Shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States declared the war on terror and subsequently led a multinational military operation against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The stated goal
Soviet troops in 1986 during the Soviet–Afghan War
In an address to a joint session of the US Congress on 20 September 2001, US President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban deliver Osama bin Laden and destroy bases of al-Qaeda.
In the days and weeks immediately following 9/11, Osama bin Laden repeatedly denied having any role.
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
The war in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with an invasion by a United States–led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the
United States invasion of Afghanistan
…province and smaller surrounding areas. The American-led invasion on 7 October 2001, marked the first phase of what would become the 20-year-long war in Afghanistan. After the September 11 attacks, American president George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban government hand over Osama bin Laden to the United States…
U.S. Army firefight in Kunar
F 15E drops 2,000 pound munitions Afghanistan 2009
An Afghan National Army soldier surveys a valley for suspicious activity during an operation in Ghorband district, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2014 140115 A CL980 187
Soldiers of Somme Company, 1st Lancs Board a Chinook in Afghanistan During Op Tor Shezada MOD 45151695