Battle of Tora Bora (2017): Difference between revisions

| conflict = Battle of Tora Bora

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| partof = the [[War in Afghanistan (2015–present)|War in Afghanistan]]

| image = Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan 6.png

| image_size = 300px

| caption = [[Tora Bora]] in the wider region.

| date = 6{{ndash}}25 June 2017<ref name="driven">{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-locals-taliban-drive-islamic-state-from-tora-bora-region/3894244.html|title=Afghan Locals, Taliban Drive Islamic State From Tora Bora Region |work=[[Voice of America]]|author=Noor Zahid|date=9 June 1017|accessdate=20 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="cleared">{{cite web|url=http://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/tora-bora-completely-cleared-daesh-mod|title=Tora Bora Completely Cleared of Daesh: MoD |work=[[TOLOnews]]|author=Ziar Yaad|date=25 June 1017|accessdate=30 June 2017}}</ref><br/>({{Age in months, weeks and days|year1=2017|month1=06|day1=06|year2=2017|month2=06|day2=25}})

| place = [[Pachir Aw Agam District]], [[Nangarhar Province]], [[Afghanistan]]

| result = Afghan government victory

| territory = The Afghan government captures [[Tora Bora]].<ref name="recapture">{{cite web|url=http://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/security-forces-re-capture-tora-bora-mod|title=Security Forces Re-Capture Tora Bora: MoD |work=[[TOLOnews]]|author=|date=17 June 1017|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>

| combatant1 = {{flagicon|ISIL}} [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province|ISIL-K]]<br/>'''Supported by:'''<br/>{{flag|Pakistan}} <small>([[Nangarhar Province|Nangarhar]] [[National Directorate of Security|NDS]] claim)</small><ref name="Pakistan">{{cite web|url=http://www.tolonews.com/node/48341|title=Pakistani Militia Backed Daesh in Tora Bora Offensive: NDS |work=[[TOLOnews]]|author=Ziar Yaad|date=15 June 1017|accessdate=20 June 2017}}</ref>

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Taliban.svg}} [[Taliban]]

| commander1 = {{flagicon|ISIL}} Abu Omar Khorasani<ref name="say">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-islamic-state-idUSKBN1960Z6|title=Islamic State say they have captured Afghanistan's Tora Bora caves |work=[[Reuters]]|author=Ahmad Sultan|date=15 June 1017|accessdate=20 June 2017}}</ref>

| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Taliban.svg}} Unknown

| units1 = Unknown

| units2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Taliban.svg}} Tora Bora garrison

| strength1 = "Hundreds"<ref name="guardian captures">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/14/isis-afghanistan-taliban-tora-bora-osama-bin-laden|title=Isis captures territory around former Bin Laden stronghold in Afghanistan |work=[[The Guardian]]|author=[[Associated Press]]|date=14 June 1017|accessdate=20 June 2017}}</ref>{{ndash}}1,000<ref name="nyt captures">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/world/asia/isis-captures-tora-bora-afghanistan.html|title=ISIS Captures Tora Bora, Once Bin Laden's Afghan Fortress |work=[[The New York Times]]|author1=Rod Nordland|author2=Fahim Abed|date=14 June 1017|accessdate=20 June 2017}}</ref>

| strength2 = Unknown

| casualties1 = "Dozens" killed <small>(ISIL-K offensive)</small><ref name="driven" /><br/>22 killed, 10 wounded <small>(government offensive)</small><ref name="recapture" />

| casualties2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Taliban.svg}} 12+ killed<ref name="guardian captures" /><br/>{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} Unknown

| casualties3 = 2,000 families displaced<ref name="analysis">{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/17/c_136373469.htm|title=News Analysis: IS presence adds to instability in Afghan eastern region |work=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|author=Song Lifang|date=17 June 1017|accessdate=30 June 2017}}</ref>

| notes =

| campaignbox = {{War in Afghanistan (2015–present)}}