What was the gold price before Afghanistan exit?

Gold's monthly average was $1,808 a troy ounce in Jul 2021, the month before.

What did silver do after Afghanistan exit?

After Afghanistan exit, silver was 5.8% lower three months on and 23.3% lower twelve months on, measured from the Jul 2021 monthly average.

Gold after Afghanistan exit (30 Aug 2021)

After Afghanistan exit on 30 Aug 2021, gold was 0.8% higher three months on and 2.4% lower twelve months on, measured from the Jul 2021 monthly average of $1,808 a troy ounce.

Gold before: $1,808; Jul 2021
Gold +3 months: +0.8%
Gold +12 months: -2.4%
Silver +12 months: -23.3%

In context

U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan completed.

Over the same months silver was 5.8% lower three months on and 23.3% lower twelve months on.

Of the 11 U.S. military operations on the chart with a full year after them, this ranks 7th for gold twelve months on.

The market or central-bank moment before it on the chart: COVID declared a pandemic (11 Mar 2020).

The one after: Ukraine (24 Feb 2022).

Monthly average prices in U.S. dollars per troy ounce (Kitco.com and the World Bank Pink Sheet), from the last full month before a period to its last full month; the record runs Feb 1971 to Oct 2026. What the record did, not a forecast. Source: defense.gov.

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Updated Oct 2026 · record through Oct 2026