Operation Freedom's Sentinel was the U.S. and NATO mission in Afghanistan that began on January 1, 2015. It succeeded Operation Enduring Freedom and involved U.S., NATO, and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. The mission's stated objectives were training Afghan forces and conducting counterterrorism operations. The post-2014 phase of the conflict resulted in over 40,000 civilian deaths from all causes, according to the Costs of War Project.
This memorial has documented 21 people who died between January 1, 2015 and the present. 108 were military or combatant personnel. Each name on this page represents a life that ended violently, abruptly, and irreversibly — a family shattered, a community bereaved.
Deaths recorded in this conflict span the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024. Browse by year using the sidebar filter to examine how casualties shifted over the course of the conflict.
This conflict is interconnected with other documented war zones — Journalist Deaths - Afghanistan, US Afghanistan Withdrawal ? Abbey Gate, Operation Inherent Resolve. Each of those pages maintains its own independent roster of the fallen.