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Attack on the twin towers
The attack happened on September 11, 2001. A terrorist group flew 2 planes into the 2 towers in New York. The north and the south towers were both destroyed. -
We are at war
The war between Afghanistan and the United States started in 2001. It started after the terrorist attack on the twin towers. -
The First Attack
October 8th, 2001, The united states and Britain begin a bombing campaign against Afghanistan. -
Osama bin Laden Escapes
The United States army tracks down Al-Qaeda and finds bin Laden. Somehow, Bin Laden escapes on horseback after a 2 week long war in a cave killing hundreds. -
Operation Anaconda
Operation Anaconda, the first major ground assault and the largest operation since Tora Bora, is launched against an estimated eight hundred al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the ShahiKot Valley south of the city of Gardez. -
Bin Laden Surfaces
Bin laden makes a videotape talking to the United States and telling him what he feels. He states," We want to restore freedom to our nation, just as you lay waste to our nation." -
Taliban Leader Killed
A notorious Taliban military commander, Mullah Dadullah, is killed in a joint operation by Afghan, U.S., and NATO forces in the south of Afghanistan. -
Obama is Elected
President Barack Obama announces plans to send seventeen thousand more troops to the war zone. Obama reaffirms campaign statements that Afghanistan is the more important U.S. front against terrorist forces. -
New Strategy
President Obama announces a new strategy for the war effort, linking success in Afghanistan to a stable Pakistan. The strategy is to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its safe havens in Pakistan -
New Strategy in use
U.S. Marines launch a major offensive in southern Afghanistan, representing a major test for the U.S. military’s new counterinsurgency strategy. This Strategy involved more than 4,000 US Marines. -
Osama Killed
Al-Qaeda leader bin Laden, responsible for the 9/11 attacks, is killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. The death of the United States’ primary target for a war that started ten years ago fuels the long-simmering debate about continuing the Afghanistan war. -
Obama Drawback
President Obama outlines a plan to withdraw thirty-three thousand troops by the summer of 2012—the surge troops sent in December 2009, including ten thousand by the end of 2011. -
US on the attack
The United States drops its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on suspected self-proclaimed Islamic State militants at a cave complex in eastern Nangarhar Province. -
Taliban attacks again
The Taliban carry out a series of bold terror attacks in Kabul that kill more than 115 people amid a broader upsurge in violence. The attacks come as the Trump administration implements its Afghanistan plan. -
20 year war comes to an end
The last U.S. military forces depart Afghanistan, leaving it under Taliban rule. The exit follows a chaotic, two-week withdrawal process during which more than 120,000 people are evacuated.