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This twenty-year armed conflict (2001–2021) is referred to as the War in Afghanistan [95] in order to distinguish it from Afghanistan's various other wars, [96] notably the ongoing Afghan conflict of which it was a part, [97] and the Soviet–Afghan War.
The south, southeast, and eastern portions of Afghanistan Counterinsurgency: Killed 22 enemy combatants and discovered caches with 3,648 rockets, 3,202 mortar rounds, 2,944 rocket-propelled grenades, 3,000 rifle rounds, 2,232 mines and tens of thousands of rounds of small-arms ammunition [ citation needed ]
Clockwise from top-left: American troops in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in Kunar Province; An American F-15E Strike Eagle dropping 2000 pound JDAMs on a cave in eastern Afghanistan; an Afghan soldier surveying atop a Humvee; Afghan and American soldiers move through snow in Logar Province; victorious Taliban fighters after securing Kabul; an Afghan soldier surveying a valley in Parwan ...
In 2001, Afghanistan had been at war for over 20 years. [1] The communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) seized power in 1978, and its policies sparked a popular uprising. [2] The Soviet Union, sensing PDPA weakness, intervened in 1979 to support the regime. [3]
Taliban control of Afghanistan during the 2021 Taliban offensive and capture of Kabul. In April 2021, the newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden announced that all U.S. troops would withdraw from the country by 11 September 2021, the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. [168] He later brought this date forward to 31 August. [169]
U.S. troops fought in Afghanistan longer than in any other war. Here's a look at major events over the last two decades.
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 ...
The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government , led by President Hamid Karzai , and later by President Ashraf Ghani , and against a US -led coalition of forces that has included all members of NATO ; the 2021 Taliban offensive resulted ...