War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
armed conflict between NATO countries and Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021
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Key Facts
- Country: Afghanistan[3]
- Follows: Afghan Civil War[4], Operation Infinite Justice[5]
- Location: Afghanistan[6]
- Part of: war on terror[7], Afghan Conflict[8], War against the Islamic State[9], post-Soviet conflicts[10]
- Commons category: War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[11]
- Start time: October 7, 2001[12]
- End time: August 30, 2021[13]
- Participant: Northern Alliance[14], United States[15], United Kingdom[16], Canada[17], Australia[18], Germany[19], Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[20], Al-Qaeda[21], Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[22], Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi[23], Turkistan Islamic Party[24], Taliban[25], Denmark[26], France[27]
- Significant event: Battle of Tora Bora[28]
- Has cause: September 11 attacks[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[30]
- Commons gallery: War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[31]
- Partially coincident with: Islamic State–Taliban conflict[32]
- Official name: Afghanistan Campaign[33]
- Capital cost: 109,000,000 US dollars[34], 2,261,000,000,000 US dollars[35]
- Significant person: George W. Bush[36], Hamid Karzai[37], Barack Obama[38], Robert Gates[39], David Petraeus[40], Joe Biden[41]
- Order of battle: Afghan War order of battle[42], War in North-West Pakistan order of battle[43]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[44]
Why It Matters
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) is known by 131 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]