the afghanistan war first phase ended on 1 january 2015.
the afghanistan war first phase ended on 1 january 2015.
when did the afghanistan war first phase  end?
1 january 2015
in september 2014 ashraf ghani became president after the 2014 presidential election where for the first time in afghanistan's history power was democratically transferred. on 28 december 2014, nato formally ended isaf combat operations in afghanistan and transferred full security responsibility to the afghan government. the nato-led operation resolute support was formed the same day as a successor to isaf. thousands of nato troops remained in the country to train and advise afghan government forces and continue their fight against the taliban. it was estimated in 2015 that "about 147,000 people have been killed in the afghanistan war since 2001. more than 38,000 of those killed have been civilians". a report titled "body count" concluded that 106,000–170,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting in afghanistan at the hands of all parties to the conflict.
afghanistan
section::::photo exhibitions.









































bullet::::1. holy children 1, [afghanistan war-stricken children], solo, (kabul, afghanistan) 2004









































bullet::::2. holy children 2, [afghanistan war-stricken children], solo, (tehran, iran) 2004









































bullet::::3. holy children 3, [pakistan war-stricken children], solo, (tehran, iran) 2005









































bullet::::4. holy children 4, [iraq war-stricken children], solo, (baghdad, iraq) 2007









































bullet::::5. holy children 4, war children exclusive exhibition [afghanistan war-stricken children], solo, (uppsala-stockholm, sweden)









































simultaneously in iran, 2008









































bullet::::1. holy children 5, [afghanistan war-stricken children], solo, (paris, france) 2008









































bullet::::2. holy children 6, the pain generation [palestine and lebanon war-stricken children], solo, (tehran, iran) 2009
abedin mahdavi