Kabul Airlift (2021)

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf evacuation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Allies_Refuge
gptkbp:casualties over 180 killed in airport attack
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Taliban_takeover_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:NATO
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
other allied countries
gptkbp:endDate 2021-08-30
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kabul Airlift (2021)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kabul,_Afghanistan
gptkbp:mainEvent gptkb:Evacuation_of_civilians_and_military_personnel_from_Hamid_Karzai_International_Airport
gptkbp:mediaCoverage global
gptkbp:notableAchievement Taliban control of Kabul
end of US military presence in Afghanistan
mass displacement of Afghans
gptkbp:notableAircraft US Air Force C-17 with 823 evacuees
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Sir_Ben_Key
gptkb:Brigadier_James_Martin
gptkb:Brigadier_Dan_Blanchford
gptkb:Brigadier_General_David_Fielder
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Farrell_J._Sullivan
gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_W._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Lance_R._Curtis
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Peter_Huntley
gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_D._Taylor
Rear Admiral Peter Vasely
Major General Christopher Donahue
gptkbp:notableEvacuees foreign nationals
Afghan civilians
Afghan interpreters
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:2021_Kabul_airport_attack
gptkbp:notableFor Afghans clinging to departing aircraft
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleEvacuated over 120,000
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
gptkb:Taliban_offensive_(2021)
gptkbp:startDate 2021-08-15
gptkbp:TalibanInvolvement controlled access to airport gates
gptkbp:usedInAircraft C-130 Hercules
C-17 Globemaster III
gptkbp:USMilitaryCasualties 13 killed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kabul,_Afghanistan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6