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Operation Hamza
Date	March 2017 - ongoing
Location	Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Result	April 2017 airstrike;
Belligerents
Afghanistan; United States	ISIL-KP

Battle of Mirzawalang
	Part of War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
Location	Mirawalang, Sayyad District, Sar-e Pul Province, Afghanistan
Belligerents
Afghanistan	Taliban; ISIL-KP

Operation Iron Tempest
Operation Iron Tempest
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
Operational scope	Airstrikes and raids
Location	Afghanistan
Target	Taliban drug labs
Date	November 2017 - Final quarter of 2018
Executed by	United States Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft; B-52 bombers; United States Navy F/A-18 aircraft; Afghan Air Force A-29 aircraft;

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Timeline

March 2017

March 10

Three ISIL-KP militants were killed and three more were wounded by a US drone strike in Achin District according to a "provincial police commander" in a statement released to Khaama Press^[1]^[2]

March 11

US airstrikes in Nazian and Kot District killed 16 ISIL-KP fighters, including seven Pakistani nationals according to a "provincial police commandment" in a statement released to Khaama Press. The strikes began at 10:30 a.m. local time in Nazian District and at 3 p.m. local time in Kot District. At least nine of the deaths were in Kot.^[3]^[4]

March 14

At least four airstrikes were conducted in Achin District, reportedly killing 17 ISIL-KP fighters according to a local "provincial police commander".^[5]^[6] Another airstrike was conducted by the Afghan Air Force in the village of Jawargar in Achin District killing eight ISIL-KP fighters.^[7]

March 18

US forces conducted 12 airstrikes in Nangarhar Province on March 18, a US spokesperson reported to the Bureau for Investigative Journalism via an email.^[8]

March 19

US forces conducted 20 airstrikes in Nangarhar Province] on March 20, a US spokesperson told the Bureau for Investigative Journalism.^[9]

March 25

The Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes in three separate villages in Nangarhar Province killing 27 ISIL-KP fighters the Afghan Ministry of the Interior reported to TOLO News.^[10]

March 26

The Afghan Air Force conducted an airstrike in Kot District killing 33 ISIL-KP fighters the Ministry of the Interior reported to TOLO News.^[11]

March 29

A US airstrike targeted Taliban commanders in Khogyani District according to a "provincial police commander". The strike killed four prominent commanders identified as Zakir, the districts "shadow chief", Gul Mohammad and two others. The strike also injured four other militants.^[12] Three suspected ISIL-KP fighters were killed by airstrike in Achin District however it is unclear who conducted the strike and wether it was multiple strike or one.^[13]

April 2017

April 3

Khaama Press reported on April 3rd that US airstrikes left 16 ISIL-KP dead fighters in Nangarhar Province. It is unclear if the strikes were conducted on the 3rd or an earlier date.^[14]

April 4

A US airstrike in Achin District killed three civilians including two children and injured a further four.^[15]

April 11

Airstrikes in Achin District by the Afghan Air Force killed 49 ISIL-KP fighters. The strikes were said to have been a part of "Operation Hamza".^[16]^[17]

April 13 - April 2017 Nangarhar airstrike

In what is the first time of its use in a war zone,^[18] the United States Air Force dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb available in its arsenal, a massive GBU-43/B MOAB on an ISIL-KP tunnel network once used by the Mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War and utilized by Osama bin Laden during the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan.^[19] The strike was conducted in the Mohmand Valley of Achin District at 7:32 p.m. local time. Initially 36 militants were reported dead,^[20]^[21] but as the days followed the casualty figure grew, first to 82,^[22] then to 94,^[23] and then 96 including 13 commanders according to a top Afghan security official.^[24]

Aerial footage of the strike hitting Achin District.

April 15

A US drone strike killed two suspected ISIL-KP suicide bombers who were attempting to a attack a government building in Achin District.^[25]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).

April 19

An airstrike in nazian District was conducted at 10:00 a.m. local time killing five ISIL-KP fighters, all Pakistani nationals according to a provincial government media office. It is unclear who conducted the strike.^[26]

April 22

Two airstrikes were conducted Achin and Haska Mina District in Nangarhar province killing at least 28 ISIL-KP militants according to an unnamed Afghan official. One strike hit a compound killing nine while another killed 19. It is unclear who conducted the strikes and when the strikes exactly occurred.^[27]

April 26-27 - Mohmand Valley raid

April 28 - Afghan forces killed 20 ISIL-KP militants

References

[1] ttps://www.khaama.com/3-foreign-isis-militants-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02369/

[2] ttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017

[3] ttps://www.khaama.com/pakistanis-among-16-isis-militants-killed-in-east-of-afghanistan-02376/

[4] ttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017

[5] ttps://www.khaama.com/17-foreign-isis-militants-killed-in-us-airstrikes-in-east-of-afghanistan-02402/

[6] ttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017

[7] ttps://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/10-insurgents-killed-including-daesh-militants

[8] ttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017

[9] ttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017

[10] ttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017

[11] ttps://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/33-daesh-militants-killed-nangarhar-airstrike

[12] ttps://www.khaama.com/taliban-militants-suffer-heavy-casualties-in-us-airstrike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02470

[13] ttps://www.khaama.com/3-isis-militants-killed-in-airstrike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02467/

[14] ttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017

[15] ttps://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_midyear_report_2017_july_2017.pdf

[16] ttps://www.pajhw

[17] s://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/250-daesh-militants-killed-hamza-operation#

[18] ttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-drops-mother-of-all-bombs-in-afghanistan-marking-weapons-first-use/

[19] ttp://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/asia/afghanistan-moab-target-robertson/index.html

[20] ttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/13/us-military-drops-non-nuclear-bomb-afghanistan-islamic-state

[21] ttps://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-government-says-36-islamic-state-killed-in-moab-bombing-/3810056.html

[22] ttps://www.ny

[23] ttps://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/afghan-official-death-toll-from-massive-us-bomb-rises-to-94-including-4-isis-commanders-1.463677

[24] ttps://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/middleeast/us-isnt-saying-how-much-damage-the-mother-of-all-bombs-did.html

[25] ttps://www.pa

[26] ttps://www.khaama.com/5-pakistani-militants-killed-in-an-airstrike-in-east-of-afghanistan-02602/

[27] ttps://www.khaama.com/28-isis-k-militants-killed-during-hamza-operations-in-east-of-afghanistan-02621/

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