Fall of Kandahar | |||||||
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Part of the Afghan Civil War and the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | |||||||
![]() Aerial view of a section of Kandahar | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
800 Sharzai's militia 800 Eastern Alliance 750 Americans 150 Australians |
Unknown number of Taliban fighters A few hundred al-Qaeda fighters[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
600+ Afghans killed 3 Americans killed | 10,000+ killed |
The Fall of Kandahar took place in 2001 during the War in Afghanistan. After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul and Herat, Kandahar was the last major city under Taliban control. Kandahar was where the Taliban movement had originated and where its power base was located, so it was assumed that capturing Kandahar would be difficult. The city fell after several weeks of fighting to a force of local militia under Pashtun military commanders and their American advisers. The fall of Kandahar signaled the end of organized Taliban control of Afghanistan.[3]
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