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The Taliban controlled more than 85% of Afghanistan. Since they controlled it they allowed Al Qaeda to hold training camps within different areas of Afghanistan
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The first United States soldier dies. This helped the rest of the troop find some of the Taliban members.
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Al Qaeda attacks the Twin Towers (World Trade Center) and the Pentagon after hijacking four commercial airliners. Two crashed into the world trade center, one crashed into the pentagon, and one was found in a field after passengers struggled to take down the hijackers.
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Britain and the US join together and begin to attack Afghanistan by launching bombs and missiles at the Taliban facilities and suspected training camps.
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The Taliban regime collapsed and the members escaped from our military
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The first troop of marines were deployed into Afghanistan.
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Obama announces the US military troop surge in Afghanistan.
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Osama Bin Laden was killed by the US Navy in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down. This helicopter held 30 US soldiers. 17 of them were Navy Seals. One of them was a civilian interpreter. and seven were afghan troops.
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The United States is planning vengeance on the Taliban because of the deaths caused by the helicopter that got shot down.
