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  2. Afghan conflict - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Special Forces ODA 574 with Hamid Karzai during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. U.S. Marines of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines and an allied fighter near Siah Chub Kalay during Operation Asbury Park in 2004. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began on 7 October 2001, as Operation Enduring Freedom. It was designed to capture or ...

  3. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    On 25 February 2019, peace talks began between the Taliban and the United States in Qatar, with the Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar notably present. [401] Peace negotiations had resumed in December. [411] This round of talks resulted in a seven-day partial ceasefire which began on 22 February 2020. [412]

  4. List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001 ...

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    Participants in the initial American operation, Operation Enduring Freedom, included a NATO coalition whose initial goals were to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions after the fall of the Taliban regime in December 2001.

  5. A timeline: America's war in Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001

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    U.S. troops fought in Afghanistan longer than in any other war. Here's a look at major events over the last two decades.

  6. History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    In October, 12-man Special Forces teams began arriving in Afghanistan to work with the CIA and Northern Alliance. [47] The Alliance 15–20,000 fighters, while the Taliban had about 45,000, as well as around 2,700 foreign fighters. [52] 10,000 further volunteers may have entered from Pakistan in the first weeks of the war. [52]

  7. TIMELINE-Key dates since the start of the 2001 war in ... - AOL

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    Sept. 11, 2001 - U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by the twin suicide attacks on the United States plotted in Afghanistan by al Qaeda militant leader Osama bin Laden, a Saudi who was ...

  8. How did the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan begin?

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    The first UK troops were deployed to Afghanistan in 2001. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  9. United States invasion of Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    The target was a low priority for the US and probably would have been destroyed from the air if the British had not argued for a larger role in Afghanistan. [188] The mission began in November 2001, with an 8-man patrol from G Squadron's Air Troop performing the regiments first wartime HALO parachute jump.