Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan

Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
Part of the Afghanistan war
Date 14 June 2011 – 31 December 2016 Location Afghanistan Result Withdrawal completed in December 2016 and larger U.S. presence U.S. keeps 8,400 troops in 4 garrisons (Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram and Jalalabad) indefinitely due to Taliban resurgence attempt in Kunduz
Belligerents
Coalition:  United States (U.S. Armed Forces)  Afghanistan (Afghan Armed Forces) International Security Assistance Force Resolute Support Mission	Insurgent groups: Taliban al-Qaeda IMU Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami HI-Gulbuddin HI-Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba Lashkar-e-Islam Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade JeM ETIM TTP IEW Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan TNSM IJU Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Mullah Dadullah Front
Commanders and leaders
Barack Obama Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. John O. Brennan James B. Cunningham	Various

Withdrawal completed in December 2016 and larger U.S. presence

Coalition:

Insurgent groups:

Barack Obama
Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
John O. Brennan

The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan describes the draw down of United States Armed Forces in the Afghanistan war and the plans after its post-2014 presence when most combat troops had left Afghanistan at the end of 2014.

NATO had planned on maintaining 13,000 troops including 9,800 Americans in an advisory and counter-terrorism capacity in Afghanistan during the 2015 phase of the War in Afghanistan and they were expected to maintain a presence inside Afghanistan until well after the end of 2016. In July 2016, in light of the deteriorating security conditions, the US postponed the withdrawal until December 2016 and decided to maintain a force of 8,400 troops in 4 garrisons (Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram and Jalalabad) indefinitely due to Taliban resurgence attempt after the Battle of Kunduz. The withdrawal was completed in December 2016 leaving behind 8,400 troops.

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