Siege of Kunduz

For the 2015 battle, see Battle of Kunduz (2015).

Siege of Kunduz
Part of the War in Afghanistan

US Army Special Forces soldiers with Northern Alliance fighters outside Kunduz in November 2001
Date11 November 2001 – 25 November 2001
(2 weeks)
Location
Kunduz, Afghanistan
Result Northern Alliance and US victory
Belligerents
Northern Alliance
 United States		 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Taliban
al-Qaeda
IMU
Commanders and leaders
Afghanistan Mohammed Daud Daud
Afghanistan Abdul Rashid Dostum
United States Tommy Franks		 Mullah Fazl[1] Surrendered
Mullah Noori[1] Surrendered
Strength
Afghanistan 10,000[2]
United States 12 advisers		 5,000 Taliban[1]
3,000 foreign fighters[3]
Casualties and losses
Afghanistan Unknown
United States 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]

  1. ^ a b c Malkasian 2021, p. 66.
  2. ^ Mccarthy, Terry (26 November 2001). "Dispatches: A Volatile State Of Siege After a Taliban Ambush". Time.
  3. ^ "Alliance says Kunduz has been captured". The Independent. 25 November 2001.
  4. ^ Gall, Carlotta (8 April 2014). The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001–2014. ISBN 9780544045682.
  5. ^ The United States Army in Afghanistan - Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - October 2001-March 2003
  6. ^ Harding, Luke; Watt, Nicholas; Whitaker, Brian (22 November 2001). "Northern stronghold ready to capitulate". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2009.