Afghanistan: twenty years of US intervention
JOHN SAEKI
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Taliban regain
management of Kabul
and
the nation
Final US
troops
depart
US formally
begins
withdrawing
its final
troops
1,659
Jan-
June
2021
Inside weeks US-led forces
overthrow the Taliban, in
energy since 1996
US President
Barack Obama
proclaims
troop surge
US President
George W. Bush launches
operation “Enduring Freedom”
in Afghanistan
Early 2015
Mid-2018
Nov 2020
Joe Biden
wins US
election
August 2017
Aug 2021
Aug 30, 2021
Could 2021
April 2017
2003
October 2015
December 2014
Could 2011
December 2009
October 7, 2001
16
13
12
10
08
07
06
05
04
24
Afghan civilian deaths
US
troops
killed
22
55
128
310
415
498
317
155
117
52
48
3,035
3,400
3,804
3,440
3,527
3,565
3,709
2,969
2,769
3,133
2,794
2,412
2,118
1,582
929
413
230
450
2,375
US troops
100,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
20,000
US President Donald Trump
scraps timetable for a pullout
Evaluation of a number of sources
by Watson Institute for
worldwide research,
and UNAMA*
US navy drops big
bomb on an IS community
of tunnels, killing 96,
say Afghan officers
US airstrike hits
MSF hospital
killing 42
NATO proclaims finish
to fight mission.
Safety degenerates as
the Taliban insurgency spreads
US and
the Taliban
open talks
in Doha
Islamic State (IS)
group turns into
lively in
Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda chief
Osama bin Laden
killed in Pakistan
by US particular forces
The Taliban and different
Islamist outfits regroup
in southern and
jap Afghanistan
US forces invade Iraq.
Sources: EASO/UNOCHA/iCasualties/BrookingsAfghanistanIndex/Pentagon/watson.brown.edu – prices of warfare/ *United Nations Help Mission in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: twenty years of US intervention
