The Taliban government in power in Afghanistan at that time failed to make efforts to capture Osama bin Laden and hand him over to the Americans. It was he who instigated the 9/11 attacks.
The Afghanistan war started because US blamed Afghans for 9/11 attacks
The Afghanistan war started because US blamed Afghans for 9/11 attacks
No. The US Congress passed two Authorizations of the Use of Military Force for Afghanistan and Iraq. This is lesser than a Declaration of War.
George W. Bush
The war in Afghanistan seems to have been going on for the longest time. US soldiers were first sent into Afghanistan after the Russian pulled out of Afghanistan. The first US soldiers entered Afghanistan in 2001.
It is a part of the War on Terror.
The US invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to wage war on terrorism, as Afghanistan is a hub for terrorists. The US is not at war with Afghanistan, but is working with the country to fight terrorism and keep Afghanistan out of terrorist hands. The same ideology was behind the Iraqi War.
84,000 US Soldiers are currently at war in Afghanistan
it started in 2001
Hovering around the 1,000 mark.
The US has been fighting in Afghanistan longer it was fighting in Vietnam. It is the longest war in US history.
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