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US Army Special Forces and US Air Force Combat Controllers with Northern Alliance troops on horseback US Air Force Combat Controllers in combat during the invasion of Afghanistan, October 2001. The invasion consisted of American, British, Canadian, and Australian forces, with other countries providing logistical support. [99]
Alternatively, it has been called the US War in Afghanistan. [101] [102] [103] In Afghanistan itself, the war is known as simply the "War in Afghanistan" (Dari: جنگ در افغانستان Jang dar Afghanistan, Pashto: د افغانستان جګړه Da Afghanistan Jagra). [104] [105] [106]
April 17: The 87-year-old exiled king of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah, returns. April 18: Tarnak Farm incident leaves four Canadians dead from friendly fire. June 11: King Zahir Shah opens the first post-Taliban loya jirga. [81] July 1: In Uruzgan province, a US AC-130 gunship struck a wedding party, killing 48 civilians and injuring 117 ...
U.S. troops fought in Afghanistan longer than in any other war. Here's a look at major events over the last two decades.
The invasion was launched to capture Osama bin Laden, who was the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, and was being sheltered by the Taliban. The US military forces did not capture him, though they toppled the Taliban government and disrupted bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. On 2 May 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed by US forces in Pakistan
The Taliban march into Kabul as internationally backed President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. Aug. 26, 2021 — Islamic State group suicide bombers and gunmen kill over 170 Afghans and 13 U.S ...
Rumsfeld and Bush feared that a conventional invasion of Afghanistan could bog down as had happened to the Soviets from 1979 and the British in 1842. [44] Rumsfeld rejected Franks's plan, saying "I want men on the ground now!" Franks returned the next day with a plan utilizing US Special Forces. [45]
America's longest war is nearing its end, with a loss to the enemy it defeated in Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, shock that the government and military it supported collapsed so quickly and ...