U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._troop_surge_in_Afghanistan
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:announced gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy_at_West_Point
December 1, 2009
gptkbp:casualties increased during surge
gptkbp:commander gptkb:David_Petraeus
gptkb:Stanley_McChrystal
gptkbp:criticizedFor antiwar activists
gptkbp:endDate 2011
gptkbp:goal to stabilize Afghanistan
to train Afghan security forces
to weaken Taliban insurgency
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan
gptkbp:location gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:numberOfTroopsAdded about 30,000
gptkbp:order gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Iraq_War_troop_surge
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:NATO
gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkbp:resultedIn increased U.S. military presence
increased casualties
increased combat operations
gptkbp:startDate 2009
gptkbp:supportedBy U.S. military leaders
gptkbp:troopWithdrawalBegan July 2011
gptkbp:withdrawalAnnounced June 2011
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ending_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(drawdown)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6