To eliminate the Taliban that has controlled that country since the 1980's.
Actually, the Taliban weren't the objective - Al Qaeda was. The US wasn't concerned about the Taliban until they harboured Bin Laden and refused to turn him over to the US.
The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001!
84,000 US Soldiers are currently at war in Afghanistan
No. The Soviet Union, or USSR, invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The US covertly supported the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan who were fighting against the Soviets. After ten years of fighting the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan.
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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.
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to fight anticommunists.
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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the late 1970s.
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the late 1970s.
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the late 1970s.
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban.
When Afghanistan jet fighters are fighting US jet fighters. When Afghanistan tanks are fighting US tanks. When Afghanistan warships are fighting US warships. When Afghanistan soldiers are fighting US soldiers. Then it will be like Vietnam. Right now, it just a law enforcement issue; finding terrorists, arresting them, or terminating them.