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A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from the USS Philippine Sea in a strike against al-Qaeda training camps and Taliban military installations in Afghanistan on 7 October 2001 AH-1W "Super Cobra" helicopters take off from USS Peleliu in the North Arabian Sea on 13 October 2001. On 7 October, the US began military operations in Afghanistan ...
The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by al-Qaeda, toppling the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later
Operation Enduring Freedom referred to the U.S.-led combat mission in Afghanistan. [17] [18] The codename was also used for counter-terrorism operations in other countries targeting Al Qaeda and remnants of the Taliban, such as OEF-Philippines, OEF-Trans Sahara, and possibly in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, [19] primarily through government funding vehicles.
U.S. troops fought in Afghanistan longer than in any other war. Here's a look at major events over the last two decades.
Following is a chronology of U.S. involvement and major developments in Afghanistan over the past 19 years. Sept. 11, 2001 - U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by the twin suicide ...
With Afghanistan on the brink of falling under total control of the Taliban, here is a history of Britain’s involvement in the 20-year conflict.
Two longterm security pacts, the Bilaterial Security agreement between Afghanistan and the United States of America and the NATO Status of Forces Agreement between NATO and Afghanistan, were signed on 30 September 2014. Both pacts lay out the framework for the foreign troop involvement in Afghanistan after the year 2014. [288]
By 2001 the change of policy sought by CIA officers who knew Massoud was underway. [35] CIA lawyers, working with officers in the Near East Division and Counter-terrorist Center, began to draft a formal finding for President George W. Bush's signature, authorizing a covert action program in Afghanistan. It would be the first in a decade to seek ...