Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom
Part of the war on terror and War in Afghanistan
U.S. soldiers of the Army's 10th Mountain Division deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom, 2009
Date 7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014 (in Afghanistan) (13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks) Location Afghanistan, Philippines, Somalia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Sahara Desert Result Beginning of Operation Freedom's Sentinel
Belligerents
In Afghanistan: (completed) NATO ISAF Albania Finland Denmark United States United Kingdom France Australia Canada Germany Belgium Norway Italy Georgia Spain Portugal Poland Armenia Azerbaijan Sweden Czech Republic New Zealand Netherlands Romania Ukraine Turkey Uzbekistan United Arab Emirates Former: Northern Alliance In the Philippines: (completed) Philippines United States Australia Indonesia In Somalia/Horn of Africa: Ongoing NATO European Union SADC Australia Azerbaijan Belarus Canada Djibouti Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Greece India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kyrgyzstan Malaysia New Zealand Norway Pakistan Russia Seychelles Singapore South Africa Somalia Spain Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan United Kingdom United States In Georgia: (completed) Georgia United States In Kyrgyzstan: (completed) South Korea Kyrgyzstan Russia United States Other nations	In Afghanistan: Taliban al-Qaeda In the Philippines: Abu Sayyaf (from 2001) Jemaah Islamiyah (until 2024) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (until 2012) In Somalia: Al-Shabaab (from 2006) Hizbul Islam (until 2014) In Sahara: Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
Commanders and leaders
CIC George W Bush (2001–2009) CIC Barack Obama (2009–2014) GEN Tommy Franks (2001–2003) GEN John Abizaid (2003–2007) ADM William J. Fallon (2007–2008) GEN Martin Dempsey (2008–2015) MRAF Sir Graham Stirrup (2003–2011) GEN David Petraeus (2008–2010)	Mohammad Omar # Osama bin Laden † Ayman al-Zawahiri † Khadaffy Janjalani † Riduan Isamuddin (POW)
Casualties and losses
66,000+ killed 12,000+ killed 2,380 killed by January 2016 456 killed 301 killed 158 killed 54 killed 53 killed 43 killed 41 killed 40 killed 34 killed 32 killed Others 200+ killed	In Afghanistan: 72,000+ killed In the Philippines: 328+ In Somalia: 260 to 365 killed

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and related military operations during the broader-scale global war on terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes against al-Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan. Beyond the military activities in Afghanistan, a number of U.S military command structures operating under the Operation Enduring Freedom banner were also affiliated with several counterterrorism missions in other countries, such as OEF-Philippines and OEF-Trans Sahara.

After 13 years, on 28 December 2014, President Barack Obama announced the end of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Subsequent operations in Afghanistan by the United States' military forces, both non-combat and combat, occurred under the name Operation Freedom's Sentinel.