Talk:Operation Enduring Freedom

NATO and the US

The article says, "Six years after the overthrow of the Taliban, America and NATO forces are still fighting Taliban forces in parts of the country, especially in the south".

What is Australia doing there? So far as I am aware it is not part of NATO and nor is it a part of the US. --Gridley 17:31, 19 November 2007 (EST)

Australia is not a part of NATO but it is a NATO ally. They share intelligence with NATO and work with NATO on some operations along with working bilaterally with the U.S.. In Afghanistan, Australia is just one of more then six non NATO nations to take part in Operation Enduring Freedom (under the ISAF, International Security Assistance Force). As of March 2007, they had about 400 troops based in the Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan. Those forces are mostly involved in training of the locals and reconstruction.--Tash 19:35, 19 November 2007 (EST)

There's many, many allied nations here. Here in Kandahar I'm the only American in a room of about thirty various nationalities. Just off the top of my head we have US, Brits, Canadians, Aussies, Dutch, French, Romanian, Estonian and Lithuanian troops around. WildT 22:40, 7 April 2009 (EDT)

Article Improvements

I'm going to be working over the next few days/weeks/months to try to flesh out this article. Namely building a timeline of the initial invasion, major operations like Tora Bora and Anaconda and developments with the fledgling Islamic Republic of Afganistan government (especially the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police). Just for the sake of accuracy I'm going to try to use as much information as possible from public US Government sources and keep other sources to a minimum (though some I'd strongly recommend for a good overview on certain aspects, like Sean Naylor's Not A Good Day To Die).

That being said, I'm fully aware that my writing style is not that great, so any help fixing up my wording and language would be much appreciated! Thanks. WildT 22:12, 8 April 2009 (EDT)