✦ History

Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

2021 Taliban offensive

May 1, 2021 · Afghanistan

Result Taliban victory

The Taliban launched an offensive as US and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan. They took most of the country within months and captured Kabul in August 2021.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Taliban

Coalition

Other

Haqqani network
Taliban
al-Qaeda
Afghanistan
United States
Hibatullah Akhundzada belligerent leader Abdul Ghani Baradar military commander Abdul Qayyum Zakir military commander
Joe Biden belligerent leader Ashraf Ghani belligerent leader Mark Milley military commander Abdul Rashid Dostum military commander Atta Muhammad Nur military commander Bismillah Khan Mohammadi military commander

Strength and losses

Wounded
40,000
Civilian deaths
1,031

Units

Badri 313 Battalion
Afghan Army Afghan National Army Commando Corps Khost Protection Force Red Unit United States Navy Ronald Reagan Afghan Air Force United States Air Force

Battles 1

Before and after

Followed from
2020–2021 US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan February 29, 2020 – August 30, 2021
Led to
Operation Allies Refuge July 14, 2021
2021 Kabul airlift August 2021 – August 30, 2021
Fall of Kabul (2021) August 15, 2021

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2021
 
2020–2021 US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
 
2021 Taliban offensive
 
Operation Allies Refuge
 
2021 Kabul airlift
 
Fall of Kabul (2021)