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Siege of Kunduz
| Siege of Kunduz | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the War in Afghanistan | |||||||
 US Army Special Forces soldiers with Northern Alliance fighters outside Kunduz in November 2001 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Northern Alliance United States |
 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaeda IMU | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mohammed Daud Daud Abdul Rashid Dostum Tommy Franks |
Mullah Fazl[1]  Mullah Noori[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10,000[2] 12 advisers |
5,000 Taliban[1] 3,000 foreign fighters[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Unknown None | Unknown casualties, 2,000–5,000 airlifted by ISI[4][5] (denied by the US and Pakistan) | ||||||
The siege of Kunduz occurred during the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan. After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif on 9 November, the focus of the Northern Alliance advance shifted towards the city of Kunduz, which was the last remaining Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan.[6]
- ^ a b c Malkasian 2021, p. 66.
- ^ Mccarthy, Terry (26 November 2001). "Dispatches: A Volatile State Of Siege After a Taliban Ambush". Time.
- ^ "Alliance says Kunduz has been captured". The Independent. 25 November 2001.
- ^ Gall, Carlotta (8 April 2014). The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001–2014. ISBN 9780544045682.
- ^ The United States Army in Afghanistan - Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - October 2001-March 2003
- ^ Harding, Luke; Watt, Nicholas; Whitaker, Brian (22 November 2001). "Northern stronghold ready to capitulate". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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