2021 Taliban offensive
type: Thing
type: Q1656682
type: SocietalEvent
type: Event
label: 2021eko taliban erasoaldia @eu
label: 2021年ターリバーン攻勢 @ja
label: Ofensiva talibã no Afeganistão em 2021 @pt
label: Offensive des talibans de 2021 @fr
label: Наступ Талібану (2021) @uk
label: Talibanoffensiven 2021 @sv
label: Offensiva talebana del 2021 @it
label: 2021년 탈레반 공세 @ko
label: Vormarsch der Taliban in Afghanistan 2021 @de
label: هجوم طالبان 2021 @ar
label: Наступление «Талибана» (2021) @ru
label: Ofensiva talibana de 2021 @es
label: Ανακατάληψη του Αφγανιστάν από τους Ταλιμπάν (2021) @el
label: Ofensywa talibów w Afganistanie (2021) @pl
label: Ofensiva talibana de 2021 a l'Afganistan @ca
label: 2021年塔利班攻勢 @zh
label: Serangan Taliban 2021 @in
subject: Category:Taliban activities
subject: Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2021
subject: Category:2021 in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
subject: Category:2021 controversies
subject: Category:Attacks in Afghanistan in 2021
subject: Category:July 2021 events in Afghanistan
subject: Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2021
subject: Category:August 2021 events in Afghanistan
subject: Category:Presidency of Joe Biden
subject: Category:Battles in 2021
subject: Category:2021 Taliban offensive
subject: Category:June 2021 events in Afghanistan
subject: Category:May 2021 events in Afghanistan
subject: Category:Al-Qaeda
footer: The Taliban immediately replaced the previous flag with the traditional black-red-green colors, with their own white flag . The traditional flag became a symbol for resistance during anti-Taliban protests.
commander: Abdul Ghani Baradar
commander: Ismail Khan
commander: Amrullah Saleh
commander: Ashraf Ghani
commander: Mark Milley
commander: Hibatullah Akhundzada
commander: Anas Haqqani
commander: Ahmad Massoud
commander: Abdul Qayyum Zakir
commander: Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
commander: Joe Biden
commander: Hamdullah Mohib
commander: Qari Fasihuddin
commander: Abdullah Abdullah
commander: Yasin Zia
commander: Ibrahim Sadr
commander: Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal
commander: Qudratullah Abu Hamza
commander: Ahmad Zia Saraj
commander: Sirajuddin Haqqani
commander: Mullah Yaqoob
commander: Bismillah Khan Mohammadi
commander: Atta Muhammad Nur
commander: Abdul Rashid Dostum
image: Flag of the Taliban.svg
image: Flag of Afghanistan .svg
align: left
width: 180
width: 150
width: 25
territory: Provinces of Afghanistan
territory: Districts of Afghanistan
territory: * Taliban captures 232 districts and claims capturing an additional 94 districts, later controlling 305–399 districts * Taliban captures 33 of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals
combatant: *
combatant: **Haqqani network
strength: 300,000–354,000(officially; including police officers, and manyghost soldiers)
strength: US estimate:
strength: Official figure as per US and Afghan government:
strength: 85,000–200,000
strength: Other estimates:
strength: ANSF:
strength: 55,000–85,000 fighters
strength: Taliban: