Editing Operation Enduring Freedom (section)

===U.S. action===
"Operation Enduring Freedom"
[[File:ISAF-Logo.svg|thumb|International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patch]]
* 7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014
* Casualties U.S. Coalition: 3,486 Dead
* Taliban/Al-Qaeda:25,500–40,500 Dead

Anti-piracy operations were undertaken by the coalition throughout 2006 with a [[Action of 18 March 2006|battle fought in March]] when US vessels were attacked by pirates. In January 2007, during the [[War in Somalia (2006–09)|war in Somalia]], an [[AC-130]] airstrike was conducted against [[al-Qaeda]] members embedded with forces of the [[Islamic Courts Union]] (ICU) operating in southern Somalia near [[2007 Battle of Ras Kamboni|Ras Kamboni]]. US naval forces, including the [[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Dwight D. Eisenhower|USS ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'']], were positioned off the coast of Somalia to provide support and to prevent any al-Qaeda forces escaping by sea. Actions against pirates also occurred in June and October 2007 with varying amounts of success.

"Operation Resolute Support/Freedom's Sentinel"
* 1 January 2015 – Present
* Casualties U.S. Coalition: 1 January 2015 – Present | 70 Dead* – Subject to change<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://icasualties.org/|title=iCasualties: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Casualties|website=icasualties.org|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204203958/http://icasualties.org/|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Taliban/Al-Qaeda:

Effective 1 January 2015, Secretary of Defense Hagel announced that the new U.S. mission in Afghanistan will focus on training, advising, and assisting Afghan security forces and designated as Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
19 About 13,500 U.S. troops are expected in Afghanistan through
2015 and will be assisted by troops from NATO allies.