Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016)

Withdrawal of the United States troops from Afghanistan
	Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
	; Change of Mission Ceremony from ISAF to Resolute Support, Dec. 28, 2014, in Kabul.
Date	22 June 2011 – 31 December 2016; (5 years, 6 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Afghanistan
Result	Withdrawal completed in December 2016 and larger United States presence
Belligerents
Coalition: United States (U.S. Armed Forces); Australia (Australian Defence Force); Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Afghan Armed Forces); International Security Assistance Force; Resolute Support Mission;	Insurgent groups: Taliban; al-Qaeda; IMU; Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami; HI-Gulbuddin; HI-Khalis; Haqqani network; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Lashkar-e-Islam; Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade; JeM; ETIM; TTP; IEW; Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan; TNSM; IJU; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Harkat-ul-Mujahideen; Mullah Dadullah Front;
Commanders and leaders
Barack Obama; Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.; John O. Brennan; James B. Cunningham	Various

The withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan describes the drawdown of United States Armed Forces in the Afghanistan war and the plans after its post-2014 presence when most combat troops had left Afghanistan at the end of 2014.

NATO had planned on maintaining 13,000 troops including 9,800 Americans in an advisory and counter-terrorism capacity in Afghanistan during the 2015 phase of the War in Afghanistan and they were expected to maintain a presence inside Afghanistan until well after the end of 2016. In July 2016, in light of the deteriorating security conditions, the US postponed the withdrawal until December 2016 and decided to maintain a force of 8,400 troops in 4 garrisons (Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram and Jalalabad) indefinitely due to Taliban resurgence attempt after the Battle of Kunduz. The withdrawal was completed in December 2016 leaving behind 8,400 troops.

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