Editing Netherlands Armed Forces (section)

==== Resolute Support Mission ====
From 2015 until 2021, approximately 160 Dutch troops of the [[Korps Commandotroepen]], [[NLMARSOF]] and multiple conventional support elements were deployed to the city of [[Mazar-e-Sharif]] as part of NATO's [[Resolute Support Mission]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nederlandse bijdrage Resolute Support |url=https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/missie-in-afghanistan/resolute-support |website=www.defensie.nl |date=11 December 2018 |publisher=Ministerie van Defensie |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> Dutch troops co-operated with personnel of the German [[Kommando Spezialkräfte]] as part of the German-Dutch lead Special Operations Advisory Team (SOAT). The SOAT provided advice and assistance during operations of the Afghan [[police tactical unit]], the Afghan Territorial Force-888 (ATF-888).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brasser |first1=Bianca |title=KCT mee met Afghanen: Shana ba shana |journal=Landmacht |date=7 May 2019 |volume=04 |url=https://magazines.defensie.nl/landmacht/2019/04/04_kct_mee_met_afghanen_04-2019 |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> The SOAT was granted authority to deploy in the entirety of Afghanistan in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nederlandse commando's in heel Afghanistan |url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/3645074/nederlandse-commando-s-in-heel-afghanistan |access-date=5 May 2020 |work=[[De Telegraaf]] |date=24 May 2019}}</ref> The operations ended with the withdrawal of all United States and allied troops from Afghanistan in 2021.