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The world trade center was attacked, killing thousands of people. This attack was linked to Al-Qaeda.
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Operation Enduring Freedom begins, with airstrikes on Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan from the U.S. and U.K., after the 9/11 attack on the twin towers.
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Turkey, Australia, and Canada agree to send forces to Afghanistan.
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U.S airstrikes and ground attacks by the anti-Taliban Afghan Northern Alliance leads to the fall of Kabul.
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Bush tells NATO to increase the amout of troops in Afghanistan,even though there are already over 50,000 troops.
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The Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Dadullah, is killed in a U.S.-led coalition operation.
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President Obama visits Afghanistan for the third time.
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Osama bin Laden, leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda, is killed.
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President Obama announces that U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan will end by 2014.
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The USA and NATO end their mission in Afghanistan.
