The first wave of troops which entered Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom was primarily US and UK. The coalition forces today, however, are known as the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), whose mission is to support the government of Afghanistan in "reducing the capability and will of the insurgency, supporting the growth in capacity and capability of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and facilitating improvements in governance and socio-economic development in order to provide a secure environment for sustainable stability that is observable to the population."

 

     NATO nations contributing ISAF resources are:  Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

 

     Other nations supporting ISAF are: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Malta, Republic of Moldavia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland,  Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan,  Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Tonga, Tunisia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and New Zealand.

    

     At the NATO Lisbon Summit in November 2010, NATO and Afghanistan reaffirmed their long-term ties with the signing of a "Declaration of Enduring Partnership." This document, which declares NATO's continued commitment to Afghanistan, provides the political framework for future enhanced cooperation, particularly in Afghan National Security Force capacity-building and Security Sector Reform.