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Two planes flew into the twin towers in New York CIty. Attacks link to Al-Qaeda. The attack untimately lead to the Operations
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US and British forces begin airstriking the Tailban and Al-Qaeda forces in Afaganistain
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United Nations gather in Germany and creates an Afghan Interiam authority.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld announces that there are plans under way for U.S. and coalition forces to help train and create an Afghan national army
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NATO assumes responsibility for the ISAF mission.
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Hamid Karzai is sworn in as the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan.
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A suicide bomber blows up a checkpoint at Bagram Air Base, killing more than 20. Taliban insurgents claim Vice President Dick Cheney was the target of the attack.
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President Bush calls on NATO to increase troops in Afghanistan. There are already about 50,000 U.S. and NATO troops there.
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Afghanistan holds its second election. Voting fraud allegations lead to the scheduling of a presidential runoff vote on November 7
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President Obama announces the deployment in 2010 of 30,000 additional U.S. troops. This new deployment will bring the U.S. total to almost 100,000 troops, in addition to 40,000 NATO troops.
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Ten aid workers are killed by gunmen in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Among the dead are six Americans, two Afghans, a Briton and a German.
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US and NATO end cobat mission with Afghanistan