarinkot
Trent
Kandahar
Qala-i-Jangi
Shawali Kowt
Sayyd Alma Kalay
Tora Bora
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Helmand Province campaign
Lejay
Eagle Fury
Lashkar Gah
Mountain Thrust
1st Sangin
Mountain Fury
Nawzad
Achilles
Musa Qala I
Volcano
Kryptonite
Silver
Pickaxe-Handle
Hammer
Nasrat
Musa Qala II
Garmsir
Eagle's Summit
Red Dagger
Shahi Tandar
Diesel
Mar Lewe
Panther's Claw
Strike of the Sword
Dahaneh
Cobra's Anger
Moshtarak
Tor Shezada
Battle of Sangin
Camp Bastion
January 2017 Lashkargah
Sangin
June 2017 Lashkargah
Camp Shorabak
Grishk
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Kandahar Province
2001 Kandahar bombing
Fall of Kandahar
Tarnak Farm
Mongoose
Medusa
Avalanche
Kaika
Panjwaii
Falcon Summit
Hoover
Luger
Kamin
Shah Wali Kot
2008 Kandahar
Spin Boldak
Sarposa
Arghandab
Wech Baghtu
2009 Kandahar
Nadahan
Hamkari
Dragon Strike
Baawar
Battle of Kandahar
Kandahar massacre
2017 Kandahar
2020 Kandahar
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Eastern Afghanistan
Hazar Qadam
Anaconda (Takur Ghar)
Warrior Sweep
Jacana
Haven Denial
Mountain Resolve
Tar Heels
Korangal valley (Red Wings)
Jaji border incident
Bagram (2007)
South Korean hostages
Nangar Khel
Aranas
Wanat
Ebrahimkhel
Alasay
Bari Alai
Ganjal
Kamdesh
Narang
Khataba
2010 Badakhshan massacre
Bad Pakh
Bulldog Bite
Barawala Kalay Valley
Do Ab
Asadabad
Bagram (2014)
Jalalabad (2015)
Bagram (2015)
Nangarhar
Jalalabad (2016)
Janikhel
Bagram (2016)
Mohmand Valley
Tora Bora
Jalalabad (January 2018)
Jalalabad (July 2018)
Jalalabad (September 2018)
Charikar
Jalalabad (2019)
Bagram (2019)
May 2020
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Kabul Province
2002
2008 Serena Hotel
2008 Indian embassy
Uzbin
2009 raids
NATO HQ
2009 Indian embassy
Bakhtar
January 2010
February 2010
May 2010
2011 Inter-Continental Hotel
September 2011
December 2011
April 2012
June 2013
Palace
January 2014
2014 Serena Hotel
December 2014
Park Palace
Parliament
7 August 2015
10 August 2015
22 August 2015
Spanish Embassy
April 2016
Canadian Embassy
July 2016
American University
September 2016
January 2017
March 2017
May 2017
October 2017 mosque
28 December 2017
2018 Inter-Continental Hotel
Ambulance
March 2018
22 April 2018
30 April 2018
September 2018
2019 mosque
1 July 2019
28 July 2019
7 August 2019
17 August 2019
2 and 5 September 2019
17 September 2019
6 March 2020
Gurdwara
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
September 2020
October 2020
November 2020
University
December 2020
2021 school
Fall of Kabul (2021)
2021 hospital
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Kunduz Province
Airlift
Siege
Harekate Yolo
Karez
Oqab
2009 airstrike
Sahda Ehlm
Gala-e Gorg
Halmazag
2015 battle
Hospital airstrike
Hostage crisis
2016 battle
Boz Qandahari
Kunduz madrassa
2020
Major operations
Mountain Viper
Asbury Park
Perth
Chora
Firebase Anaconda
Shewan
Balamorghab
Sabzak
Derapet
Doan
Kunduz (2015)
Omari
Tarinkot
Kunduz (2016)
Boz Qandahari
Darzab (2017)
Farah
Darzab (2018)
Kunar (2019–2020)
Ghazni
2021 Taliban offensive
Zaranj
Kunduz
Herat
Kandahar
Lashkargah
Kabul
Airstrikes
Sayyd Alma Kalay
Uruzgan wedding
Hyderabad
Gora Prai
Haska Meyna/Deh Bala
Azizabad
Wech Baghtu
Granai
Kunduz (2009)
Uruzgan helicopter
Sangin (2010)
Mano Gai
Baraki Barak
Kapisa
Kunar
Kunduz hospital
Sangin (2017)
Nangarhar
Kunduz madrassa
Major insurgent attacks 2002
Kabul
2007
Bagram
S Korean hostage
Baghlan
2008
Kandahar
Spin Boldak
Khost
Kabul Indian embassy
Kabul hotel
2009
Kabul raids
Kabul NATO
Kandahar
Kabul Indian embassy
Kabul UN guesthouse
Camp Chapman
2010
Kabul (Jan)
Kabul (Feb)
Kabul (May)
Nadahan
2011
Logar
Kabul hotel
Nimruz
Zabul
Kabul (Sep)
Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif
2012
Raids
Camp Bastion
FOB Salerno Attack
2013
Farah
Kabul court
Kabul palace
Jalalabad
Herat
2014
Kabul restaurant
Kabul hotel
Herat Indian consulate
Bagram
1st Paktika
2nd Paktika
Kabul school
2015
Jalalabad
Kabul hotel
Kabul Parliament
Khost
Kabul police
Kabul Airport
Kabul NATO
Ghazni
Kandahar
Kabul Spanish embassy
Bagram
2016
Jalalabad
Kabul NDS
Kunduz-Takhar highway
Kabul Canadian embassy
Wardak
Kabul Hazara protest
Kabul University
Kabul Defense Ministry
Mazar-i-Sharif
Bagram
2017
Bombings (Jan)
Kabul hospital
Camp Shaheen
Kabul (May)
Herat (Jun)
June Lashkargah
Herat (Aug)
Gardez & Ghazni
Kabul & Ghor
Kabul Shi'ite
2018
Kabul hotel
Jalalabad (Save the Children)
Kabul ambulance
Kabul (Mar)
Kabul (22 Apr)
Kabul (30 Apr)
Jalalabad (Jul)
Baghlan
Kabul (Sep)
Jalalabad (Sep)
2019
Maidan Shar
Camp Shorabak
Kabul mosque
Kabul Defense Ministry
Ghazni
Kabul office
Farah
Kabul police
Kabul wedding
Kabul (Sep)
Charikar & Kabul
Qalat
Jalalabad
Haska Meyna
Bagram
2020
Kabul (6 Mar)
Kabul gurdwara
May
June
July
August
Jalalabad
September
October
November
Kabul University
December
2021
Jan-Aug
Kabul school
Spin Boldak
Massacres
Dasht-i-Leili
Shinwar
Nangar
Narang
Maywand
Khataba
Badakhshan
Kandahar
FOB Delhi
Other
U.S. urination incident
Quran burning protests
Insurgents' bodies
U.S.–Afghan agreement
US–Taliban peace deal
U.S. withdrawal
2011–2016
2020–2021
Peace process
2021 Kabul airlift
Operation Anaconda or the Battle of Shah-i-Kot was a military operation that took place in early March 2002 as part of the War in Afghanistan. CIA paramilitary officers, working with their allies, attempted to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. The operation took place in the Shah-i-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of Zormat. This operation was the first large-scale battle in the post-2001 War in Afghanistan since the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001. This was the first operation in the Afghanistan theater to involve a large number of U.S. forces participating in direct combat activities.
Between March 2 and March 18, 2002, 1,700 airlifted U.S. troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia battled between 300 and 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters to obtain control of the valley. The Taliban and al-Qaeda forces fired mortars and heavy machine guns from entrenched positions in the caves and ridges of the mountainous terrain at U.S. forces attempting to secure the area. Afghan Taliban commander Maulavi Saif-ur-Rehman Mansoor later led Taliban reinforcements to join the battle. U.S. forces had estimated the strength of the rebels in the Shah-i-Kot Valley at 200 to 250, but later information suggested the actual strength was of 500 to 1,000 fighters.
^Jones, Seth G. (12 April 2010). In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-393-07142-9.
^Neville, Leigh (19 May 2015). Special Forces in the War on Terror. Osprey Publishing. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4728-0790-8.
^ ab"Uzbek Militancy in Pakistan's Tribal Region" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. 27 January 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^"Operation Anaconda costs 8 U.S. lives". CNN. 4 March 2002.
^Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror (General Military), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978-1472807908, p.66-67
^Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror (General Military), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978-1472807908, p.67
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