Operation Resolute Support Mission is a non-combat [2] NATO mission to train and assist the government of Afghanistan, which began on January 1, 2015 [3] .
| Operation Strong Support | |
|---|---|
 Operation flag | |
| Years of existence | from December 28, 2014 |
| A country | |
| Subordination |  NATO |
| Number | 16,229 (July 2018) [1] |
| Dislocation | Afghanistan |
| Participation in | fighting in Afghanistan |
| Marks of Excellence |  |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | US Army General Austin Miller |
| Famous commanders | US Army General John campbell |
She officially replaced the operation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), whose activities were completed on December 28, 2014 [4] . This date is considered the formal end of the 2001–2014 war [5] . In fact, hostilities continued , but with the leading role of the Afghan military .
Content
History
The mission’s operational plan was approved by the foreign ministers of NATO member states in June 2014. On December 12, 2014, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution No. 2189 in support of the new mission.
On December 30, 2014 in Kabul, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and NATO’s senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Maurice Yokhems, signed the Status of Forces Agreement . [6]
In January 2015, the total number of the mission was 12.5 thousand military personnel and civilians, the planned duration of the mission is two years (however, if necessary, the mission can be continued). [7]
Alliance troops do not participate in hostilities, training and advising Afghan security forces [8] . To deploy its forces, NATO chose military bases in Kabul , Bagram , Jalalabad and Kandahar [9] .
On May 25, 2017, at the NATO summit , it was decided to increase the number of troops from 12,000 to 15,000 due to the worsening situation in the country [10] (by February 2017, the official authorities controlled less than 60% of the territory [8] ).
In December 2018, the White House announced plans to reduce the US military contingent by 50% in 2019. [11] [12]
As of the beginning of June 2019, the number of foreign military contingent operating in the operation "Strong Support" was 25 thousand military personnel and civilian specialists, 177 armored combat vehicles, about 4,500 armored vehicles, 24 combat aircraft, 80 helicopters and a significant number of unmanned aerial vehicles [ 13] .
The composition of the foreign military contingent does not include UN staff (including armedUN Security Officers ) and UN technicians located in Afghanistan as part of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan .
Command
Mission Headquarters is in Kabul
| flag | Name | start of authority | end of service | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | Army General John Campbell | January 1, 2015 | March 2, 2016 | |
| 2. | Army General John Nicholson | March 2, 2016 | September 2, 2018 | |
| 3. | Army General Austin Miller | September 2, 2018 | Until now |
Member Countries
The operation involves 39 states, including:
- Australia - 300 troops
- Austria - 18 troops
- Azerbaijan is a subdivision of a battalion of peacekeeping forces (120 military personnel) [14]
- Albania - 83 people [15]
- Belgium - Belgian military contingent in Afghanistan (83 troops)
- Bulgaria - Bulgarian military contingent in Afghanistan (158 military personnel)
- United Kingdom - 1,100 troops
- Germany - 1300 troops
- Greece - 12 troops
- Georgia - Georgian military contingent in Afghanistan [2] (870 military personnel)
- Denmark - Danish military contingent in Afghanistan (155 troops)
- Iceland - 3 people
- Spain - Spanish military contingent in Afghanistan (67 military personnel)
- Italy - Italian military contingent in Afghanistan (895 troops)
- Latvia - 30 military personnel [16]
- Lithuania - Lithuanian military contingent in Afghanistan (50 military personnel)
- Luxembourg - 2 military personnel
- Netherlands - Dutch military contingent in Afghanistan (160 troops)
- Slovakia - Slovak military contingent in Afghanistan (33 military personnel)
- Slovenia - 7 specialists [17]
- USA [15] - 10.8 thousand military personnel and civilians [18] , from October 2017 brought to the 1st brigade of security assistance forces . The US military contingent in Afghanistan does not include about 1 thousand people (US military personnel and employees of private security and military companies) that ensure the security of the US embassy in Kabul [19] .
- Ukraine - Ukrainian military contingent in Afghanistan (21 military personnel)
- Finland - Finnish military contingent in Afghanistan (67 military personnel)
- Sweden - 29 troops
- Estonia - Estonian military contingent in Afghanistan (40 troops)
Notes
- ↑ Resolute Support Mission: Key Facts and Figures
- ↑ 1 2 Georgian servicemen will participate in the NATO mission in Afghanistan // RIA Novosti , December 25, 2014
- ↑ Afghanistan: Security Council backs agreement on new non-combat NATO mission . UN News Center (December 12, 2014). Date of treatment December 16, 2014.
- ↑ NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan . NATO (November 27, 2014). Date of treatment December 16, 2014.
- ↑ US formally ends the war in Afghanistan , CBA News (December 28, 2014). Date of treatment December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan // NATO official website February 28, 2015
- ↑ NATO begins non-combat mission “Strong Support” in Afghanistan // ITAR-TASS January 1, 2015
- ↑ 1 2 Bernd Riegert , Alexander Yolkin . Why NATO is once again building up its military presence in Afghanistan , Deutsche Welle , 06/30/2017
- ↑ NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan , NATO (November 27, 2014). Date of treatment December 16, 2014.
- ↑ Mission increase in Afghanistan RIA Novosti, May 10, 2017
- ↑ The United States wants to reduce its military contingent in Afghanistan RIA Novosti, December 21, 2018
- ↑ The United States is ready to reduce the contingent in Afghanistan to 8.6 thousand military Kommersant, August 29, 2019
- ↑ Lieutenant Colonel A. Yakovlev. Features of the development of the domestic political situation in Afghanistan // Journal of Foreign Military Review, No. 6 (867), 2019. pp. 24-29
- ↑ Azerbaijani peacekeepers sent to Afghanistan // Azerbaijan State News Agency (April 3, 2018)
- ↑ 1 2 TAAC - West Archived February 12, 2015. // NATO official website
- ↑ New Role of the Baltic States in Afghanistan: They Will Participate in the NATO and US Resolute Support Mission // Komsomolskaya Pravda of October 2, 2014
- ↑ Lieutenant Colonel S. Kursky. The state and development prospects of the armed forces of the Republic of Slovenia // Journal of Foreign Military Review, No. 10 (823), 2015. pp. 23-27
- ↑ "Strong support" - a new NATO mission in Afghanistan // "Vesti.RU" of January 1, 2015
- ↑ On the military presence of the United States and NATO in Afghanistan // Foreign Military Review, No. 6 (819), June 2015. p. 92
See also
- Losses of international coalition forces in Operation Decisive Support