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 U.S. Central Command
surface form: United States Central Command

Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Department of State
country Afghanistan
endTime 2021-08-30
follows Taliban offensive of 2021
surface form: Taliban offensive (2021)
hasCause Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021
legalBasis U.S.-Taliban Agreement
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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 Lockheed C-130 Hercules
surface form: C-130 Hercules

C-17 Globemaster III
KC-10 Extender
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
surface form: 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)