Historical eventOctober 272014

Operation Herrick

Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.

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When
Monday, October 27 201412 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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At a glance

Dates: From 2014-12-12.

Type: military operation.

What came before

Part of: War on Terrorism.

Preceding operations Operation Herrick superseded two previous efforts in Afghanistan which began in 2001: [ 1 ] the first of these was Operation Veritas , an offensive combat operation of support during the United States invasion of Afghanistan that began in October 2001 and ended in July 2002, with the last major action being a sweep in east Afghanistan by 1,700 Royal Marines during Operation Jacana . [ 2 ] The second was Operation Fingal ,

What happened

Operation Herrick was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operations during the War in Afghanistan, from 2002 to the end of combat operations in 2014. It consisted of the British contribution to the multinational NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission for the purposes of local security, training and development, and support to the American-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) counterterrorism mission. After years in the field,

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October 27 2014 — 12 years ago, on a Monday.

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