This article is about the anti-government Taliban insurgency which lasted from 2001 to 2021. For the Taliban's successful 1994–1996 insurgency against the "Mujahideen" government, see History of the Taliban.
"Taliban offensive" redirects here. For other conflicts involving the Taliban, see Afghan conflict and 2021 Taliban offensive.
Taliban insurgency
Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the Afghan conflict
Map of the 2021 Taliban offensive.
Date
17 December 2001 – 15 August 2021 (19 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)[26]
Location
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Result
Taliban victory
Coalition failure to quell the insurgency
Fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Reestablishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Belligerents
Afghanistan
Afghan National Security Forces
ISAF (2001–2014)
Albania
Armenia (IPAP)
Australia (GP)
Austria (PfP)
Azerbaijan (PfP)
Bahrain (ICI)
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina (IPAP)
Bulgaria[fn 1]
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland (PfP)
France
Georgia[fn 1] (IPAP)
Germany[fn 1]
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Iran
Ireland (PfP)
Italy[fn 1]
Jordan[fn 1] (MD)
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mongolia (GP)
Montenegro (PfP)
Netherlands
New Zealand (GP)
Norway
Pakistan
Poland[fn 1]
Portugal
North Macedonia (MAP)
Romania[fn 1]
Singapore (2008–13)
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea (GP)
Spain
Sweden (PfP)
Switzerland (2004–08) (PfP)
Tonga
Turkey[fn 1]
Ukraine (PfP)
United Arab Emirates (ICI)
United Kingdom[fn 1]
United States[fn 1]
RS (2015 onwards)[1]
Luxembourg
Slovenia
New Zealand
Greece
Austria
Ukraine
Sweden
Montenegro
Latvia
Estonia
North Macedonia
Lithuania
Slovakia
Norway
Finland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belgium
Hungary
Albania
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Denmark
Bulgaria
Netherlands
Portugal
Mongolia
Poland
Australia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Georgia (IPAP)
Germany
Italy
Romania
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
^ abcdefghijMajor contributing nations with more than 200 troops as of May 2015
Allied militias
High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (allegedly since 2015)[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Jamiat-e Islami[8]
Junbish-i-Milli[8]
Hezbe Wahdat[9]
Taliban
Haqqani network[10]
Supported by: Pakistan (alleged, denied by Pakistan)[11][12][13] Iran (alleged, but denied by Iran)[14][15][16][17] Russia (alleged, but denied by Russia)[18][19][20] Qatar (alleged by Saudi Arabia, denied by Qatar)[21][22] Saudi Arabia (overtly until 2001, allegedly until
2013)[23]
Allied groups
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (until 2016)
al-Qaeda
Islamic Jihad Union[24]
Turkistan Islamic Party[25]
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015)
Taliban splinter groups (from 2015)
Dadullah Front
Fidai Mahaz
Commanders and leaders
Ashraf Ghani (President of Afghanistan) Abdullah Abdullah (CEO of Afghanistan) Abdul Rashid Dostum (Vice-President of Afghanistan) Mohammad Mohaqiq (Deputy CEO of Afghanistan) Atta Muhammad Nur (Governor of Balkh Province) Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (Defense Minister of Afghanistan) Sher Mohammad Karimi (Chief of Army Staff) Nangialai †[7] Abdul Manan Niazi †[27] Coalition:
ISAF (2001–14)
Tommy Franks
Dan K. McNeill
David Barno
Karl Eikenberry
David D. McKiernan
Stanley A. McChrystal
David Petraeus
John R. Allen
Egon Ramms
Guy Laroche
RS[1] (2015 onwards)
Xavier Bettel
Borut Pahor
Jacinda Ardern
Bill English
John Key
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Alexis Tsipras
Alexander Van der Bellen
Heinz Fischer
Volodymyr Zelensky
Petro Poroshenko
Göran Persson
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Stefan Löfven
Milo Đukanović
Filip Vujanović
Egils Levits
Raimonds Vējonis
Kersti Kaljulaid
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Stevo Pendarovski
Gjorge Ivanov
Gitanas Nausėda
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Zuzana Čaputová
Andrej Kiska
Robert Fico
Peter Pellegrini
Igor Matovič
Eduard Heger
Erna Solberg
Sauli Niinistö
Pedro Sánchez
Mariano Rajoy
Sifet Podžić
Marina Pendeš
Sophie Wilmès
Charles Michel
János Áder
Viktor Orbán
Ilir Meta
Bujar Nishani
Zoran Milanović
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Ilham Aliyev
Nikol Pashinyan
Karen Karapetyan
Hovik Abrahamyan
Mette Frederiksen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Rumen Radev
Rosen Plevneliev
Mark Rutte
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Scott Morrison
Malcolm Turnbull
Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Miloš Zeman
Andrzej Duda
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Klaus Iohannis
Salome Zourabichvili
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Giuseppe Conte
Paolo Gentiloni
Matteo Renzi
Angela Merkel
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Boris Johnson
Theresa May
David Cameron
John F. Campbell
Hibatullah Akhundzada (Supreme Commander) [28] Sirajuddin Haqqani (Deputy of the Taliban) [29] Mohammad Yaqoob (Deputy of the Taliban) [28] Jalaluddin Haqqani # (Leader of Haqqani Network) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (2002–2016)
Ayman al-Zawahiri (Emir of al-Qaeda) Abdul Ghani Baradar (head of Taliban Diplomatic Office)[30]
Mansoor Dadullah † (Commander of the Dadullah Front)[31][32] Haji Najibullah (Commander of Fidai Mahaz) [33]
Mullah Omar # (Commander of the Faithful)
Akhtar Mansoor † (Supreme Commander)[30][28] Obaidullah Akhund † (Former Taliban Minister of Defense) [30] Mohammad Fazl (POW) (Former Deputy Defense Minister) [30] Abdul Qayyum Zakir (Former Taliban military chief) Dadullah Akhund † (Senior commander) [30]
Osama bin Laden † (Former Emir of al-Qaeda)
Strength
Afghan Armed Forces: 352,000[34] RSM: 13,000+[35] High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: 3,000–3,500[4] ISAF: 18,000+[36]
Taliban: Dead: 52,893+ killed (estimate, no official data).[37][53][54]
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Rhino
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Kabul
Tarinkot
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Lejay
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Nawzad
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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
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Camp Bastion
January 2017 Lashkargah
Sangin
June 2017 Lashkargah
Camp Shorabak
Grishk
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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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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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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
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2020–2021
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Afghan conflict
Saur Revolution (1978)
Herat uprising (1979)
Chindawol uprising (1979)
Bala Hissar uprising (1979)
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89)
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government, led by President Hamid Karzai, and later by President Ashraf Ghani, and against a US-led coalition of forces that has included all members of NATO; the 2021 Taliban offensive resulted in the collapse of the government of Ashraf Ghani. The private sector in Pakistan extends financial aid to the Taliban, contributing to their financial sustenance.[55]
The insurgency had spread to some degree over the border to neighboring Pakistan, in particular Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Taliban conducted warfare against Afghan National Security Forces and their NATO allies, as well as against civilian targets. Regional countries, particularly Pakistan, Iran, China and Russia, were often accused of funding and supporting the insurgent groups.[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66]
The allied Haqqani Network, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until 2016), and smaller al-Qaeda groups had also been part of the Taliban insurgency.[67][68]
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of the 1996–2001 Taliban government. He was chosen to lead the Taliban’s shadow court system at the start of the Talibaninsurgency, and remained in that...
government accuses the Afghan Taliban authorities of harboring the Pakistani Taliban rebels in its growing insurgency. Afghan Taliban rejects all allegations...
Mohammad Mansour (1960s – 21 May 2016) was the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme leader...
began to support the insurgency through Pakistan. Although no documentation which proves that the CIA directly supported the Taliban has surfaced, it has...
quell the ongoing Talibaninsurgency in the south of the country. The operation was launched in response to a significant Taliban spring offensive led...
gradually took part in the broader war in Afghanistan against the Talibaninsurgency. ISAF's initial mandate was to secure the Afghan capital of Kabul...