Operation Herrick

A British soldier of 21 (Gibraltar 1779–83, Air Assault Battery, Royal Artillery) raising the Union Flag during a transfer of authority ceremony in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province in May 2006.

Date

20 June 2002 – 12 December 2014

Location

Afghanistan, Asia

Result

Conflicts ongoing;

Taliban regime overthrown but their forces still fight ISAF and Afghan government forces
Death of Osama bin Laden

Belligerents

United Kingdom

Denmark

Estonia

Insurgent groups:

Taliban

Al-Qaeda

Commanders and leaders

Tony Blair
(Prime Minister of the U.K 1997–2007)

Gordon Brown
(Prime Minister of the U.K 2007–2010)

David Cameron
(Prime Minister of the U.K 2010–2014)

Mohammed Omar †

Osama Bin Laden †

Conflicts ongoing;

Insurgent groups:

Operation Herrick is the codename under which all British operations in the War in Afghanistan were conducted from 2002 to the end of combat operations in 2014. It consisted of the British contribution to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and support to the American-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Since 2003, Operation Herrick has increased in size and breadth to match ISAF's growing geographical intervention in Afghanistan.

Operation Herrick superseded two previous efforts in Afghanistan. The first of these was Operation Veritas, which consisted of support to the War in Afghanistan in October 2001. The last major action of this was a sweep in east Afghanistan by 1,700 Royal Marines during Operation Jacana, which ended in mid-2002. The second was Operation Fingal, which involved leadership and a 2,000 strong contribution for a newly formed ISAF in Kabul after December 2001. Command was subsequently transferred to Turkey several months later and the British contingent was scaled back to 300. Since then, all combat operations in Afghanistan have been conducted under Operation Herrick.

In December 2012 Prime Minister David Cameron announced that 3,800 troops - almost half of the force serving in Helmand Province - would be withdrawn during 2013 with numbers to fall to approximately 5,200. Combat operations were projected to end sometime during 2014. Between 2001 and 24 July 2015 a total of 454 British military personnel have died on operations in Afghanistan.

The UK ceased all combat operations in Afghanistan and withdrew the last of its combat troops on the 27 October 2014.

All training from 2015 is carried out under the operation name of Toral.

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