| Battle of Tora Bora | |||||||||
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| Part of the War in Afghanistan | |||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Kabul,_Peshawar,_and_some_cities_in_Nangarhar,_Afghanistan_6.png) Tora Bora in the wider region. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 ISIL-KSupported by:  Pakistan (Nangarhar NDS claim)[1] |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abu Omar Khorasani[6] |
 Local tribal elders Maj. Gen. Mohammad Zaman Waziri[1] | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Unknown |
 United States Air Force[2] | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| "Hundreds"[10]–1,000[8] | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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"Dozens" killed (ISIL-K offensive)[3] 22 killed, 10 wounded (government offensive)[5] |
 12+ killed[10] Unknown | ||||||||
| 2,000 families displaced[11] | |||||||||
The Battle of Tora Bora in June 2017 was a military engagement for the cave complex of Tora Bora and its surroundings in Afghanistan. Fighting took place between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) and forces opposed to it, namely the Taliban, militias formed by the population of the Pachir Aw Agam District, and the Afghan National Army. After heavy clashes ISIS–K forces initially succeeded in capturing Tora Bora from the Taliban on 13–14 June 2017, but Afghan government forces retook the cave complex by 17 June.
- ^ a b Ziar Yaad (15 June 1017). "Pakistani Militia Backed Daesh in Tora Bora Offensive: NDS". TOLOnews. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ a b Noor Zahid; Zia-U-Rahman Hasrat (7 July 2017). "Afghan Government Arms Villagers to Fight IS in Tora Bora". Voice of America. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ a b Noor Zahid (9 June 1017). "Afghan Locals, Taliban Drive Islamic State From Tora Bora Region". Voice of America. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Ziar Yaad (25 June 1017). "Tora Bora Completely Cleared of Daesh: MoD". TOLOnews. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Security Forces Re-Capture Tora Bora: MoD". TOLOnews. 17 June 1017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Ahmad Sultan (15 June 1017). "Islamic State say they have captured Afghanistan's Tora Bora caves". Reuters. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Ayesha Tanzeem (14 June 1017). "Islamic State Militants Capture Tora Bora". Voice of America. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ a b Rod Nordland; Fahim Abed (14 June 1017). "ISIS Captures Tora Bora, Once Bin Laden's Afghan Fortress". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Afghan forces descended onto Tora Bora". Afghanistan Times. 17 June 1017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Isis captures territory around former Bin Laden stronghold in Afghanistan". The Guardian. Associated Press. 14 June 1017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Song Lifang (17 June 1017). "News Analysis: IS presence adds to instability in Afghan eastern region". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.