Operation enduring freedom pin 14

Operation Enduring Freedom

By jackson2017
  • September 11 attacks

    September 11 attacks

    The war in Afghanistan began in a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US.
  • The war of Afghanistan

    The war of Afghanistan

    The start of Operation Enduring Freedom by launching military operation in Afghanistan, including airstrikes against Kabul and Kandahar.
  • Backup for the War

    Backup for the War

    Turkey, Australia, and Canada agree to commit troops to send their forces to the invasion of Afghanistan
  • Fall of Kabul

    Fall of Kabul

    US airstrikes and ground attacks by the anti Taliban Afghan Northern Alliance that leads to the fall of Kabul.
  • The First Democratic President of Afghanistan

    The First Democratic President of Afghanistan

    Hamid Karzai is sworn in as the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan.
  • The Increase of Troops

    The Increase of Troops

    President Bush tells North Atlantic Treaty Organization to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan.
  • Bagram Air Base Bomb

    Bagram Air Base Bomb

    A suicide bomber blows up a checkpoint at Bagram Air Base by killing around 20 Taliban insurgents claim Vice President Dick Cheney was the target of the attack.
  • Military Commander's Death

    Military Commander's Death

    The Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Dadullah, is killed in a US led coalition operation.
  • President Obama Increases Troops

    President Obama Increases Troops

    President Obama announces the deployment in 2010 of 30,000 additional US troops. This new deployment will bring the US total to almost 100,000 troops.
  • President Visits

    President Visits

    President Obama visits Afghanistan for the third time during the war.
  • Osama Bin Laden Killed

    Osama Bin Laden Killed

    Osama Bin Laden is killed as the leader of terrorist group Al Qaeda, by the Navy Seals raid in Pakistan.
  • Prediction of End of War

    Prediction of End of War

    President Obama announces that US combat operations in Afghanistan will end by 2014.
  • Suicide Bomber Kills 77 Troops

    Suicide Bomber Kills 77 Troops

    Two Afghanistan civilians are killed and 77 US troops and 25 Afghanistan workers are wounded when a Taliban suicide bomber detonates a large vehicle borne improvised explosive device at the entrance of Combat Outpost Sayed Abad.
  • The Protests

    The Protests

    Violent protest break out in Afghanistan over reports that Qurans were burned at a US military base.
  • Afghan National Security Forces

    Afghan National Security Forces

    Afghanistan National Security Forces, President Hamid Karzai, formally announces to take over combat operations.
  • Announcement of the Withdrawal of US Troops

    Announcement of the Withdrawal of US Troops

    President Obama announces that the US combat mission in Afghanistan will end in December of 2014
  • Joint Security Agreement

    Joint Security Agreement

    The US and Afghanistan sign a joint security agreement that allows the US troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond the previous December deadline to withdraw.
  • The End of The War

    The End of The War

    The US and NATO end their combat mission with Afghanistan and President Obama sends troops back home.