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Section sizes

Section size for War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,961	13,961
Names	4,530	4,530
Prelude	261	13,865
Rise of the Taliban	4,307	4,307
Al-Qaeda	1,491	1,491
September 11 attacks	3,639	3,639
US ultimatum to the Taliban	4,167	4,167
History	72	180,955
Tactical overview	5,327	5,327
2001–2002: Invasion and early operations	11,242	11,242
2003–2005: Taliban resurgence	165	15,087
Coalition mistakes, Taliban start to re-organize	14,922	14,922
2006–2007: Escalating war	12,513	12,513
2008-2009: NATO build-up, Pakistan skirmishes, and Karzai re-election	18,255	18,255
2010–2011: Strategic agreements and death of Bin Laden	18,461	18,461
2012-2013: U.S. troop incidents, Obama-Karzai meetings	13,486	13,486
2014–2015: Withdrawal and increase of insurgency	26,802	26,802
2016-2017: Collapse of peace talks, emergence of Islamic State	18,525	18,525
2018–2019: Peace overtures	17,567	17,567
2020: US-Taliban deal, beginning of US withdrawaal	10,359	10,359
2021: End of US withdrawal, last Taliban offensive	13,259	13,259
Impact	70	21,362
Casualties	8,257	8,257
Refugees	2,363	2,363
War crimes	8,247	8,247
Drug trade	2,425	2,425
NATO's inability to stabilize Afghanistan	847	13,489
Environment and drug trade	1,438	1,438
Early mistakes and the US's other war	1,816	1,816
Domestic corruption and politics	2,202	2,202
Influence of non-NATO actors	5,929	5,929
American public misleading	1,257	1,257
Foreign support for the Taliban	36	3,538
Pakistan	2,020	2,020
Russia and Iran	1,482	1,482
Reactions	71	7,807
Domestic reactions	3,946	3,946
International public opinion	2,431	2,431
Protests, demonstrations and rallies	1,359	1,359
Aftermath	73	10,529
Formation of the Taliban government and international recognition	636	636
Republican insurgency	4,475	4,475
Islamic State activity	781	781
Abandonment of Afghan allies	1,674	1,674
Humanitarian crisis	2,890	2,890
See also	1,093	1,093
Notes	26	26
References	44	44
Sources	3,543	3,543
Further reading	423	423
External links	4,312	4,312
Total	279,477	279,477

Typos[edit]

The picture of the Chinook helicopter mistakenly refers to "USAF pilots." The US Air Force does not have pilots for the Chinook. They're "US Army pilots," as the citation notes.

First paragraph, last sentence "andwas" appears as one word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.60.35.95 (talk • contribs) 21:44, 19 June 2013

Under Casualties and Losses on right hand side "but reports suggest a higher number compared to coalition forces" may read better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.91.1 (talk • contribs) 17:15, 20 March 2014

"2001: Overthrow of the Taliban" - boming should be bombing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.183.22.30 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 9 May 2014

Under "2016-2017: Collapse of peace talks, emergence of Islamic State" the second paragraph, last sentence, there is a typo "ajd" which probably should read "and." MrToasterWaffles (talk) 00:32, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

great britains role[edit]

all b52 bombers, who bombed afghanistan, started from the isle diego garcia, that isle is owned by british empire. the b52 boeing bombers have rolls royce engines, a british corporation.

on that time tony blair and royal family controlled british empire.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=blair%20bush%20nato&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=blair%20bush%20nato&sc=1-15&cvid=C737845F16D14BA1880DB0A59A18BCB1&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&first=1

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=rolls%20royce%20britain%20b52&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=rolls%20royce%20britain%20b52&sc=10-23&cvid=B3790C45D9FA493EB342268BF3E7D42F&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&first=1

bae british aerospace built the panavia tornado multi role bomber.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panavia_Tornado

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Aerospace 2001:9E8:D2F9:4100:852B:AE58:EBE4:608D (talk) 18:29, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Taliban casualties[edit]

I propose to indicate the upper limit for Taliban losses: 72,000 killed ^[1] ^[2] Hikka1999 (talk) 17:31, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "How many terrorists has President Obama actually 'taken out'? Probably over 30,000". the Washington post. 7 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "By the numbers: US war in Afghanistan's toll in lives lost, money spent". the New York Times. 29 February 2020.

Semi-protected edit request on 18 May 2024[edit]

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In 'Drug trade' section, please change

'...which was the Taliban's largest source of revenue though taxes on opium exports.'

to

'...which was the Taliban's largest source of revenue through taxes on opium exports.'.

Notice the typo 'though' instead of 'through'. MegaChuck64 (talk) 04:32, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks! Liu1126 (talk) 09:29, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[the_Washington_post-1] "How many terrorists has President Obama actually 'taken out'? Probably over 30,000". the Washington post. 7 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[New_York_Post-2] "By the numbers: US war in Afghanistan's toll in lives lost, money spent". the New York Times. 29 February 2020.

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