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Organization Timeline
NATO announces expansion of ISAF into western Afghanistan
📅 10 February 2005NATO announced that ISAF would expand into western Afghanistan, extending the international force beyond Kabul and the northern provinces. The expansion joined reconstruction and security operations...
ISAF expansion covers eastern Afghanistan
📅 5 October 2006NATO-led ISAF took command of international forces in eastern Afghanistan, completing its expansion across the country. The result was a nationwide NATO-led military mission, while Afghan institutions...
Obama announces a 30,000-troop escalation
📅 1 December 2009President Barack Obama announced that the United States would send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and set a timetable to begin transferring forces out in July 2011. The surge aimed to reverse...
Consultative Peace Jirga opens in Kabul
📅 2 June 2010Afghan delegates gathered for a three-day Consultative Peace Jirga to discuss a path toward ending the conflict. The process showed Afghan efforts to shape negotiations, though women and other...
U.S. soldier kills civilians in Panjwai villages
📅 11 March 2012A U.S. Army staff sergeant shot civilians in Panjwai, killing 16, including nine children, according to Afghan officials and Amnesty International. The killings intensified demands for...
Helmand residents begin a grassroots peace march
📅 26 March 2018After a Lashkar Gah bombing, relatives of victims and residents began a sit-in. The People’s Peace Movement grew into a march through government- and Taliban-held areas, demanding an end to the war.
Government and Taliban begin a rare Eid ceasefire
📅 15 June 2018The government and Taliban observed a three-day Eid ceasefire from 15 to 17 June. Fighters and civilians met publicly. The pause reflected public demand for peace but did not end the war.
U.S. president cancels Camp David peace meetings
📅 8 September 2019President Donald Trump canceled planned Camp David meetings with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after a Kabul bombing. The cancellation interrupted U.S.-Taliban talks that had...
UNAMA documents 3,035 civilian deaths in 2020
📅 23 February 2021UNAMA and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission recorded 3,035 civilian deaths and 5,785 injuries in 2020. Anti-government elements caused the majority of casualties, while...
Biden announces final U.S. and NATO withdrawal
📅 14 April 2021President Joe Biden announced that U.S. forces would leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021, later completing the withdrawal in August. The decision followed the 2020 U.S.-Taliban agreement and was...