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

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    By 2001, the Taliban controlled as much as 90% of Afghanistan, with the Northern Alliance confined to the country's northeast corner. Fighting alongside Taliban forces were some 28,000–30,000 Pakistanis (usually also Pashtun) and 2,000–3,000 Al-Qaeda militants.

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

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    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]

  4. United States invasion of Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    There were no survivors of the crash. This incident marks the deadliest day for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001. August 11: Vengeance is exacted on the 11 Taliban militants involved in downing the CH-47 Chinook, who are killed in an F-16 airstrike. Meanwhile, five ISAF service members die following an improvised explosive ...

  8. News Analysis: Vietnam and Afghanistan: America's two ... - AOL

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    At the war's height, half a million U.S. troops were in Vietnam; the number in Afghanistan reached 100,000 for about a two-year period, but mostly remained far lower.

  9. The only member of Congress to reject invading Afghanistan in ...

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    Three days after the 9/11 attacks, the House voted 420-1 to approve the Authorization for Use of Military Force, which paved the way to Afghanistan.