Use of the armed forces in Afghanistan
The deployment of the armed forces in Afghanistan is part of the war in Afghanistan under a mandate of the ISAF and on the basis of the UN Security Council resolution VNSRR 1386 (2001) of December 21, 2001 . The military deployment of the Federal Army took place mainly in 2002 and 2005. The national leadership of the contingents was carried out by the Command International Operations (KdoIE).
In the summer of 2014, only 3 soldiers in Kabul to support the Afghan Transitional Authority and within the framework of NATO - Partnership for Peace in use.
AUCON / ISAF, Austrian Contingent / ISAF
On January 8, 2002, the Federal Government Schüssel I decided that a maximum of 75 Austrian soldiers should participate in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan with the task of supporting the logistics of the German Bundeswehr in Kabul . At the end of December 2001, an advance team had already investigated the situation and from January 26, 2002 around 60 soldiers were training at the UN training center of the Bundeswehr in Hammelburg together with 250 German soldiers from the 313 paratrooper battalion from Seedorf .
1st contingent 2002
The transport of the 50 Austrian soldiers of the 1st contingent (AUCON) together with 40 soldiers of the Bundeswehr took place on February 1, 2002 from Cologne / Wahn airport with a Dutch long-haul aircraft of the type McDonnell Douglas DC-10 to Turkey and then with a Hercules C-130 to Kabul Airport . The transport of the equipment including the Pandur armored personnel carriers was already completed on January 31, 2002 with an Antonov An-124 via Baku to Kabul.
The AUCON / ISAF contingent was always led by a general staff officer and from February 1 to April 28, 2002 he was subordinate to Lieutenant Colonel Roman Horak and then Lieutenant Colonel Philipp Eder. The contingent consisted of around 70 soldiers from the Jagdkommando and the Jäger Battalion 25 , including 10 officers and NCOs, and was stationed in the camp warehouse in association with German, Danish and Dutch soldiers .
2nd contingent 2002
On July 22nd, 2002 the first 10 soldiers of the 2nd contingent of AUCON / ISAF were flown to Kabul with a German Transall C-160 from the Termez strategic air transport base in Uzbekistan and assigned to the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) with stationing in the camp warehouse. On July 23, 2002, Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff Service Thomas Heinold was appointed as the new contingent commander. The mission was ended on December 11, 2002 and the second contingent was flown from Afghanistan to Vienna with a German Airbus. By resolution of the federal government of October 15, 2002, five men remained in staff positions in Afghanistan until August 7, 2003 with the task of supporting the Afghan interim authority in maintaining security in Kabul and the surrounding area. On June 3, 2003, the federal government renewed the contract and again provided for an Austrian contingent of up to five soldiers to be sent by December 31, 2003. However, the five soldiers only stayed until August 7, 2003, since the mission in Kabul was transferred to NATO.
3rd contingent 2005
With Resolution 1510 (2003) of October 13, 2003, the United Nations Security Council approved the expansion of ISAF's mandate beyond the Kabul area to include all of Afghanistan and was dominated by the parliamentary and provincial elections planned for September 18, 2005 in Afghanistan and the necessary reinforcement of the ISAF.
For the period from July to October 2005, up to 100 soldiers of the third contingent (AUCON3) under contingent commander Lieutenant Colonel Eisner were relocated to Kunduz in Afghanistan to support the parliamentary and provincial elections that took place on September 18, 2005 .
AUSTAFF / ISAF, Austrian Staff / ISAF
In November 2010 there were only 4 soldiers from AUSTAFF / ISAF (Austrian Staff / ISAF) in Kabul to support the Afghan transitional administration and in the context of NATO . At the end of 2014 there was only one left.
EUPOL Afghanistan
Austria would like to take part in the EU police mission in Afghanistan with up to five police officers.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Army: Council of Ministers decides on Afghanistan mission
- ↑ news.at: Army soldiers to Afghanistan - a total of 93 Austrians in aid
- ↑ For the current status, see graphic on foreign missions of the Federal Army - figures, data, facts , bmlv.gv.at (accessed November 3, 2014).
- ^ Parlament.gv.at: Austria participates in the EU police mission in Afghanistan , 2010.