Kabul airlift (2021)

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Kabul airlift (2021) was the large-scale evacuation operation conducted by the United States and allied countries to remove their citizens and vulnerable Afghans from Kabul after the Taliban takeover.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airlift
humanitarian operation
military evacuation operation
commandedBy General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
consequence international criticism of evacuation planning and execution
large-scale Afghan refugee resettlement programs
coordinatedBy United States Central Command
United States Department of Defense
United States Department of State
country Afghanistan
endTime 2021-08-30
follows Taliban offensive (2021)
hasCause Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021
legalBasis U.S.–Taliban Doha Agreement (indirectly related)
location Kabul
mainSite Hamid Karzai International Airport
notableAttack 2021 Kabul airport attack
notableFeature conducted under threat of terrorist attacks
conducted while Taliban controlled access routes to airport
largest non-combatant evacuation operation in U.S. history
numberOfEvacuees over 120000 people
over 18000 evacuated on coalition flights
over 79000 evacuated on U.S. military flights
numberOfFlights over 770 U.S. military flights
objective evacuation of foreign nationals from Afghanistan
evacuation of vulnerable Afghans
withdrawal of remaining NATO troops from Afghanistan
opposedBy Islamic State – Khorasan Province
participant Canada
France
Germany
Italy
NATO
Qatar
Taliban
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
partOf War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)
result complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by 2021-08-30
end of NATO military presence in Afghanistan
significantEvent Fall of Kabul (2021)
startTime 2021-08-14
U.S.PresidentDuringEvent Joe Biden
UKPrimeMinisterDuringEvent Boris Johnson
usedAircraft C-130 Hercules
C-17 Globemaster III
KC-10 Extender
KC-135 Stratotanker
civilian charter aircraft

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Fall of Kabul (2021) followedBy Kabul airlift (2021)
Fall of Kabul (2021) relatedEvent Kabul airlift (2021)