Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
	Part of the war on terror and the Afghan conflict
	; Clockwise from top-left:; American troops in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in Kunar Province; An American F-15E Strike Eagle dropping 2000 pound JDAMs on a cave in eastern Afghanistan; an Afghan soldier surveying atop a Humvee; Afghan and American soldiers move through snow in Logar Province; victorious Taliban fighters after securing Kabul; an Afghan soldier surveying a valley in Parwan Province; British troops preparing to board a Chinook during Operation Black Prince
Date	7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021; (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Afghanistan
Result	Taliban victory
Territorial; changes	Taliban control over Afghanistan increases compared to pre-intervention territory
Belligerents
Invasion (2001): United States; Northern Alliance; United Kingdom; France; Canada; Italy; Germany; Australia; New Zealand;	Invasion (2001): Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban; Haqqani network; ; Non-state allies:; Al-Qaeda 055 Brigade; ; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi; Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad;
ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021): Islamic State of Afghanistan (2001–2002); Afghan Transitional Authority (2002–2004); Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021); ISAF (2001–2014; 51 countries) United States ; United Kingdom ; Canada ; Germany ; Australia ; Italy ; New Zealand ; France ; Turkey ; Georgia (country) ; Jordan ; Bulgaria ; Poland ; Romania ; Spain ; Czech Republic ; Macedonia ; Denmark ; Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Finland ; Croatia ; Hungary ; Norway ; Lithuania ; Mongolia ; United Arab Emirates ; Belgium ; Portugal ; Slovakia ; Netherlands ; Montenegro ; Latvia ; Sweden ; Albania ; Ukraine ; Bosnia–Herzegovina ; Greece ; Ireland ; Iceland ; Estonia ; Austria ; Malaysia ; Slovenia ; Colombia ; Switzerland ; Bahrain ; El Salvador ; Luxembourg ; South Korea ; Tonga ; Singapore ; ; Resolute Support (2015–2021; 36 countries); High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (allegedly; from 2015); Khost Protection Force and other pro-government paramilitaries;	ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021): Taliban · Haqqani network (from 2002); ; al-Qaeda · Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent; ; Taliban splinter groups · Mullah Dadullah Front (from 2012); · Fidai Mahaz (from 2013); ; Supported by: Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin; (on and off until 2016); Islamic Jihad Union; (from 2002); Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015); Turkistan Islamic Party; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Pakistani Taliban; Lashkar-e-Islam; Iran (alleged, but denied by Iran); Pakistan (alleged, but denied by Pakistan); Russia (alleged, but denied by Russia); Saudi Arabia (alleged, but denied by Saudi Arabia); Qatar (alleged by Saudi Arabia, but denied by Qatar); China (alleged by the US, but denied by China); ; RS phase (2015–2021):; ISIL–KP (from 2015) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (since 2015);
Commanders and leaders
List Hamid Karzai ; Ashraf Ghani ; George W. Bush ; Barack Obama ; Donald Trump ; Joe Biden ; Donald Rumsfeld ; Robert Gates ; Leon Panetta ; Chuck Hagel ; Ash Carter ; Jim Mattis ; Mark Esper ; Lloyd Austin ; Tony Blair ; Gordon Brown ; David Cameron ; Theresa May ; Boris Johnson ; Geoff Hoon ; John Reid ; Desmond Browne ; John Hutton ; Robert Ainsworth ; Liam Fox ; Philip Hammond ; Michael Fallon ; Gavin Williamson ; Penelope Mordaunt ; Ben Wallace ; Jean Chrétien ; Paul Martin ; Stephen Harper ; Justin Trudeau ; Gerhard Schröder ; Angela Merkel ; John Howard ; Kevin Rudd ; Julia Gillard ; Tony Abbott ; Malcolm Turnbull ; Scott Morrison ; Silvio Berlusconi ; Romano Prodi ; Mario Monti ; Enrico Letta ; Matteo Renzi ; Paolo Gentiloni ; Giuseppe Conte ; Mario Draghi ; Helen Clark ; John Key ; Bill English ; Jacinda Ardern ; Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. ; John F. Campbell ; List of former ISAF Commanders ; List of former RS Commanders ; Nangialai † ; Abdul Manan Niazi † ;	List Mullah Omar # ; Akhtar Mansour † ; Hibatullah Akhundzada ; Obaidullah Akhund † ; Jalaluddin Haqqani # ; Sirajuddin Haqqani ; Mullah Yaqoob ; Abdul Ghani Baradar ; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ; Osama bin Laden † ; Ayman al-Zawahiri ; Asim Umar † ; Muhammad Rasul ; Haji Najibullah ; Shahab al-Muhajir ; Hafiz Saeed Khan † ; Mawlavi Habib Ur Rahman ; Abdul Haseeb Logari † ; Abdul Rahman Ghaleb † ; Abu Saad Erhabi † ; Abdullah Orokzai (POW) ; Qari Hekmat † ; Mufti Nemat ; Dawood Ahmad Sofi † ; Mohamed Zahran † ; Ishfaq Ahmed Sofi † ;
Strength
ISAF: 130,000+ (peak strength); Afghan National Defense and Security Forces: 307,947 (peak strength, January 2021); Resolute Support Mission: 17,178 (peak strength, October 2019); Defence contractors: 117,227 (peak strength, Q2 2012); ; High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: 3,000–3,500; Khost Protection Force: 3,000–10,000 (2018);	Taliban: 58,000–100,000; (as of February 2021) · Haqqani network: 4,000–15,000 (2009); ; HIG: 1,500–2,000+ (2014); al-Qaeda: c. 300 in 2016 (c. 3,000 in 2001); Fidai Mahaz: 8,000 (2013); ISIL–KP: 3,500–4,000 (2018, in Afghanistan)
Casualties and losses
Afghan security forces:; 66,000–69,095 killed; Northern Alliance:; 200 killed; Coalition: Dead: 3,579 United States: 2,420; United Kingdom: 457; Canada: 159; France: 90; Germany: 62; Italy: 53; Others: 338; ; Wounded: 23,536 United States: 20,093; United Kingdom: 2,188; Canada: 2,071; ; ; Contractors Dead: 3,917; Wounded: 15,000+; ; Total killed: 76,591;	Taliban insurgents:; 80,000+ killed (2,000+ al-Qaeda fighters) ISIL–KP:; 2,400+ killed
	Civilians killed: 46,319 ; Total killed: 176,206 (per Costs of War Project); 212,191+ (per UCDP); Total killed in related insurgency in Pakistan: 66,650;
	a The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of November 2014.; b The continued list includes nations who have contributed fewer than 200 troops as of May 2017.;

The following items form a partial timeline of the War in Afghanistan. For events prior to October 7, 2001, see 2001 in Afghanistan.