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A timeline of the US military presence in Afghanistan Oct 7, 2001: President George W Bush announces that U S and British troops have begun striking Afghanistan for harboring the al-Qaida terrorists blamed for the Sept 11 attacks
History of the U. S. and Afghanistan - U. S. Mission to Afghanistan Following the Taliban’s repeated refusal to expel bin Laden and his associates and end its support for international terrorism, the United States and its coalition partners began a military campaign on October 7, 2001, that targeted terrorist facilities and Taliban military and political assets
The U. S. War in Afghanistan After tracking al-Qaeda leader bin Laden to the well-equipped Tora Bora cave complex southeast of Kabul, Afghan militias engage in a fierce two-week battle (December 3 to 17) with al-Qaeda
Afghanistan War - US Troop Surge, End of Combat Mission - Britannica A full withdrawal of U S troops, initiated in 2020 and continued into 2021, anticipated the end of U S deployment to Afghanistan, but the resurgence of the Taliban during the withdrawal left the country in similar straits to when U S forces had arrived 20 years earlier
The American War in Afghanistan: A History gt; National Defense . . . Second, President Barack Obama’s restrictive policy on airstrikes from 2014–2015 led to a series of Afghan government defeats, resulting in a downward spiral in morale for the Afghan military that echoed into 2021
Timeline: The U. S. Military Presence In Afghanistan Twenty years ago, Washington launched a bombing campaign against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, beginning what would turn out to be the United States' longest war
The War In Afghanistan | George W. Bush Library The United States ended combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014, turning the war into the longest continuous conflict in American history The last United States military forces to depart the country did so on August 30, 2021
Twenty Years of Military Operations in Afghanistan: Key Questions September 27, 2021 Twenty Years of Military Operations in Afghanistan: Key Questions After 20 years of operations, training, investment and capacity building, the swift collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), followed by the Taliban’s takeover of the count