Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2011, i kii te Perehitini o Barack Obama ka wehe atu a US mai i Afghanistan i te mutunga o te tau 2014, ka mutu te Operation Enduring Freedom. Ahakoa he maha nga hoia US i tangohia i te tau 2014 me te mutunga o te International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) o NATO, 9,800 nga hoia US i noho tonu ki roto o Afghanistan i te Operation Freedom's Sentinel, he waahanga o te NATO i muri mai.
Te Miihana Tautoko Whakatau (RSM). I tono a John F. Campbell ki te tono 1,000 atu hoia US i te marama o te mahi hōia hou.