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Operation Iron Tempest
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
Operational scopeAirstrikes and raids
Location
Afghanistan
Target Taliban drug labs
DateNovember 2017 - Final quarter of 2018
Executed by United States Air Force

 United States Navy

Afghan Air Force



Battle of Mirzawalang
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
Location
Mirawalang, Sayyad District, Sar-e Pul Province, Afghanistan
Belligerents
 Afghanistan Taliban
Islamic State ISIL-KP


Operation Hamza
DateMarch 2017 - ongoing
Location
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Result
  • April 2017 airstrike
Belligerents
 Afghanistan
 United States		 Islamic State ISIL-KP

Timeline[edit]

March 2017[edit]

  • March 10

Three ISIL-KP militants were killed and three more were wounded by a US drone strike in Achin District according to a "provincial police commander" in a statement released to Khaama Press[1][2]

  • March 11

US airstrikes in Nazian and Kot District killed 16 ISIL-KP fighters, including seven Pakistani nationals according to a "provincial police commandment" in a statement released to Khaama Press. The strikes began at 10:30 a.m. local time in Nazian District and at 3 p.m. local time in Kot District. At least nine of the deaths were in Kot.[3][4]

  • March 14

At least four airstrikes were conducted in Achin District, reportedly killing 17 ISIL-KP fighters according to a local "provincial police commander".[5][6] Another airstrike was conducted by the Afghan Air Force in the village of Jawargar in Achin District killing eight ISIL-KP fighters.[7]

  • March 18

US forces conducted 12 airstrikes in Nangarhar Province on March 18, a US spokesperson reported to the Bureau for Investigative Journalism via an email.[8]

  • March 19

US forces conducted 20 airstrikes in Nangarhar Province] on March 20, a US spokesperson told the Bureau for Investigative Journalism.[9]

  • March 25

The Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes in three separate villages in Nangarhar Province killing 27 ISIL-KP fighters the Afghan Ministry of the Interior reported to TOLO News.[10]

  • March 26

The Afghan Air Force conducted an airstrike in Kot District killing 33 ISIL-KP fighters the Ministry of the Interior reported to TOLO News.[11]

  • March 29

A US airstrike targeted Taliban commanders in Khogyani District according to a "provincial police commander". The strike killed four prominent commanders identified as Zakir, the districts "shadow chief", Gul Mohammad and two others. The strike also injured four other militants.[12] Three suspected ISIL-KP fighters were killed by airstrike in Achin District however it is unclear who conducted the strike and wether it was multiple strike or one.[13]

April 2017[edit]

  • April 3

Khaama Press reported on April 3rd that US airstrikes left 16 ISIL-KP dead fighters in Nangarhar Province. It is unclear if the strikes were conducted on the 3rd or an earlier date.[14]

  • April 4

A US airstrike in Achin District killed three civilians including two children and injured a further four.[15]

  • April 11

Airstrikes in Achin District by the Afghan Air Force killed 49 ISIL-KP fighters. The strikes were said to have been a part of "Operation Hamza".[16][17]

In what is the first time of its use in a war zone,[18] the United States Air Force dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb available in its arsenal, a massive GBU-43/B MOAB on an ISIL-KP tunnel network once used by the Mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War and utilized by Osama bin Laden during the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan.[19] The strike was conducted in the Mohmand Valley of Achin District at 7:32 p.m. local time. Initially 36 militants were reported dead,[20][21] but as the days followed the casualty figure grew, first to 82,[22] then to 94,[23] and then 96 including 13 commanders according to a top Afghan security official.[24]

Aerial footage of the strike hitting Achin District.
  • April 15

A US drone strike killed two suspected ISIL-KP suicide bombers who were attempting to a attack a government building in Achin District.[25]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).

  • April 19

An airstrike in nazian District was conducted at 10:00 a.m. local time killing five ISIL-KP fighters, all Pakistani nationals according to a provincial government media office. It is unclear who conducted the strike.[26]

  • April 22

Two airstrikes were conducted Achin and Haska Mina District in Nangarhar province killing at least 28 ISIL-KP militants according to an unnamed Afghan official. One strike hit a compound killing nine while another killed 19. It is unclear who conducted the strikes and when the strikes exactly occurred.[27]

  • April 28 - Afghan forces killed 20 ISIL-KP militants

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.khaama.com/3-foreign-isis-militants-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02369/
  2. ^ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017
  3. ^ https://www.khaama.com/pakistanis-among-16-isis-militants-killed-in-east-of-afghanistan-02376/
  4. ^ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017
  5. ^ https://www.khaama.com/17-foreign-isis-militants-killed-in-us-airstrikes-in-east-of-afghanistan-02402/
  6. ^ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017
  7. ^ https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/10-insurgents-killed-including-daesh-militants
  8. ^ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017
  9. ^ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017
  10. ^ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017
  11. ^ https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/33-daesh-militants-killed-nangarhar-airstrike
  12. ^ https://www.khaama.com/taliban-militants-suffer-heavy-casualties-in-us-airstrike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02470
  13. ^ https://www.khaama.com/3-isis-militants-killed-in-airstrike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02467/
  14. ^ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017
  15. ^ https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_midyear_report_2017_july_2017.pdf
  16. ^ https://www.pajhw
  17. ^ ps://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/250-daesh-militants-killed-hamza-operation#
  18. ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-drops-mother-of-all-bombs-in-afghanistan-marking-weapons-first-use/
  19. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/asia/afghanistan-moab-target-robertson/index.html
  20. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/13/us-military-drops-non-nuclear-bomb-afghanistan-islamic-state
  21. ^ https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-government-says-36-islamic-state-killed-in-moab-bombing-/3810056.html
  22. ^ https://www.ny
  23. ^ https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/afghan-official-death-toll-from-massive-us-bomb-rises-to-94-including-4-isis-commanders-1.463677
  24. ^ https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html
  25. ^ https://www.pa
  26. ^ https://www.khaama.com/5-pakistani-militants-killed-in-an-airstrike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02602/
  27. ^ https://www.khaama.com/28-isis-k-militants-killed-during-hamza-operations-in-east-of-afghanistan-02621/
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