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The Raid on Khataba, also referred to as the raid on Gardez, was an incident in the War in Afghanistan in which five civilians, including two pregnant women and a teenage girl, were killed by U.S. forces on February 12, 2010. [ 1][ 2] All were shot when U.S. Army Rangers [ 3] raided a house in Khataba village, outside the city of Gardez, where ...
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. 25 November 2001. 1 December 2001. Qala-i-Jangi District. Battle: It began with the uprising of Taliban prisoners held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress and escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the war in Afghanistan. Battle of Takur Ghar. 4 March 2002. 5 March 2002. The peak of Takur Ghar.
It was the longest war in the military history of the United States, surpassing the length of the Vietnam War (1955–1975) by approximately six months. Following the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban immediately extradite al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to the United States; the Taliban refused to do so ...
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al-Qaeda and the ...
2011. 1 March: Kristin Werner became the first female Chief Gunner's Mate in the Coast Guard. [1] March: Air Force Major General Margaret Woodward, 51, became the first American woman to lead a combat air campaign. She directed the airstrikes over Libya for 11 days, until NATO took over.
Following the 2001 September 11 attacks, the United States and its allies launched the global War on Terror, starting with assaults on key Taliban positions within Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, at 6:30 pm local time, the first wave of attack against the Taliban was launched. A group of United States Air Force (USAF) bombers consisting of ...
2004. 2 January: CPT Kimberly Hampton, USA, becomes the first female military pilot to be shot down and killed by an enemy in United States history. [51][52][53] She is also the first female combat casualty in Iraq from South Carolina. [54][55] 9 April: SPC Michelle Witmer is killed in Baghdad.
The United States achieved its war aims while committing a force of only 110 CIA officers, 350 special operators, and 5,000 Rangers and Marines. [8] The model of special forces working with local fighters and calling in precision air strikes was heavily used by the US during later operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. [8]