[3] The H&M score can be increased by disarming IEDs, providing humanitarian aid, building infrastructure and waterworks, and eliminating the Taliban.

[6] A spiritual successor to Vietnam '65,[4] the game was designed by former South African soldier Johan Nagel, who had experience dealing with counterinsurgency during his military career.

[6] On September 6 2018, the DLC pack Afghanistan 11: Royal Marines was released,[7] focusing on the British military unit of the same name, adding ten new missions to the game and new vehicles.

The removal was criticised for not making sense,[9][10] as many other historical video games, such as Twilight Struggle and Civilization VI were allowed to remain on the App Store despite also featuring real combatants as the enemies.

[2] Rock Paper Shotgun called Afghanistan '11 "quietly brilliant", praising its tone and gameplay, but criticised it for only having one save file per gamemode, not having an undo option, as well as other "minor irritants", such as not being able to give orders to helicopters until they were airborne.