Siege of Kunduz

Siege of Kunduz
	Part of the 2001–2021 War in Afghanistan
	; US Army Special Forces soldiers with Northern Alliance fighters outside Kunduz in November 2001
Date	11 November 2001 – 25 November 2001; (2 weeks)
Location	Kunduz, Afghanistan
Result	Northern Alliance and US victory
Belligerents
Northern Alliance; United States	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; Taliban; al-Qaeda; IMU
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Daud Daud; Abdul Rashid Dostum; Tommy Franks	Mullah Fazl ; Mullah Noori
Strength
10,000; 12 advisers	5,000 Taliban; 3,000 foreign fighters
Casualties and losses
Unknown; None	Unknown casualties, 2,000–5,000 airlifted by ISI (denied by the US and Pakistan)

The siege of Kunduz occurred during the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan. After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif on 9 November, the focus of the Northern Alliance advance shifted towards the city of Kunduz, which was the last remaining Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan.