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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.
On October 7, 2001, a coalition led by the United States military began an invasion of Afghanistan that would lead to the overthrow of the Taliban government. [2] The president described the coming war as a battle between good and evil. The speech is considered an announcement of the beginning of the global war on terrorism. [3]
On 2 May 2012, Presidents Karzai and Obama signed a strategic partnership agreement between the two countries, after the US president had arrived unannounced in Kabul. [286] On 7 July, as part of the agreement, the US designated Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally after Karzai and Clinton met in Kabul. [ 287 ]
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 ...
[48] [49] The first operations were airstrikes against airfields, radars, Mullah Omar's home, as well as anti-aircraft and communications systems, lasting for two weeks. [50] The first CIA team had arrived on 26 September. [51] In October, 12-man Special Forces teams began arriving in Afghanistan to work with the CIA and Northern Alliance. [47]
As "gut-wrenching" as the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country has been, some experts say there was nothing the U.S. could have done to prevent it.
Less than two weeks earlier, the U.N. had pulled all of its workers from the nation to coincide with sanction activities. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan announced it was allowing all humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations, to continue their operations, except for the offices of United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan.