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Currently there are approximately 9000 British troops deployed in Afghanistan. About 3800 will be withdrawn during this year, reducing the numbers to about 5200. During 2014 operations will most likely cease.
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Pakistan when the USSR was in Afghanistan
As far as the military goes, October of 2001. The CIA... that's uncertain, but they were certainly active during the 1979 - 1989 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and may possibly have been in-country since.
i belive that ov 2000 were deployed
during what years did the Taliban control most of Afghanistan
Afghanistan was neutral during the war.
This information comes from Wikipedia under the heading of The Kingdom of Afghanistan. On 27 September 1934, under the leadership of Zahir Shah, the Kingdom of Afghanistan joined the League of Nations. During World War II, Afghanistan remained neutral and pursued a diplomatic policy of non-alignment. Prime Minister of Afghanistan at that time Daoud worked hard for developments of modern industries, and education in the country.[2]
Marines are serving in Vietnam today at the U.S. Embassy in HaNoi. But during the war, the embassy guards in SaiGon were Marines through the closing of Embassy operations in April, 1975 - a full two years after U.S. Marine combat units had all left the country.
6000 You say 6000, how ridiculous considering that Obama was asked for 40,000 MORE troops and he sent 30,000. Where in the hell do you get only 6000? I do not know the total, but you are out of your mind.
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One of the most potent US bomb deployed was the mk/B53 bomb. It was deployed during the Cold War, which occurred from 1947 to 1991. The current largest bomb in the US is the B83.