International Security Assistance Force Challenge Coin

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International Security Assistance ForceHeadquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - ItalyChallenge CoinCondition : Used, and in good shape. Please see pictures.This coin is 1 3/4 inches in diameter.The International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) was a NATO -led security mission in Afghanistan , established by the United Nations Security Council in December 2001 by Resolution 1386 , as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its main purpose was to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions, but is also engaged in the 2001-present war with insurgent groups .ISAF was initially charged with securing Kabul and surrounding areas from the Taliban , al Qaeda and factional warlords, so as to allow for the establishment of the Afghan Transitional Administration headed by Hamid Karzai . [ 4 ] In October 2003, the UN Security Council authorized the expansion of the ISAF mission throughout Afghanistan, [ 5 ] and ISAF subsequently expanded the mission in four main stages over the whole of the country. [ 6 ] From 2006 to 2011, ISAF had been involved in increasingly more intensive combat operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan.Troop contributors include from the United States , United Kingdom , NATO member states and a number of other countries . The intensity read more