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Dates Events February 27 Abu Sayyaf (ASG) carryout the SuperFerry 14 bombing in the Philippines, killing 116 people. March 11 The Madrid train bombings in Spain kill 193 and injure over 2,000 people, the attack was carried out by an al-Qaeda cell. March 16 War in North-West Pakistan begins with the Battle of Wana between Pakistani forces and al ...
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), [3] is a global military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks in 2001, and is the most recent global conflict spanning multiple wars. Some researchers and political scientists have argued that it replaced the Cold War. [4] [5]
Operation Enduring Freedom referred to the U.S.-led combat mission in Afghanistan. [16] [17] The codename was also used for counter-terrorism operations in other countries targeting Al Qaeda and remnants of the Taliban, such as OEF-Philippines, OEF-Trans Sahara, and possibly in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, [18] primarily through government funding vehicles.
The end of the war in Afghanistan and the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks have led to widespread reflection on the impact of U.S. counterterrorism operations on Americans and the world ...
War or conflict Start date End date Duration Reconquista [1] 718: 1492: 774 years ... War on terror: 14 September 2001: Ongoing [28] 23 years, 5 months and 6 days
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand ...
This twenty-year armed conflict (2001–2021) is referred to as the War in Afghanistan [94] in order to distinguish it from Afghanistan's various other wars, [95] notably the ongoing Afghan conflict of which it was a part, [96] and the Soviet–Afghan War.
If we continue treating extremism and terrorism as something exclusively beyond our borders, we will have to buckle up for what’s to come.