Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 2011, madaxweyne Barack Obama wuxuu ku dhawaaqay in Maraykanku uu ka bixi doono Afgaanistaan dhamaadka sanadka 2014, isagoo soo gabagabeynaya Hawlgalka Xorriyadda Joogtada ah. Inkastoo ciidamo badan oo Mareykan ah ay ka baxeen 2014 iyo NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ay soo gabagabeeyeen, 9,800 oo askari oo Mareykan ah ayaa ku sii sugnaa gudaha Afgaanistaan intii lagu jiray Howlgalka Freedom's Sentinel, oo qayb ka ah howlgalkii NATO ee xigay.
Howlgalka taageerada adag (RSM). Janaraal John F. Campbell wuxuu dalbaday in la kordhiyo 1,000 askari oo Mareykan ah iyadoo la eegayo howlgalka cusub ee militariga.